Miss Staten Island Gets Banned From St. Patrick’s Day Parade After Coming Out

Madison L’Insalata, Miss Staten Island, came out publicly as bisexual and just a few hours later the St. Patrick’s Day Parade organisers banned her from marching gin the parade.

According to ‘The Blaze’, L’Insalata decided to take action after the news hit her. “I thought this might be a good time to really make a statement and take a stand," she said, “and I wanted to announce that I would be marching in the parade with rainbow colors and showing that and coming out and saying that I was bi because I wanted people to see the colors, and I wanted there to be discussion, and I wanted people to talk. I wanted there to be change.”

Although she couldn’t march, Miss Staten Island attended the parade, wearing her “Miss Staten Island” sash and waving a pride flag from the sidewalk.

“It seems like it might have more to do with me coming out as bi and saying that I'd be wearing my rainbow scarf that I have here, and them not being OK with that,” she said in an interview.

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