Brendan Fay, right, of the Lavender and Green Alliance is joined by new York City Mayor Bill de Blasio during a news conference at the Irish Consulate, Thursday, March 3, 2016, in New York. Mayor Bill de Blasio is ending a two-year boycott of the nation's largest St. Patrick's Day parade now that it has fully dropped its longstanding ban on allowing gay and lesbian groups to march under their own banners. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer), APTOPIX