Tens of thoands of LGBTQ+ people flock to Florida for Gay Days ftival | PBS NewsHour

Contents:

• LGBTQ+ PEOPLE FLOCK TO FLORIDA FOR GAY DAYS FTIVAL
• LGBTQ PEOPLE FLOCK TO FLORIDA FOR DISNEY'S GAY DAYS CELEBRATN
• AS FLORIDA'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' LAW TAK EFFECT, SCHOOLS ROLL OUT LGBTQ RTRICTNS
• TENS OF THOANDS OF LGBTQ+ PEOPLE FLOCK TO FLORIDA FOR GAY DAYS FTIVAL
• ‘WE SAY GAY’: FLORIDA’S LARGT PRI PARA DRAWS HUNDREDS OF THOANDS
• GAY PRI PARA NCELED AFTER ANTI-DRAG SHOW LAW PASS

LGBTQ+ PEOPLE FLOCK TO FLORIDA FOR GAY DAYS FTIVAL

The Cy of Venice, Florida, announced this week  would create a streamled Co of Conduct clse for those seekg special-event perms the future — a likely rponse to the ntroversial public actns om a recent gay pri ftival. This year, the 30-year-old photographer had schled a private event on 10 June at a gym that would once aga clu a drag show and would be open only to adults who had bought tickets of the Protectn of Children law and the appearance of a road sign the nearby Orlando neighborhood of Lake Nona that read “kill all gays” prompted all four drag show performers to ncel their appearanc.

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

” Last year, the ernor signed a “don’t say gay” bill that bars stctn on sexual orientatn and genr inty to children between krgarten and third gra.

Acrdg to Equaly Florida, the state’s premier advocy group for LGBTQ+ rights, the Sunshe state is home to an timated 886, 000 gay, lbian, bisexual, transgenr and non-bary people 13 years of age or olr. The will clu a Friday night ncert, a para and a Sunday street a siar ve, south Florida’s longt-nng Pri para will be held the Fort Lrdale suburb Wilton Manors on 17 June, and events are planned at the Perez Art Mm Miami and a Fort Lrdale of Florida’s first openly gay lawmakers wel the forthright affirmatn of his muny’s existence and future some of the state’s largt metropolan areas. The print of the Fort Lrdale Gay Men’s Chos, Jt Knight, said a statement that the group’s “thoughts and prayers are wh those affected by the tragic accint that occurred when the Stonewall Pri Para was jt gettg started.

“The Fort Lrdale Gay Men’s Chos is eply sadned by the tragic ath and juri that occurred as a rult of the unfortunate accint at the Stonewall Pri Para. Wilton Manors is a Fort Lrdale suburb that bills self as havg a “strong gay prence, ” acrdg to the cy’s webse, embracg s “reputatn as a statn for the gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr muny.

AS FLORIDA'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' LAW TAK EFFECT, SCHOOLS ROLL OUT LGBTQ RTRICTNS

”The pickup driver and the two men he stck were all part of the Fort Lrdale Gay Men’s Chos, a tightkn group that is now mourng. ” Trantalis, the cy’s first openly gay mayor, said that as a wns to “the horrifyg events, ” he had “strong ncerns about what transpired — ncerns for the safety of my muny.

TENS OF THOANDS OF LGBTQ+ PEOPLE FLOCK TO FLORIDA FOR GAY DAYS FTIVAL

The driver has been operative wh vtigators, the agency said, and a DUI tt at the scene showed no signs of Fort Lrdale Gay Men’s Chos said a statement Sunday that s members were “eply sadned by the tragic ath and juri that occurred as a rult of an unfortunate accint at the start of the Stonewall Pri Para. -- 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.

‘WE SAY GAY’: FLORIDA’S LARGT PRI PARA DRAWS HUNDREDS OF THOANDS

Ron DeSantis and Florida lawmakers have champned a slew of anti-LGBTQ+ laws — spurrg the most proment gay rights group the U. 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. 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.

Gay Days is a bon '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. 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. — recently issued a travel and relotn warng for the state, jog the NAACP, the League of Uned Lat Amerin Cizens, the Florida Immigrant Coaln and Equaly the LGBTQ+ advocy group said wasn’t llg for a boytt of all travel to Florida, said wanted to highlight new laws passed by the Republin-ntrolled Florida Legislature that they said are hostile to the LGBTQ+ muny and rtrict abortn accs, as well as make the state unsafe for many by allowg people to rry ncealed weapons whout a participants the Pri Cup athletic petns at Gay Days cid not to e, forcg the ncellatn of dodgeball and flag football tournaments.

GAY PRI PARA NCELED AFTER ANTI-DRAG SHOW LAW PASS

But the multi-sport petn that is held annually at Gay Days will still have beach volleyball, golf, pickleball and before the travel advisori were issued, some regular Florida visors were rensirg their plans.