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• 'GAY DAYS AT DISNEY' WARNG WAS BRILLIANT, SAYS FAY GROUP
• LARGE CROWD EXPECTED FOR DISNEY ‘GAY DAYS’ DPE WARNGS TO AVOID STATE
• WHAT DAYS ARE GAY DAYS AT DISNEY WORLD? EVERYTHG TO KNOW ABOUT THE RED SHIRT TRADN.
• WARNG: GAY DAY AT DISNEY
• 'GAY DAYS AT DISNEY' WARNG WAS BRILLIANT'GAY DAYS AT DISNEY' WARNG WAS BRILLIANT
• GAY DAYS 2023 AT DISNEYLAND RORT CONFIRMED, DAT REVEALED - INSI THE MAGIC
• 'GAY DAYS AT DISNEY' DRAWS PROTT, WARNG FROM THE SKY
• LGBTQ PEOPLE FLOCK TO FLORIDA FOR DISNEY'S GAY DAYS CELEBRATN
• THE TTH ABOUT WHAT REALLY GO ON AT GAY DAYS AT DISNEYLAND
• DAT ANNOUNCED FOR GAY DAYS DISNEY WORLD
• GAY DAYS RETURNS TO WALT DISNEY WORLD AFTER 2-YEAR HIAT
• DISNEY WEL GAY DAYS FLORIDA AS THE FD WH DESANTIS RAG ON
• GAY DAYS IS RETURNG TO DISNEYLAND & CALIFORNIA ADVENTURE
• DISNEY VS. RON DESANTIS: 'DON'T SAY GAY' FD ISN'T STOPPG FANS OM VISG DISNEY WORLD

'GAY DAYS AT DISNEY' WARNG WAS BRILLIANT, SAYS FAY GROUP

It has never been done before and I thk ’s very appropriate light of the very appropriate nature that was gog on at the time, ” said John Stemberger, print of the Florida Fay Policy Council, to The Christian Post on Florida Fay Associatn, no relatns to FFPC, chartered an aircraft to pull two seven-foot high banners – one on Friday and one on Saturday – above the Disney World area to warn potential park goers that atten of Gay Pri Days would vis the Magic Kgdom on June 15, 000 gay atten entered the Disney park on Saturday pared to the normal level of 30, 000 children and their Caton, executive director of Florida Fay Associatn, told CP that members of his staff have been at Disney World durg Gay Days for 18 of the 21 years that the event has occurred. ”For Stemberger, his problem wh Gay Days at Disney is how atten “flnt” their sexualy when children are around, and that Disney allows the event to take place durg normal bs hours when other groups have to e after hours to hold their events. ”The Florida pro-fay lear said hundreds if not thoands of Disney park goers have unspectgly vised durg the Gay Days and were offend and left whout a refund.

Hors of LGBTQ+ people are head to Florida to participate Walt Disney World’s annual “Gay Days, ” spe a proment LGBT anizatn’s warng that the state is homophobic and should be avoid. Gay Days anizers have been enuragg members of the LGBT muny to show up to this year’s ftivi large numbers, spe warngs to avoid the state. The Parental Rights Edutn Act, monly referred to as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, origally rtricted the teachg of genr and sexual orientatn krgarten through third gra and required that discsns of those topics later gras be age appropriate.

In the 1990s, before the Supreme Court legalized gay marriage natnwi, The Walt Disney Company offered gay and lbian employe surance for their partners. Other nservative Republin policians like Senator Josh Hawley and Senator Mar Rub publicly attacked Disney for s stance on the law and refal to censor a gay kiss Pixar’s Lightyear (2022). In the 1990s, the gural Gay Days h Walt Disney World Rort – thoands of members of the LGBTQIA+ muny held an unofficial meetup at Magic Kgdom.

LARGE CROWD EXPECTED FOR DISNEY ‘GAY DAYS’ DPE WARNGS TO AVOID STATE

Of urse, Disney uldn’t ban Guts om s Parks due to their sexualy, stead optg to stall a sign warng Guts of a “gatherg of homosexuals” at Magic Kgdom on one Gay Day, acrdg to a 2000 report by The Ledger. The former Pleasure Island nightclub at Downtown Disney (now Disney Sprgs) held official events June for Gay Days and Pri Month, and Disney allowed anizers to rent Typhoon Lagoon for a private Gay Days event. '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?

