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LESBIANS, GAYS MARCH IN IRELAND

By Leslie Feinberg

The pride of the Irish is alive in Dublin this year, if not in
New York City. As they have for the last several years,
organizers of Dublin's St. Patrick's Day parade have extended an
invitation to lesbians and gay men to march, reports David Reilly
in New York's Irish Echo newspaper.

The 24th annual parade, organized by the government agency Dublin
Tourism, will include a colorful float honoring the National 
Lesbian and Gay Federation.

New York City's gay and lesbian Irish were blocked again this
year by right-wing parade organizers--the Ancient Order of the 
Hibernians--whose reactionary position was buttressed by the 
summits of the Catholic Church hierarchy.

But the official in charge of Dublin's parade, Deirdre Judge,
said: "We're more open to all sorts of things here in Ireland.
You might say the people in New York seem to be a bit
narrow-minded."

Michael Dillon, secretary of NLGF, agreed. "The decision of
Dublin Tourism to allow the NLGF to take part in the national
holiday shows a level of maturity and openness sadly lacking in
the Ancient Order of Hibernians in New York," he told the Dublin
Gay Community News.

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