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Contents:

• YOUR GUI TO GAYDAYS® ORLANDO 2019
• SCHLE FOR GAY DAYS ORLANDO/WALT DISNEY WORLD RELEASED
• WHAT DAYS ARE GAY DAYS AT DISNEY WORLD? EVERYTHG TO KNOW ABOUT THE RED SHIRT TRADN.
• GAY DAYS AT DISNEY – CELEBRATE PRI & LGBT+ HISTORY MONTH
• DISNEY GAY DAYS: A CELEBRATN OF LOVE THE MAGIC KGDOM
• GAY DAYS RETURNS TO WALT DISNEY WORLD AFTER 2-YEAR HIAT
• GAY DAYS RETURNS TO DISNEY WORLD AMID ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ NTROVERSY
• WH CHANG TO ORLANDO’S BIG GAY WEEKEND G 2019, WE LOOK BACK ON THE HISTORY OF GAY DAY
• LGBTQ PEOPLE FLOCK TO FLORIDA FOR DISNEY'S GAY DAYS CELEBRATN
• GAY DAYS ORLANDO AUGT 13 – 19, 2019
• DISNEY GAY DAYS AT WALT DISNEY WORLD
• HOW GAY DAYS MA A HOME AT DISNEY WORLD
• LGBTQ+ PEOPLE FLOCK TO FLORIDA FOR GAY DAYS FTIVAL

YOUR GUI TO GAYDAYS® ORLANDO 2019

GayDayS(r) Orlando's Celebratn is not a sgle-day event, promis to be the #1 premier LGBTQ vatn experience occurrg over 7 days durg the third week of Augt 2019. GayDayS(r) is prised of multiple events staged at the world famo attractns, gay and lbian nightclubs, and unique venu secured for the purpose of creatg an clive LGBTQ atmosphere.

SCHLE FOR GAY DAYS ORLANDO/WALT DISNEY WORLD RELEASED

Commted to diversy and cln, GayDayS(r) wel young, old, all rac and beliefs, parents, AA groups, straight alli, and every other sectn of the people e to Orlando durg GayDayS(r) jt to enjoy the pany of the 180, 000+ gays and lbians, but most are lookg to fill their erari wh excg pool parti, special events, theme parks, attractns, and more!

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

Although all began wh a daytime trip to Walt Disney World, GayDayS(r) has spired and nurtured some of the largt and most credible events and parti the world. Wh some of the most imagative and novative venu found anywhere, GayDayS(r) Orlando has an unbeatable batn of attractns, events, and parti to help create a magil dream of a vatn week.

GAY DAYS AT DISNEY – CELEBRATE PRI & LGBT+ HISTORY MONTH

From the tropil wonrland of the GayDayS(r) Host Hotel, to the thrill ris of the Universal Studs Orlando, you're sure to fd an event that will amaze and light Parti: Orlando is the perfect place to spend your days soakg up the hot sun and hot scenery around a sparklg hotel swimmg pool. In 1991, the origal GayDayS® cemented Orlando as a pneer LGBTQ+ tourism when an timated 50, 000 red-shirted atten packed to Magic Kgdom® Park at Walt Disney World® Rort.

DISNEY GAY DAYS: A CELEBRATN OF LOVE THE MAGIC KGDOM

Nearly 30 years later, and spurred part by Orlando’s welg, clive nature, GayDayS has grown to a multiday affair that attracts more than 180, 000 male and female members of the LGBTQ+ muny — and 2019’s edn promis to be the biggt and bolst yet! 13-19, GayDayS Orlando 2019 will feature multiple theme park and attractn viss — aka #RedShirtDays — at Walt Disney World, Universal Orlando Rort, SeaWorld® Orlando and ICON Park®.

Theme park viss will always be one of the most popular GayDayS activi, but the celebratn has expand to bee an all-over-town, somethg-for-everyone vatn extravaganza. Most official GayDayS events will take place at area theme parks or Wyndham Orlando Rort Internatnal Drive, which has ee parkg and is nveniently loted close to all major parks and attractns. 13-18, Hours Vary): Loted si Wyndham Orlando Rort’s Key & Cs Ballroom, this is your one-stop lotn to pick up official GayDayS event tickets, pool party bands and exclive merchandise.

