Gay Pri Calendar 2023

Contents:

• AFTER A POLIL STORM, GAY DAYS RETURN TO DISNEY
• JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR U.S.-BASED PRO LEAGU
• 2023 GAY PRI & EVENT CALENDAR
• GAY PRI
• A WHOLE NEW WORLD? DISNEY AFTER ‘DON’T SAY GAY’
• LGBTQ PEOPLE FLOCK TO FLORIDA FOR DISNEY'S GAY DAYS CELEBRATN
• GAY DAYS 2023 AT DISNEYLAND RORT CONFIRMED, DAT REVEALED - INSI THE MAGIC
• AFTER A POLIL STORM, GAY DAYS RETURN TO DISNEY
• GAY DAYS AT DISNEY – CELEBRATE PRI & LGBT+ HISTORY MONTH
• THE PARTI, NCERTS AND MORE AT GAY DAYS ORLANDO

AFTER A POLIL STORM, GAY DAYS RETURN TO DISNEY

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Visors each started 1991, when a smatterg of gay adults — Disney obssiv all — ed ter msage boards to plan a gatherg: Let’s buy tickets to Disney World’s Magic Kgdom theme park on the first Saturday June and wear red shirts a display of uny.

JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR U.S.-BASED PRO LEAGU

And, of urse, ri Space Mounta and pose for photos wh Simmons for The New York Simmons for The New York Simmons for The New York TimGay Days soon expand to other Disney World parks cludg Ept, Animal Kgdom and Disney’s Hollywood Studs, and a number of adult-oriented events sprang up at non-Disney hotels the area, cludg pool parti, dance nights and drag petns. “People would be at the entrance wh Bibl and signs sayg we were gog to hell, ” said Robert Mathison, 59, who began attendg Gay Days wh the man who would bee his hband and their son the early 1990s. Unls you unt a few hairy, heavyset men — bears, gay slang — bbg belli at the Ripti party a pool area emed “bear lagoon” while wearg bootleg “Ltle Mermaid” tnks.

Although Disney do not sponsor or promote Gay Days, s Parks & Rorts divisn celebrat Pri month wh a barrage of rabow merchandise s shops, cludg a button featurg Mickey Moe and a rabow along wh the slogan “Belong, Believe, Be Proud. ”There were loads of people red shirts who were not at Disney World for Gay Days — and none seemed to re when they learned of the lor’s signifince on this day.

2023 GAY PRI & EVENT CALENDAR

McKeown Simmons for The New York TimSeveral longtime Gay Days atten shared a siar wistfulns for Gay Days gone by, addg that the -agast-the-world pr rps that was such an important part of the event has waned.

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Society has bee more acceptg, and some younger Gay Days atten don’t even bother to show up red shirts at the Magic Kgdom, preferrg to party poolsi. “There is ls of a stigma, which is posive, ” Richard Holley-Byrd, 45, told me as we exed the Country Bear Jamboree, a rny mil review that tak on a double meang durg Gay Days.

McKeown, who liv Qucy, Fla., to help me make sense of somethg: If nservativ were so upset about Disney’s supposed “gay agenda, ” why was none of that nasts visible durg Gay Days?

More about Brooks BarnA versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn ST, Page 10 of the New York edn wh the headle: After Polil Storm, Gay Days Return to Disney. Wh hundreds of Pri Paras and Events eher nceled or postponed across the US 2020, GayTravel stepped up and hosted an event to keep the spir of Pri alive!

A WHOLE NEW WORLD? DISNEY AFTER ‘DON’T SAY GAY’

InterPri is an ternatnal anizatn that reprents and advanc the Pri movement by ordatg wh global partners to celebrate lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr culture and pri. Along wh the annual Pri Para, Gay Pri Cape Town hosts a seri of different events, spanng om drag shows, poetry readgs, queer cema, and the popular Mr and Miss Cape Town Pri Pageant.

S Hot Ms" to enjoy 250+ entertaers performg numbers about datg, sex, and cisg today’s gay world, wh mic om Beyoncé, Macy Gray, Robbie Williams, William Fn, Cy Coleman, Rodgers and Hammerste, and Lizzo.

To ensure smooth sailg - and to SAVE 10% on your cise - e the disunt 'TRAVEL10' when you purchase tickets onle at: 2022-2023 Season — New York Cy Gay Men's Chos (). The Maspalomas Gay Pri 10-day ftival gets bigger and better every year; drawg tens of thoands of visors om across Europe and beyond to celebrate wh the LGBT muny Playa l Ingl on Gran Canaria island.

