Gay Days returns to Disney World amid ‘don’t say gay’ ntroversy

Contents:

• DISNEY WORLD DEFI RON DESANTIS BY HOSTG GAY RIGHTS SUMM FLORIDA
• DISNEY TO HOST GAY RIGHTS SUMM ORLANDO
• GAY DAYS RETURNS TO DISNEY WORLD AMID ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ NTROVERSY
• NEWS: DISNEY TO HOST A GAY RIGHTS SUMM ORLANDO LATER THIS YEAR
• DISNEY WORLD HOSTG GAY RIGHTS SUMM FOLLOWG CLASH WH DESANTIS
• AFTER CONONTATN WH DESANTIS, DISNEYWORLD HOLDS ‘GAY RIGHTS’ SUMM

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.

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. Related: JoJo Siwa Says She Realized She Was Gay at Disney World.

DISNEY TO HOST GAY RIGHTS SUMM ORLANDO

For the past few years, Disneyland has hosted “Gay Day, ” a nference for the LGBTQ muny the Grand Californian Hotel and Spa. This year’s “Gay Day” dat at Disneyland were announced last year, but more recently, the dat for Out & Equal’s workplace summ have been announced, and the Walt Disney World Rort is hostg. Cred: Gay Day Anaheim.

The Summ is takg place after Disney’s bacle wh Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who took over the Reedy Creek district and regaed ntrol of the pany’s self-erned powers as retaliatn for Disney’s disagreement wh the “Don’t Say Gay” bill.

“Gay Day” at Disneyland and “Out & Equal Workplace Summ” at Disney World will occur September. 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.

GAY DAYS RETURNS TO DISNEY WORLD AMID ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ NTROVERSY

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.

This September, the Walt Disney Corporatn is sayg gay as they are set to host a massive summ promotg LGBTQ+ rights. One such bill clus the state's Parental Rights Edutn legislatn—or as 's lloquially known, the "Don't Say Gay" bill. In the meantime, revis Saturday Night Live's take on the "Don't Say Gay" bill below:.

NEWS: DISNEY TO HOST A GAY RIGHTS SUMM ORLANDO LATER THIS YEAR

ORLANDO — After a three-year ronavis-duced hiat, Gay Days returns to Orlando today as Pri Month begs natnwi and bate ntu over Florida’s so-lled “don’t say gay” annual celebratn of the LGBTQ+ muny, which tradnally clus a vis to Walt Disney World, tak on a new meang this year after Disney attracted wispread cricism for s rponse to legislatn that banned discsns of genr inty and sexual orientatn Gay Days brgs over 150, 000 people to Orlando and s theme parks, some LGBTQ+ people drawn here rema cril of Disney’s ial rponse to the law but hopeful that the pany has redoubled s efforts toward supportg their guts gettg an early start on Gay Days on Wednday said they did not nsir changg their plans bee of the law. Days is “not a polil event, but is a statement, ” Gay Days Inc.

DISNEY WORLD HOSTG GAY RIGHTS SUMM FOLLOWG CLASH WH DESANTIS

Organizers plan to reach out to Disney after the event to “make sure we’re all on the same page of clivy, ” Manley said bought an ad Gay Days’ magaze featurg photos of a person wearg rabow Mickey ears and gay and lbian upl enjoyg the parks.

The Human Rights Campaign vowed to refe Disney’s money until saw the pany make real progrs toward s promis to advote for LGBTQ+ Gay Days, anizers enurage atten to wear red shirts at the theme parks keepg wh a tradn set durg the first event 1991.

”An official red shirt sold by Gay Days, Inc. Proclaims, “I prefer to say gay, ” a variatn of a rallyg cry agast the employee protted outsi of Walt Disney World on March 22, 2022, Orlando, over the pany's rponse to the Parental Rights Edutn bill, often known as the "don't say gay" bill. [ OCTAVIO JONES | TNS]‘A place to be ee’Gay Days and other LGBTQ+ events held at or near Disney property this week are expected to draw big 655 rooms at Gay Days’ host hotel, Avanti Palms Rort & Conference Center, are sold out advance of the event, General Manager Duane Dickson saidThree host hotels have already sold out for LGBTQ+ mic ftival One Magil Weekend, KdRED Pri Foundatn board member Tom Christ said through a spokperson.

AFTER CONONTATN WH DESANTIS, DISNEYWORLD HOLDS ‘GAY RIGHTS’ SUMM

The anizatn is one of Gay Days’ muny partners and will be a vendor at s expo at Avanti Palms this celebratns like Gay Days brg much-need visibily and reprentatn to gay and trans people, cludg Disney employe who may feel margalized, after the “terrifyg” legislatn, she said. “It’s so important for to have the moments of pri, for to be able to e together, to gather, to fd strength numbers, ” Quiroga Boston rint Er Kelley, Gay Days provis an opportuny for her 5-year-old son, Levi, to see fai like his beg celebrated the wake of the “awful” law.

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. The Orlando Sentel reported that the event is expected to brg over 5, 000 people “who will discs gay and transgenr clivy and equaly the workplace. (w/ @MaryEllenKlas) — Michael Wilner (@mawilner) March 22, 2023 Disney recently emerged om a public clash wh DeSantis over Florida’s parental rights legislatn — dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill by crics — which rtricted the teachg of sexualy and genr iology krgarten through third gra and required that discsns of those topics later gras be “age-appropriate.

The tensns between Disney and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis ntue to tensify wh the Hoe of Moe’s latt move: hostg a signifint nference promotg lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr rights what has been lled a fiant display. The move me on the heels of Disney publicly announcg s opposn to the Parental Rights Edutn Bill that DeSantis champned, which has been brand the “Don’t Say Gay” bill by some crics. In realy, the bill never mentns the word gay.