14-18): Lay out the sun, grab an ice-ld beverage and enjoy a variety of world-class DJs at the pool parti, which have bee one of GayDayS’ most popular events.

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

): The Walt Disney World theme park that started the whole GayDayS phenomenon is the se of this vis, where you n enjoy classic ris, one-of-a-kd character enunters and a tly magil fireworks show. The schle for 2019 Gay Days has been announced and is as follows:Animal Kgdom: Thursday, Augt 15, 2019Disney’s Hollywood Studs: Friday, Augt 16, 201Magic Kgdom: Saturday, Augt 17, 2019Ept: Sunday, Augt 18, 2019The official Gay Days Orlando scrib the event as “The signature event of the week where an timated 50, 000 red-shirted Gay Days atten pack Walt Disney World’s origal park.

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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? 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.

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

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.

From the eedom to jt be yourself at the place Where Dreams Come Te to Disney characters like Ursula and Gaston who have bee gay ins, magic happens when Disney and the LGBT+ muny une.

From the st members that make magic for guts every day to the Imageers that work behd the scen to dream up beloved experienc, you’d be hard-prsed to turn the rner a Disney theme park whout g face-to-face wh somethg or someone that hasn’t been touched by or isn’t a part of the gay muny. Although, Disneyland Paris did host the first-ever Disney-sponsored gay pri event, the Magil Pri Party, 2019 and, for 2023, Disneyland Rort is offerg s very first Disneyland After Dark: Pri Ne. Each year (except for 2020 and 2021 due to COVID-19), lbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and other queer people – along wh their fay, iends, and LGBTQ+ alli – make the annual pilgrimage to Central Florida to celebrate Pri Month wh Gay Days at Disney World and other area theme parks, cludg Universal Orlando, SeaWorld and Disvery Cove.

WH CHANG TO ORLANDO’S BIG GAY WEEKEND G 2019, WE LOOK BACK ON THE HISTORY OF GAY DAY

What started as a sgle-day event June 1991 wh around 3, 000 members of the lol LGBT muny at Disney’s Magic Kgdom, Gay Days has sce expand to a massive near-weeklong, cywi extravaganza wh over 180, 000 atten om around the world. Origally anized by the Gay, Lbian, and Bisexual Communy Center of Orlando (GLBCC), today the celebratn is a team effort wh parti, special events, and the GayDays Expo thrown by a number of different queer anizatns at GayDays Host Hotels and other lotns throughout Orlando.

While the unofficial uniform of Gay Days was origally jt a practil suggtn, makg easier to fd each other among the crowds, the sea of red is now a way of sayg to the world, “We’re here, we’re queer, get ed to .

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

Lunchtime get-togethers and ri meetups for gay fai and different LGBTQ muni, like lunch at Hungry Bear Rtrant or a plunge down Grizzly River Run for the bears, let atten spend some qualy time wh their tribe.

GAY DAYS ORLANDO AUGT 13 – 19, 2019

The Gay Days Orlando Expo, loted the Gay Days Host Hotel, offers an exceptnal opportuny for Gay Days atten to view and sample goods and servic specifilly targetg our muny durg their vatn.

DISNEY GAY DAYS AT WALT DISNEY WORLD

It is also perfect for lols to e and enjoy this Expo as part of Orlando's annual Gay Days celebratn & Gay Day the Magic are many other great events happeng at the Gay Days Host Hotel that you n attend before or after you vis the Expo. 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.

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. 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.

HOW GAY DAYS MA A HOME AT DISNEY WORLD

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. 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.

LGBTQ+ PEOPLE FLOCK TO FLORIDA FOR GAY DAYS FTIVAL

What began as one day at the park ballooned to multiple days of events om many groups who brg circu parti, ncerts, expos and pool parti every year that encircle the origal event and rry the same msage of visibily that Gay Day at Magic Kgdom was found on.

Swallow ed this early msagg system to suggt every “out” gay person should meet up at the Magic Kgdom to be visible and be seen, somethg that was dangero for many to do those days.

“Not necsarily at physil risk when you were at Magic Kgdom, but polil and social animosy would be thrown at you jt for beg gay, if you intified publicly as a gay person.