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The Garda Band will be marching in this week’s Dublin pride parade for the first time. The parade steps off at Noon on Sunday Jfrom the corner of Halsted and Belmont on Chicagos North Side. “This is a huge step in comparison to two years ago when the conference was held in Dublin and police were specifically refused permission to march in the parade in uniform,” he said. The Gay Pride Parade is Chicagos second largest parade with 250 units. Tiernan Brady, who is the policy director for the Gay and Lesbian Equality Network (GLEN), said Sgt Franey would have needed permission from Garda Headquarters to wear his uniform outside work. The festival features live music by headline artists and local favorites, 3 stages, food and drink, 150+ arts/crafts vendors, DJ’s and dancing, drag shows, pet parade, sponsored presence, games, giveaways and more. He was attending the annual conference for the European Gay Police Association (EGPA) in Berlin last Friday and he had planned to take part in the walk. The weekend before the 2022 Chicago Pride Parade (June 26), the Chicago Pride Fest returns for 2 days: June 18-19. Sgt Franey, who works in Garda Headquarters in Dublin, marched with police men and women from all over Europe in Saturday’s parade. FILE - In this Sunday, Jfile photo, NYPD police officers march along Fifth Avenue during the gay pride parade in New York. HISTORY was made in Berlin over the weekend, when Sergeant Paul Franey became the first member of An Garda Siochana to march in uniform in a gay pride parade. Paul Franey marching in the gay pride parade in Berlin