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. Related: Drew Brees Responds After Appearing In Video For Anti-LGBT Group The 23-year-old still attended the parade though, waving a rainbow
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