STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Every step members of the Pride Center of Staten Island took along the parade route on Sunday created a historic march down Forest Avenue in West Brighton that will be remembered for years to come.

After being banned from participating for decades​, LGBTQ+ groups were allowed to march on Sunday in the Staten Island St. Patrick's Day Parade.

The Staten Island parade has been the lone local anti-LGBTQ holdout for years. The Throggs Neck parade in The Bronx, for example, allowed organized members of the LGBTQ community to march under a banner starting in 2022, and Manhattan’s mammoth event began permitting them to participate down Fifth Avenue about seven years earlier.