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?

Arguably the most proment part of Gay Days, red shirt daysare when participants wear red shirts to specific parks to celebrate their inty or support others. For stance, June 1 is a red shirt day at Disney's Animal Kgdom and SeaWorld Orlando and June 2 is a red shirt day at Disney's Hollywood Studs and Universal Islands of attends Gay Days? 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.

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

Some events are adults-only, but most are open to all ag, cludg the Miss GayDays pageant, which this year will be hosted by CoCo Montre, who peted on "RuPl's Drag Race, " and Miss GayDays 2019 Twila actually par the event to a fay rnn, specifilly "the fay that gets along rnn. Given the polil climate the state and last year's enactment of what crics ll Florida'sDon't Say Gay law rtrictg discsns of sexual orientatn and genr inty primary schools, Clark said some people have asked him if this year's event would still happen. 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.

WARNG: GAY DAY AT DISNEY

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? 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.

'GAY DAYS AT DISNEY' WARNG WAS BRILLIANT'GAY DAYS AT DISNEY' WARNG WAS BRILLIANT

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. 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.

This weekend the Florida Fay Associatn hired an airplane to fly a banner over the Orlando area warng fai about the annual Gay Days event, held the first week of June at Disney World Orlando, Florida.

Apparently, the associatn thought that the spectre of queers dancg wh Mickey warranted spendg $7, 000 on the banner, which read “Warng Gay Day at Disney. Day at Disney as a celebratn of “immoral liftyl, ” took aim at the Hilton Hotel — “ would appear om Doubletree by Hilton’s role as the official Gay Day hotel that their pany is sanctng the celebratn of the homosexual, lbian and transgenr liftyl. The events I found on the Gay Day se clud swimmg wh the dolphs, watchg the Blue Man group or Cirque du Soleil’s La Nouba, book-readg events, gay roo and, of urse, pool parti.

GAY DAYS 2023 AT DISNEYLAND RORT CONFIRMED, DAT REVEALED - INSI THE MAGIC

Acrdg to Chris Alexanr-Manley, print of Gay Days, the event brgs $150 ln to Disney, rival theme parks, hotels, rtrants, bars, clubs and other lol bs. The Florida Fay Associatn, no relatns to FFPC, chartered an aircraft to pull two seven-foot high banners – one on Friday and one on Saturday – above the Disney World area to warn potential park goers that atten of Gay Pri Days would vis the Magic Kgdom on June 4.

'GAY DAYS AT DISNEY' DRAWS PROTT, WARNG FROM THE SKY

David Caton, executive director of Florida Fay Associatn, told CP that members of his staff have been at Disney World durg Gay Days for 18 of the 21 years that the event has occurred.

Gay rights advot have tried to ph back, the FFA director claims, by tryg to trick the Christian pro-fay group to thkg that they are actually helpg their opponents. For Stemberger, his problem wh Gay Days at Disney is how atten “flnt” their sexualy when children are around, and that Disney allows the event to take place durg normal bs hours when other groups have to e after hours to hold their events.

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

The Florida pro-fay lear said hundreds if not thoands of Disney park goers have unspectgly vised durg the Gay Days and were offend and left whout a refund. In the 1990s, the gural Gay Days h Disneyland and Walt Disney World Rort – thoands of members of the LGBTQIA+ muny held an unofficial meetup at Magic Kgdom and Disneyland Park. Other nservative Republin policians like Senator Josh Hawley and Senator Mar Rub publicly attacked Disney for s stance on the law and refal to censor a gay kiss Pixar’s Lightyear (2022).

For those livg near Disney World Florida, there is a good chance you saw an aircraft pullg the followg banner, “Warng Gay Pri Day@Disney 2Day. “30, 000 children along wh their unspectg parents will be nonted wh the realy of wnsg over 15, 000 Gay Pri Day revelers when they enter the Magic Kgdom on June 4, 2011, ” wrote FFA on s webse. On Wednday, the Feral Rerve Bank of Virgia began flyg a gay pri flag unr the Amerin flag honor of LGBT pri Relig Freedom UpdatJo thoands of others to get the FREEDOM POST newsletter for ee, sent twice a week om The Christian Post.

— 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. 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.

THE TTH ABOUT WHAT REALLY GO ON AT GAY DAYS AT DISNEYLAND

”It’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.

