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Wh Pri Month jt around the rner, here’s everythg you n look forward to for Gay Days at Disney World and the Disneyland Rort. 

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

Many people head to Disneyland Gay Days each year, which do add to crowds the parks — but will be fun, fay-iendly crowds. * disney gay pride month *

Joseph Clark will never fet his first Gay Days.

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

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"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?

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

LGBTQ people are flockg to Florida this weekend to take part Gay Days, Disney's Pri celebratn. * disney gay pride month *

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?

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

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

LGBTQ people are flockg to Florida this weekend to take part Gay Days, Disney's Pri celebratn. * disney gay pride month *

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? Gay Days are open to everyone unr the LGBTQ+ umbrella as well as alli. "How much do Gay Days st?

GayDays Drag Bgo sts $15 advance and $25 at the door.

WHY ARE LGBTQ+ PEOPLE HEADG TO ORLANDO THIS WEEKEND? EVERYTHG TO KNOW ABOUT GAY DAYS

Gay Days returned to Disneyland Rort last weekend. If you missed the event, don't worry, bee Gay Days 2023 is nfirmed! * disney gay pride month *

The Taste of GayDays food and we event starts sts $40 advance and $50 at the door.

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

Here are the dat for Gay Days Disney World this month! * disney gay pride month *

Addnal events and tails n be found on Gay Days Orlando's is there to do at 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.

"Are Gay Days fay-iendly? 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.

DAT ANNOUNCED FOR GAY DAYS DISNEY WORLD

" Are there any ncerns about havg Gay Days  Florida this year? 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.

Way before the teemg Red Shirt-wearg mass began scendg upon the Disney Parks for Gay Days, queer people have long had a love affair wh Disney.

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.

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

Here’s everythg you n look forward to for Gay Days at Disney. In fact, one uld say that parks like Disney World and Disneyland stand as a ttament to gay culture. 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.

A gifted dtrial signer, Bob, then a closeted gay man, was ved to jo Walt Disney Imageerg – lled WED Enterpris at the time – by Walt himself.

