After coming out as bisexual, Miss Staten Island banned from St. Patrick’s parade

“I’m proud of the community that I am from, and I’m proud to be Miss Staten Island,” Madison L’Insalata said, 'but I’m not going to hide who I am.” - NBCOUT

“I’m proud of the community that I am from, and I’m proud to be Miss Staten Island,” Madison L’Insalata said, "but I’m not going to hide who I am.”The Staten Island St. Patrick’s Day Parade, which has faced criticism for its exclusion of LGBTQ groups, is under renewed heat for its decision to ban a local beauty pageant winner from marching this past Saturday just hours after she publicly came out as bisexual.

Though she couldn’t march, L’Insalata still attended the parade, waving a rainbow pride flag from the sidelines. She said it would have made her “sick to my stomach” to do nothing, prompting her decision to speak out.

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