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• DISNEY TO HOST GAY RIGHTS SUMM ORLANDO
• DISNEY WORLD DEFI RON DESANTIS BY HOSTG GAY RIGHTS SUMM FLORIDA
• DISNEY TO HOST GAY RIGHTS SUMM LIGHT OF NFLICT WH DESANTIS
• WHAT DAYS ARE GAY DAYS AT DISNEY WORLD? EVERYTHG TO KNOW ABOUT THE RED SHIRT TRADN.
• REPORT: DISNEY WORLD ORLANDO TO HOST CONFERENCE ON GAY AND TRANSGENR RIGHTS THE WORKPLACE

DISNEY TO HOST GAY RIGHTS SUMM ORLANDO

Will host a major nference promotg lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr rights the workplace Central Florida this September, gatherg executiv and profsnals om the world’s largt pani a fiant display of the lims of Florida Gov. It was seen as punishment over the pany’s opposn to Florida’s Parental Rights Edutn legislatn, known wily as the state’s Don’t Say Gay bill, which prohibs any discsn of sexual orientatn or genr inty classrooms before fourth has had a longstandg relatnship wh Out & Equal, the anizatn behd the event, and is listed on s webse as one of s most genero Florida rort has mted to hostg the nference this year and next, which will ci wh the printial electn mpaign 2024.

”In his recently released book, DeSantis scrib how, after “Disney clared war on Florida fai” by opposg the Parental Rights Edutn bill, also known as the Don’t Say Gay bill, and “dulged woke activism, ” he asked the Legislature “to reevaluate — and even elimate — Disney’s special al. ”Last year’s Out & Equal nference Las Vegas clud multiple speakers who advoted for the rights of transgenr youth, and provid atten wh guidance on how to navigate anti-LGBTQ bills at the state of tensnTensn between DeSantis and Disney arose last sprg when Disney publicly opposed Florida’s Parental Rights Edutn Act, also known as the Don’t Say Gay bill.

DeSantis “clared victory” over Disney Febary after creatg a five-person appoted board to oversee the rort, cludg one person who said homosexualy was a rult of ntamated tap water. Neverthels, Sce DeSantis lnched a culture war agast “wokens” Florida by prohibg discsn of sexual orientatn and genr inty schools, Disney has remaed adamantly opposed to DeSantis’s “don’t say gay” year, Disney staff members staged walkouts over the bill and then CEO Bob Chapek announced that Disney will be psg all polil donatns latt velopment the rift between DeSantis and Disney and the ernor’s broar culture war follows his announcement last month that he plans to ban state universi om spendg money on diversy, equy and cln iativ.

DISNEY WORLD DEFI RON DESANTIS BY HOSTG GAY RIGHTS SUMM FLORIDA

The Walt Disney World Rort Florida is schled to host what has been billed as the "largt LGBTQ+ nference the world" later this year, a move that uld trigger nflict wh Governor Ron DeSantis who has already clashed wh the entertament behemoth over LGBTQ & Equal, a group that mpaigns for gay, lbian and transgenr rights the workplace, is due to hold s 2023 workplace summ at the rort, om September Febary, DeSantis signed to law a bill appotg a five-person board to oversee Reedy Creek Improvement District, which Disney has managed as a largely self-erng thory over the past 50 move followed a statement om Disney cricizg DeSantis's Parental Rights Edutn legislatn, dubbed the "Don't Say Gay Bill" by crics.

Newsweek reached out to the Walt Disney Company and Governor DeSantis via email for nflict between Disney and DeSantis began March 2022, when the rporatn issued a statement sayg Florida bill HB 1557, dubbed "Don't Say Gay, " "should never have passed and should never have been signed to law. Disney's LGBTQ employe protted the pany's handlg of the ntroversy over Florida's "Don't Say Gay" bill, which sparked an ongog battle between the pany and Florida Gov. Crics dubbed the "Don’t Say Gay" bill, but the law actually prohibs any discsn of sexual orientatn or genr inty classrooms before fourth gra.

DISNEY TO HOST GAY RIGHTS SUMM LIGHT OF NFLICT WH DESANTIS

He also appoted a five-member board to monor ernment servic at the Disney district near, OTHER OUTLETS REPEAT LIBERAL ‘DON’T SAY GAY' TALKING POINT ON FLORIDA EDUCATION BILL AS LEGISLATION PASSESDeSantis has lled out Disney for s "woke" agenda, statg at the signg of the bill that "this is what acuntabily looks like" when a "rporate kgdom fally to an end. ” Disney employe walked out last year over Florida’s famo Don’t Say Gay bill, and Disney CEO Bob Chapek issued a memo to employe rmg them that the pany would crease support for LGBTQ advocy groups and pse all polil donatns Florida.

Related: JoJo Siwa Says She Realized She Was Gay at Disney World. Governor Ron DeSantis passed legislatn to dissolve the district as retaliatn after former Disney CEO Bob Chapek formally nounced the Parental Rights Edutn Act, lloquially known as the “Don’t Say Gay” law, and promised to pse polil donatns Florida.

Fans praised the Central Florida Disney Park on social media after the nference announcement, which me on the same day that DeSantis announced plans to extend “Don’t Say Gay” through high school gras. Related: Gay Days Tak Over Disney World Dpe Florida Battle.

WHAT DAYS ARE GAY DAYS AT DISNEY WORLD? EVERYTHG TO KNOW ABOUT THE RED SHIRT TRADN.

The pany se DeSantis’ law, HB 9-B, to le over Disney as a way to penalize Disney for opposg DeSantis’ “Don’t Say Gay” bill, privg school admistratn and stunts of discsg sexual orientatn and genr inty until fourth gra. Joseph Clark will never fet his first Gay Days. "There was no 'Oh my God, they're gay.

'We have to be on guard a lot':Why safety first for so many LGBTQ travelers'I jt want to see more of ':The importance of seeg people like you while travelgHow did Gay Days get started? Gay Days Orlando started three s ago wh a group of iends who cid to meet up at Disney World red shirts. It has sce ballooned to an annual, multiday event, which draws upwards of 180, 000 people to the Orlando area om across the Fai:LGBTQ people need of stand- parents at weddgs, holidays fd 'fay' Facebook groupWhen are Gay Days 2023?

REPORT: DISNEY WORLD ORLANDO TO HOST CONFERENCE ON GAY AND TRANSGENR RIGHTS THE WORKPLACE

Gay Days Orlando ns om May 31 through June 4 this year.