Gay Days returns to Walt Disney World after 2-year hiat

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• UNIVERSAL EMPLOYEE QUS, BASH COMPANY'S SILENCE ON "DON'T SAY GAY" LAW AND PRI MONTH - INSI THE MAGIC
• UNIVERSAL STAYS SILENT FOLLOWG DISNEY'S DISASTRO "DON'T SAY GAY" SUATN - INSI THE MAGIC
• LGBTQ+ REPRENTATN REMOVED FROM DISNEY AFTER FUMBLED "DON'T SAY GAY BILL" STANCE - INSI THE MAGIC
• GAY DAYS RETURNS TO WALT DISNEY WORLD AFTER 2-YEAR HIAT
• GAY DAYS ORLANDO 2022
• UNIVERSAL DODG SPOTLIGHT AS DISNEY TAK HEAT FOR 'DON'T SAY GAY' STANCE

UNIVERSAL EMPLOYEE QUS, BASH COMPANY'S SILENCE ON "DON'T SAY GAY" LAW AND PRI MONTH - INSI THE MAGIC

Though DeSantis allegedly warned the pany and s CEO, Bob Chapek, not to get volved Florida’s Parental Rights Edutn Act, known as the “Don’t Say Gay” law, prott om the LGBTQIA+ muny spired The Walt Disney Company to publicly nounce the ntroversial law. Acrdg to NPR, the “Don’t Say Gay” law “prohibs any stctn about sexualy or genr between krgarten and third gra, or a manner that is not age-appropriate or velopmentally appropriate for stunts acrdance wh state standards.

Down the road om Walt Disney World Central Florida, Universal Orlando Rort chose not to ment publicly on the “Don’t Say Gay” law. As a member of the LGBTQIA+ muny, Twter er @TaranTrnaman asked a Universal executive what she was planng to do for Pri Month the wake of the “Don’t Say Gay” law:. So I qu Universal last night so I n now share this: durg a mandatory pany meetg last month wh the CEO, I asked her pot blank what the pany was dog the wake of the silence to the “Don’t Say Gay or Trans” bill and would do to honor LGBTQ employe & guts durg Pri month after their silence.

UNIVERSAL STAYS SILENT FOLLOWG DISNEY'S DISASTRO "DON'T SAY GAY" SUATN - INSI THE MAGIC

The former employee felt his qutn wasn’t really answered and was told that while the executive didn’t personally support the “Don’t Say Gay” law, Universal chose silence to avoid polil nflict:. He stat that while he hasn’t been happy wh how upper management and CEO Bob Chapek have handled Pri Celebratns and the “Don’t Say Gay” law, he feels that his immediate management and peer group want to ph for posive change:. Do you thk Universal Orlando Rort should’ve ma a statement about the “Don’t Say Gay” law support of their LGBTQIA+ Team Members?

This also means the annual 'Gay Days' have begun at Walt Disney World for LGBTQ+ muny members and theme park lovers alike.Dpe an tense legal battle between the entertament pany and Gov. Ron DeSantis after they spoke out agast the state's 'Don't Say Gay' bill last year, atten om across the globe are headg to the theme parks to kick off Pri Month.Insi sop on Gay Days om CEO:What days are Gay Days at Disney World?

LGBTQ+ REPRENTATN REMOVED FROM DISNEY AFTER FUMBLED "DON'T SAY GAY BILL" STANCE - INSI THE MAGIC

Disney fd sparks onle morsHere's what to know about the annual LGBTQ+ gatherg Orlando:What are 'Gay Days' at Disney World?Gay Days Orlando is where lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) dividuals, their fai, iends, and supporters go to Walt Disney World.

