STATEMENT FROM SARAH KATE ELLIS, PRESIDENT & CEO OF GLAAD, ON NEW LGBTQ INCLUSION POLICY FOR STATEN ISLAND’S ST. PATRICK’S DAY PARADE

Today, Sarah Kate Ellis, President & CEO of GLAAD, the world’s largest LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer) media advocacy organization, is responding to news that for the first time ever, the official Staten Island, New York, St. Patrick’s Day Parade will be LGBTQ-inclusive.

Statement from Sarah Kate Ellis, President & CEO of GLAAD
“Next year’s LGBTQ-inclusive St. Patrick’s Day Parade is all thanks to Carol Bullock and the Pride Center of Staten Island, who never for a moment wavered in their efforts to ensure that all Staten Islanders were welcome. As a proud out lesbian mom, wife, and advocate who was raised Irish-Catholic in Staten Island, this win is especially heartening. LGBTQ people are building families and thriving in all of our communities; and we should be free to celebrate who we are without apology in the place we call home. This victory has been long in the making, and I’m grateful to those who made it possible through their relentless advocacy and visibility.”