LGBTQ PEOPLE FLOCK TO FLORIDA FOR DISNEY'S GAY DAYS CELEBRATN

Wh untls exhibns, parti, ncerts, and more, the ftival attracts tens of thoands of participants each year, leavg Torremolos as one of Europe's leadg gay-iendly tourist statns. Followg the succs of s premiere June 2018, the world’s biggt ternatnal gay event will return to Pattaya, Thailand featurg top ternatnal DJs, sexy go-go dancers, and the hottt men Asia.

Madrid Pri, also known as Orgullo Gay Madrid, is the biggt gay pri Spa and one of the biggt Europe, attractg more than 2 ln people over the five days of pri. Amsterdam Gay Pri tak place om the end of July to the first week of Augt, wh all major events takg place the last weekend, cludg a spectacular Pri para on the nals of the cy.

Antwerp Gay Pri 2022 tak place om Augt 10th-14th, wh the Para on Saturday, followed by the ee, open-air WAVE street ftival, dance parti, and many more LGBT events and activi. — Tens of thoands of LGBTQ people are flockg to central Florida this weekend to go on theme park ris, mgle wh stumed performers, dance at all-night parti and lounge poolsi at hotels durg Gay Days, a s-long though Gov. And other civil rights anizatns to issue warngs the Sunshe State may no longer be safe — Gay Days anizers are still enuragg visors om around the world to e to one of Florida’s largt gay and lbian say a large turnout will send a msage that LGBTQ people are not gog away Florida, which is ntually one of the most popular stat for tourists to vis.

GAY DAYS 2023 AT DISNEYLAND RORT CONFIRMED, DAT REVEALED - INSI THE MAGIC

If the hoped-for 150, 000 or more visors e to the half-week of pool parti, drag bgo and thrill ris at Orlando’s theme parks and hotels, then “that’s the pot, ” said Joseph Clark, CEO of Gay Days Inc. ”It’s not lost on the anizers that the highlight of the weekend will be a Saturday meetup of LGBTQ visors at the Magic Kgdom at Walt Disney World, where the first Gay Days started as a sgle-day celebratn 1991.

AFTER A POLIL STORM, GAY DAYS RETURN TO DISNEY

Currently, Disney is embroiled a legal fight wh DeSantis over the ernor and Republin lawmakers’ takeover of Disney World’s erng district — after Disney officials publicly opposed legislatn that crics have dubbed “Don’t Say Gay. “It’s ls a csa and more like, ‘I’m not gog to spend my money where bad thgs are gog on, ’” Hayn Days has survived past challeng, cludg the early years when Disney posted signs at the Magic Kgdom’s entrance warng visors there was a large gatherg of gays and lbians and offerg pass to other parks for guts who might be offend. Over the last three s, though, the theme parks and rorts have thrown down the wele mats as Gay Days has bee a profable bounce between the sprg break and out-of-school summer crowds.

GAY DAYS AT DISNEY – CELEBRATE PRI & LGBT+ HISTORY MONTH

Durg Gay Days the 1990s, hundreds of anti-abortn activists wh Operatn Rcue protted outsi Walt Disney World, and the Southern Baptist Conventn ced the gatherg llg for a boytt of all thgs Disney.

Some Christian groups tried to buy air time durg Gay Days the late 1990s to prsure people to renounce their sexual orientatn, but mastream TV statns Orlando rejected the ads.

THE PARTI, NCERTS AND MORE AT GAY DAYS ORLANDO

In the 1990s, the gural Gay Days h Disneyland and Walt Disney World Rort – thoands of members of the LGBTQIA+ muny held an unofficial meetup at Magic Kgdom and Disneyland Park.

In the 1990s, before the Supreme Court legalized gay marriage natnwi, The Walt Disney Company offered gay and lbian employe surance for their partners.

Other nservative Republin policians like Senator Josh Hawley and Senator Mar Rub publicly attacked Disney for s stance on the law and refal to censor a gay kiss Pixar’s Lightyear (2022). The Ripti event was part of what is rmally known as Gay Days, a four-day Pri extravaganza at Disney World and nearby hotels that attracts tens of thoands of LGBTQ visors each June. It started 1991, when a smatterg of gay adults — Disney obssiv all — ed ter msage boards to plan a gatherg: Let’s buy tickets to Disney World’s Magic Kgdom theme park on the first Saturday June and wear red shirts a display of uny.