LGBTQ people are flockg to Florida this weekend to take part Gay Days, Disney's Pri celebratn.
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LGBTQ PEOPLE FLOCK TO FLORIDA FOR DISNEY'S GAY DAYS CELEBRATN
Disney's LGBTQ history is mixed. The pany has "queer-d" characters movi and Gay Days at parks but stumbled on the "Don't Say Gay" bill. * disney lgbt logo *
Has urted LGBTQ+ visors to s theme parks, sellg rabow-lored souvenirs and hostg groups that anize annual “Gay Days” Disney this week started marketg and promotg merchandise unr the name Pri Collectn for the first time, a big brandg move for a pany that has bee a nservative target for s support of LGBTQ+ rights. ”Disney began to feel the wrath of nservative lawmakers several months ago when Chief Executive Bob Chapek voiced opposn to Florida’s Parental Rights Edutn law, legislatn more monly known by crics as the “Don’t Say Gay” law. Universal Studs Hollywood is the annual se of a gay pri celebratn known as “Pri Is Universal.
Disney’s ntroversial rponse to Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill unrsr the pany’s plited history wh the LGBTQ+ muny — a plex relatnship which Disney has played both champn and punchg bag. * disney lgbt logo *
Proceeds om ticket sal helped support hog programs for people wh AIDS and scholarships for stunts studyg LGBTQ+ years, Disneyland and Walt Disney World Florida have been the se of “Gay Days” celebratns that have drawn thoands of members of the LGBTQ+ events take place the parks but are anized by outsi groups. “Gay Days” events attract about 30, 000 visors each year to Anaheim’s Disneyland Rort, acrdg to anizers. 16-18 at Shapiro, who lnched “Gay Days Anaheim” wh his iend Jefey Epste, lled the Pri Collectn a “step the right directn” and said he expects to see Disney ntue to support the LGBTQ+ muny and stop ntributg to the mpaign ffers of nservativ who monize the acceptance of gay and lbian upl.
“The world has evolved and so too has the Walt Disney Co., ” Shapiro Colijn, who ns a gay travel blog wh his partner, Karl Krse, appld Disney’s move, llg the pany an LGBTQ+ ally. The pany's ll out of Florida's "Don't Say Gay" bill sparked a fd wh Gov. A group of Gay Days visors dance wh an Alice character June 1999.
Bob Chapek mentned Disney creatg "spirg" queer ntent when addrsg the pany’s supposed support of the ntroversial "Don’t Say Gay" bill. Here are all Disney’s official gay moments om movi and TV seri. * disney lgbt logo *
Acrdg to South Florida Gay News, Disney's ongog policy was that "upl only are allowed on the dance floor [male/female]. Park events for Disney's queer fans, such as Gay Days, have bee popular. A group gets a souvenir picture taken ont of Crella's Castle at Disney World's Magic Kgdom durg "Gay Days" weekend, 2003.
The most popular of the ftivi is Gay Days, an Orlando-based gatherg held annually the first week of June.
Gay Days date back to 1991 and often brg over 150, 000 visors, acrdg to the Tampa Bay Days CEO Joseph Clark told USA Today his first vis 2008 still was "life-changg. There was no 'Oh my God, they're gay, '" Clark said.
The pany’s tone af mishandlg of Florida’s ‘don’t say gay’ bill has revealed a long-gtatg nflict * disney lgbt logo *
Disney employee protts so-lled "Don't Say Gay" bill March 2022. In 1995, the Los Angel Tim reported on a new Disneyland Lbian and Gay Uned Employe group, or LEAGUE, that planned to anize around LGBTQ issu, host gut speakers, and plan Disney-related projects. "One of those chang beme Disney's new domtic partnership policy, which allowed gay upl the same health and ntal benefs as married heterosexual upl.
Disney employe also spoke out agast former Disney CEO Bob Chapek's botched rponse to Florida GOP's so-lled "Don't Say Gay" bill.