{"id":120730,"date":"2024-02-11T01:33:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-11T01:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/11\/vancouver-lunar-new-year-parade-reverses-exclusion-of-progressive-groups\/"},"modified":"2024-02-11T01:33:00","modified_gmt":"2024-02-11T01:33:00","slug":"vancouver-lunar-new-year-parade-reverses-exclusion-of-progressive-teams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/11\/vancouver-lunar-new-year-parade-reverses-exclusion-of-progressive-teams\/","title":{"rendered":"Vancouver Lunar New Year parade reverses exclusion of progressive teams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-byline\">\n<div class=\"c-byline__text\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span>By Chuck Chiang<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-byline__source c-byline__source--noName\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Canadian Press<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-byline__datesWrapper\">\n<div class=\"c-byline__dates\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Posted February 9, 2024 5:53 pm<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"c-byline__dateToggle toggle-switch u-hide-tablet-portrait\" aria-label=\"Toggle last modified date of the article\" data-expand=\"#bylineDateUpdated\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"updated-toggle-off\" class=\"toggle-off\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"c-icon  c-byline__dateToggleIcon c-byline__dateToggleIcon--up\" focusable=\"false\">\n\t\t<use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/assets\/dist\/icons\/out\/symbol\/svg\/sprite.symbol.svg?v=beigjoens#dropdown_arrow\"\/>\n\t<\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"updated-toggle-on\" class=\"toggle-on c-icon \"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"c-icon  c-byline__dateToggleIcon\" focusable=\"false\">\n\t\t<use 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target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vancouver Chinatown<\/a> Lunar New Year parade have modified course and rescinded their rejection of two progressive and LGBTQ+ teams that they beforehand barred from collaborating.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d21y75miwcfqoq.cloudfront.net\/70c8fc80\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Organizing committee spokesman Frank Huang says letters have been despatched to the teams Chinatown Together and <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/lunar-new-year\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lunar New Year<\/a> For All, approving their participation in Sunday\u2019s parade.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"tp_video\">\n<div class=\"c-video c-videoPlay \" data-iframe-receiver=\"\" data-autoplay=\"\" data-displayinline-featured=\"false\" data-displayinline-type=\"video\" data-displayinline-player-id=\"miniplayer_10281955_65c81ca2de8f3\" 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l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues under commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In earlier letters and statements, the committee had instructed Chinatown Together that it couldn\u2019t march due to a ban on \u201cpolitical activism,\u201d whereas it rejected one other group it didn\u2019t determine due to\u00a0 \u201cthe potential for disruption and protests.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-textSignup\">\n\t\t\t<strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tGet the newest National information.<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"c-textSignup__link\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/10283828\/vancouver-chinatown-lunar-new-year-groups-rejected\/javascript:void(0)\" data-micromodal-trigger=\"newsletter-signup\" data-trackable=\"true\" data-trackaction=\"article | newsletter signup text\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tSent to your e-mail, daily.<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/strong>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p>Later on Friday, the 2 teams, Chinatown Together and Vancouver Lunar New Year For All Queer 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