Along wh days at the theme parks, lol hotels and tablishments hold events to mark the six-day event.What is the signifince of the red shirt durg Gay Days?Arguably the most proment part of Gay Days, participants wear red shirts to specific parks to celebrate their inty or support others.Back at the origal gatherg, attendants wore red shirts to make their prence more visible to other members of the muny.Now, the red shirt self has bee a movement, wh LGBTQ nonprof Kdred Pri Foundatn g as a symbol for s missn to spread diversy and kdns.When did the event first start?The first documented event was held June 1991 where roughly 3,000 LGBTQ+ people om central Florida went to the area's theme parks on one day wearg red shirts. Some reports claim was held even before then wh only a handful of people startg the event.In 1995, the event had grown to over 10,000 gays and lbians travelg for 'Gay Day' at Disney.By the 2010s, the event had reached over 150,000 LGBT people, their fai, iends and supporters attend the six-day gatherg Orlando.When are Gay Days happeng this year?This year, Disney Gay Days is takg place om May 31 to June 4.Gay Days Orlando weekend lendar 2023FridayWalt Disney World's Hollywood Studs - 8:30 a.m.

To 5 p.m.See the rt of the lendar and other events here.What n you do durg Gay Days outsi of the parks?Many Gay Days atten vis theme parks, but there are a host of other activi cludg popular pool parti, Drag Bgo, expos, and more at the event's host hotel Orlando.This year, there will also be a new Beach Ball waterpark party at Aquati Orlando, which is an event sponsor.Do Disney sponsor Gay Days?Disney do not sponsor or promote Gay Days, however, s Parks & Rorts divisn celebrat Pri Month by lnchg a themed llectn ahead of time.Are there preutns this year wh recent anti-LGBTQ legislatn?Dpe the current turmoil between Gov. Ron DeSantis, Disney, and recent legislatn passed, the event is still gog on and many regular Gay Day atten have ma the trek to Orlando this year.In April, the natn's largt LGBTQ advocy group Equaly Florida issued a travel advisory for the LGBTQ+ muny warng members not to e to the state.

GAY DAYS RETURNS TO WALT DISNEY WORLD AFTER 2-YEAR HIAT

Florida HB 1521 - requir people to e bathrooms that le up wh their sex assigned at birth.What special merch do Gay Days have this year?On May 15, Disney released s 2023 Pri Collectn, which they claim was created by members and alli of the LGBTQIA+ muny. The ter was l ablaze after word me out that Disney World had actually donated to sponsors of Florida’s new bill, often referred to as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill. Known as the “Don’t Say Gay Bill”, this piece of legislatn is as simple as the tle.

This did not satisfy most people, wh all facets of the Walt Disney Company g out and takg a firm stance agast the “Don’t Say Gay” bill. Image via Gay Days.

GAY DAYS ORLANDO 2022

Related: Disney Backs Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” Bill Dpe Preachg Inclivy. Related: Disney Is Unr Fire After Releasg Statement on “Don’t Say Gay” Bill. Disney preach clivy wh s Parks, movi, entertament, and advertisement, so may e as a surprise that the pany has actually helped to fund supporters of this “don’t say gay” bill.

The Senate sponsor, Ola Republin Dennis Baxley, has actually backed anti-gay legislatn Florida for years. Baxley once pared kids wh same-sex parents to kids raised by alholics and abers, sayg: “I’m not phobic, but I simply n’t affirm homosexualy.

Wh how Disney has been handlg the current suatn regardg the “Don’t Say Gay Bill” g out of Florida, many are wonrg how or if Disney will even ntue to be as clive toward the LGBTQ+ muny. – After a two-year spensn due to the ronavis panmic, Gay Days is returng to Central Florida.

UNIVERSAL DODG SPOTLIGHT AS DISNEY TAK HEAT FOR 'DON'T SAY GAY' STANCE

Acrdg to the event webse, the LGBTQ+ celebratn is prised of multiple events staged at world-famo attractns, gay & lbian nightclubs, and unique venu secured for the purpose of creatg an clive LGBTQ atmosphere. “Gay Days began 1991 as a sgle signated day (always the first Saturday June) when the LGBTQ muny and iends were enuraged to ‘Wear Red and Be Seen’ (aka #RedShirtDay) while visg the world’s most popular theme parks, ” lears scribed on the event’s return to Walt Disney World amid ntroversy surroundg the recent signg of Florida’s Parental Rights Edutn law, known to s crics as the “Don’t Say Gay” law.

“Recently the CEO of the Walt Disney Company ially rpond to the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill which he thought bt to oppose the legislatn ‘behd the scen’ and has sce faced tremendo cricism and backlash for how the pany has rpond to such an impactful bill, ” the anizatn said a statement.