LGBT Patrick's Day Parades

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Title

LGBT Patrick's Day Parades

Subject

Patrick's Day Parade
LGBT Float
Lesbian activism
Gay activism

Description

The first Irish LGBT Float in a Patrick's Day parade was held in Cork in 1992. This was organised partly in response to the exclusion of ILGA (Irish Lesbian and Gay Organisation) from marching in Patrick's Day Parades in New York and Boston.

Collection Items

Orla Egan's Article: Cork LGBT Float Patrick's Day Parade 1992
Orla Egan's article April 1992 in Munster GCN (Gay Community News) on the first ever Irish LGBT float in a Patrick's Day Parade in Ireland, in Cork in 1992.
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