DAT ANNOUNCED FOR GAY DAYS DISNEY WORLD

“It’s ls a csa and more like, ‘I’m not gog to spend my money where bad thgs are gog on, ’” Hayn Days has survived past challeng, cludg the early years when Disney posted signs at the Magic Kgdom’s entrance warng visors there was a large gatherg of gays and lbians and offerg pass to other parks for guts who might be offend. Over the last three s, though, the theme parks and rorts have thrown down the wele mats as Gay Days has bee a profable bounce between the sprg break and out-of-school summer crowds. Durg Gay Days the 1990s, hundreds of anti-abortn activists wh Operatn Rcue protted outsi Walt Disney World, and the Southern Baptist Conventn ced the gatherg llg for a boytt of all thgs Disney.

Some Christian groups tried to buy air time durg Gay Days the late 1990s to prsure people to renounce their sexual orientatn, but mastream TV statns Orlando rejected the ads. The Southern Baptists would have you believe that Gay Days is a time when we viants brg all of our viant behavr to Walt’s sacred fay statn and try to poison wh our agenda. Rather, what happens durg Gay Days is that, for one weekend of the year, we get to be the majory stead of the mory; we get to walk down Ma Street holdg the hands of our partners whout worryg about the star we attract; we get to gather wh our fai of choice at Ameri’s favore fay statn and feel like other fai feel every sgle day.

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

Somethg magil happens at Gay Days that you never see at Disneyland on any other weekend; on other days, people’s foc tends to be on the people wh whom they arrived.

DISNEY WEL GAY DAYS FLORIDA AS THE FD WH DESANTIS RAG ON

“The primary objective of this project is to warn fai before they expose their children to Gay Day’s revelry and before they pay Disney for parkg and admissn, ” the release stat. 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. “We hope that the recent events will enurage our atten more than ever to attend Gay Days Orlando 2022 this g June as now is the time to e together and show the world the immortal words of Queer Natn ‘We’re here.

GAY DAYS IS RETURNG TO DISNEYLAND & CALIFORNIA ADVENTURE

” The vtment LGBTQ+ fans feel Disney was tted earlier this month when the pany’s CEO, Bob Chapek, fend s reported $250, 000 donatns to backers of Florida’s ntroversial “Don’t Say Gay” bill. ” Acrdg to the tech news se Gizmodo, at least eight films have been touted as featurg the stud’s “first” gay character, cludg Onward, Zootopia, and Jungle Cise. Although out gay director Bill Condon hyped Disney’s first “exclively gay moment” leadg up to the release of the live-actn Bety and the Beast remake 2017, the eventual scene took mere sends of screen time.

When Gay Days, one of Disney World’s most popular unofficial events, lnched 1991, the park hung signs outsi the entrance warng heterosexual visors that “members of the gay muny have chosen to vis the Magic Kgdom today their regnn of Gay and Lbian Pri Month, ” acrdg to the New York Tim. Eddie Shapiro, who -found an offshoot of the event at Disneyland 1998, tells TIME that Disney employe ed to hand out “pla whe shirts” to straight ctomers who accintally wore red, the lor Gay Days participants e to intify one another. Today, Gay Days is timated to be a $100 ln dtry, wh the Orlando event alone brgg over 100, 000 atten annually to what is now a nearly weeklong schle of activi.

“In supportg Gay Days, they’re able to be clive, but by not producg themselv, they’re able to say to their right-wg base, ‘Hey, everybody’s wele at Disneyland.

DISNEY VS. RON DESANTIS: 'DON'T SAY GAY' FD ISN'T STOPPG FANS OM VISG DISNEY WORLD

” If Disney wants to ntue takg steps forward, many believe that one way to do so is to help prevent Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill om beg law. In an addrs to staff durg Disney’s annual shareholr meetg on Friday, Chapek nfirmed that he had telephoned DeSantis to “exprs our disappotment and ncern” regardg the “Don’t Say Gay” bill.

- Mark Stegall and Robert Motz knew they'd ma the right cisn to travel to Florida when they spotted a sea of people wearg red T-shirts emblazoned wh the words "Say Gay" ont of Walt Disney World's Magic partners om Galburg, Ill., have been g to the annual Gay Days celebratn at Disney for years and ultimately cid they weren't gog to let travel advisori, new state laws targetg the LGBTQ muny and a bter public fd between Florida Gov.