Veterans for Peace Sue City of Boston Over St. Patrick’s Peace Parade Permit
By: Lauren Walleser/TRT Assistant Editor— BOSTON, Mass.—Last month, the local Veterans for Peace Chapter 9, Smedley D. Butler Brigade (VFP) filed a First Amendment lawsuit…
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VFP Sues City of Boston for St. Patrick’s Peace Parade Permit
Suit challenges City’s eleven month delay in acting on permit application and charges favoritism for South Boston parade organizers who continue to exclude most LGBT…
Mass. Peace Communities Statement of Support for Veterans for Peace
We the undersigned represent a number of peace organizations across the religious spectrum, interfaith and ecumenical, who wish to express our deep concern about the…
MassEquality Reacts to AWVC’s Decision Continuing to Ban LGBTs
The following statement can be attributed to Kara Coredini, Executive Director of MassEquality: We are extremely disappointed with the South Boston Allied War Veterans Council’s…
Negotiations for Gay-Inclusive St. Patrick’s Day Parade Under Way
(MORE UPDATES) But Identity Restrictions Rankle LGBT Groups By: Chuck Colbert* /TRT Reporter— The push back was strong and immediate in the local LGBT community…
OP-Ed: St. Patrick’s Parade — Still Exclusionary, Divisive to LGBTs
As a transgender woman and veteran I have very mixed thoughts and feelings. To me the decision and it’s restrictions say to us that you…
Bigotry Lines the Streets of South Boston on St. Patty’s Day
By: Nicole Lashomb*/Editor-in-Chief– Today, I had the privilege of lining up in my first St. Patrick’s Peace Parade, which started one mile behind the traditional…