The Staten Island St. Patrick’s Day Parade needs to keep up with the rest of us in 2020!
The event has come under fire for its decision to ban a local beauty pageant winner from marching this past Saturday, hours after she publicly came out as bisexual.
Miss Staten Island Madison L’Insalata (above), was planning on sporting rainbow colors during the parade, which has faced criticism for its exclusion of LGBTQ groups in the past, in support of said community. Unfortunately, she was told she wouldn’t be allowed to participate due to “safety concerns” after coming out in a New York Post article on Friday.
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The 23-year-old still attended the parade though, waving a rainbow pride flag from the sidelines. She told NBC News it would have made her “sick to [her] stomach” to do nothing, which is why she decided to speak out.
In an Instagram post, she shared:
“I am proud to be a member of the LGBTQ community. I am proud to be Miss Staten Island, to have grown up on Staten Island, and to partake in this Staten Island tradition year after year. There is so much room for growth, but with all the love and support I have received today, I know change is coming.”
March on, gurl!
Read her full post (below)!
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[Image via Instagram]
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