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(1582x1317:1583x1318):format(webp)/ 1920w, (1582x1317:1583x1318):format(webp)/ 2048w, (1582x1317:1583x1318):format(webp)/ 2400w" src="(1582x1317:1583x1318):format(webp)/" dg="async" data-nimg="rponsive" style="posn:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0;box-sizg:borr-box;paddg:0;borr:none;marg:to;display:block;width:0;height:0;m-width:100%;max-width:100%;m-height:100%;max-height:100%;object-f:ver"/></span><div class="duet--media--ptn pt-6 font-polysans-mono text-12 font-light leadg-130 trackg-1"><figptn class="duet--article--dangeroly-set-cms-markup le text-gray-13 dark:text-gray-e9 [&>a:hover]:text-black [&>a:hover]:shadow-unrle-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-e9 dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-unrle-gray-63 [&>a]:shadow-unrle-gray-13 dark:[&>a]:shadow-unrle-gray-63"><em>The logo of the onle vio library Disney+ is shown on the display of a smartphone.</em></figptn> <ce class="duet--article--dangeroly-set-cms-markup le not-alic text-gray-63 dark:text-gray-bd [&>a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-unrle-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-unrle-gray [&>a]:shadow-unrle-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-unrle-gray"><em>Photo by Thomas Ttschel/Photothek via Getty Imag</em></ce></div></figure></div></div></div></div><div class="relative md:mx-to md:flex md:max-w-ntaer-md lg:max-w-none"><div class="duet--article--article-body-ponent-ntaer clearfix sm:ml-to md:ml-100 md:max-w-article-body lg:mx-100"><div><div class="duet--article--article-body-ponent"><p class="duet--article--dangeroly-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leadg-160 -trackg-1 selectn:bg-ankl-20 dark:text-whe dark:selectn:bg-blurple [&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-ankl dark:[&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&_a]:shadow-unrle-black dark:[&_a]:shadow-unrle-whe">Even as Disney’s marquee streamg service celebrat Pri Month wh a promently posned roel of LGBTQ+ tl on s homepage, the pany has found self at the center of a sexual orientatn discrimatn lawsu brought by an executive employee.</p></div><div class="duet--article--article-body-ponent"><p class="duet--article--dangeroly-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leadg-160 -trackg-1 selectn:bg-ankl-20 dark:text-whe dark:selectn:bg-blurple [&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-ankl dark:[&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&_a]:shadow-unrle-black dark:[&_a]:shadow-unrle-whe"><a href=">The plat (PDF)</a>, as reported earlier <a href=">by <em>Deadle</em></a>, was filed today a California superr urt on behalf of televisn executive Joel Hopks, lawyers nfirmed to <em>The Verge</em>. Hopks had been wh the pany sce 1994. The su alleg that around the time that he was promoted to vice print of productn fance for Touchstone Televisn 2000, beme known that Hopks intified as gay.</p></div><div class="duet--article--article-body-ponent"><p class="duet--article--dangeroly-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leadg-160 -trackg-1 selectn:bg-ankl-20 dark:text-whe dark:selectn:bg-blurple [&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-ankl dark:[&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&_a]:shadow-unrle-black dark:[&_a]:shadow-unrle-whe">At this time, spe his tenure and prev promotns wh the pany, Hopks “experienced an ongog pattern of discrimatn, cludg, but not limed to, beg passed over for promotns and not beg paid at a level mensurate wh other partment heads,” the plat stat.</p></div><div class="duet--article--article-body-ponent"><p class="duet--article--dangeroly-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leadg-160 -trackg-1 selectn:bg-ankl-20 dark:text-whe dark:selectn:bg-blurple [&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-ankl dark:[&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&_a]:shadow-unrle-black dark:[&_a]:shadow-unrle-whe">In addn to allegedly beg subject to what is characterized the su as unwarranted scty and harassment, he was also allegedly blamed for problems that were not his rponsibily as well as repeatedly overlooked for better opportuni for growth wh the pany. In some s, the oversights were egreg to the extent that others wh ls or no relevant experience were promoted to the rol. He was also allegedly left out of executive meetgs and alleg his role the management of other employe was dimished as well. </p></div><div class="duet--article--article-body-ponent clear-both block md:float-left md:mr-30 md:w-[320px] lg:-ml-100"><div class="duet--article--article-pullquote mb-20"><div class="mb-10 h-[22px] w-[65px] bg-ankl"></div><p class="duet--article--dangeroly-set-cms-markup relative bg-repeatg-l-dark bg-[length:1px_1.2em] pb-8 font-polysans text-28 font-medium leadg-120 trackg-1 selectn:bg-ankl-20 dark:bg-repeatg-l-light dark:text-whe dark:selectn:bg-blurple">Hopks “experienced an ongog pattern of discrimatn, cludg, but not limed to, beg passed over for promotns.”</p></div></div><div class="duet--article--article-body-ponent"><p class="duet--article--dangeroly-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leadg-160 -trackg-1 selectn:bg-ankl-20 dark:text-whe dark:selectn:bg-blurple [&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-ankl dark:[&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&_a]:shadow-unrle-black dark:[&_a]:shadow-unrle-whe">Acrdg to the su, Hopks “ma direct and repeated plats to HR” about the discrimatn he had experienced, but the HR partment and his employers “provid no relief whatsoever.” </p></div><div class="duet--article--article-body-ponent"><p class="duet--article--dangeroly-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leadg-160 -trackg-1 selectn:bg-ankl-20 dark:text-whe dark:selectn:bg-blurple [&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-ankl dark:[&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&_a]:shadow-unrle-black dark:[&_a]:shadow-unrle-whe">“After his sexual orientatn bee known to his superrs and after beg discrimated agast, and after beg put on a ad-end reer track and repeatedly nied promotns wh no remedy or relief om HR, Platiff is rmed and believ that yet aga, or around April 2021, several promotns occurred, but Platiff once aga was not promoted,” the plat stat. “Platiff is rmed and believ that the promotns occurred spe reprentatns that Disney was hurtg fancially and was not promotg.”</p></div><div class="duet--article--article-body-ponent"><p class="duet--article--dangeroly-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leadg-160 -trackg-1 selectn:bg-ankl-20 dark:text-whe dark:selectn:bg-blurple [&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-ankl dark:[&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&_a]:shadow-unrle-black dark:[&_a]:shadow-unrle-whe">The plat was brought unr the California Fair Employment and Hog Act, which bars workplace discrimatn on the basis of, among other thgs, sexual orientatn. The su seeks pensatory damag for lost benefs and wag as well as medil expens and emotnal distrs, addn to trial and lawyers’ fe. It also seeks “punive damag an amount appropriate to punish Defendants and to ter others om engagg siar nduct for all of actn which such damag are reverable.”</p></div><div class="duet--article--article-body-ponent"><p class="duet--article--dangeroly-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leadg-160 -trackg-1 selectn:bg-ankl-20 dark:text-whe dark:selectn:bg-blurple [&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-ankl dark:[&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&_a]:shadow-unrle-black dark:[&_a]:shadow-unrle-whe">A spokperson for Disney did not immediately return a requt for ment. Neher Riversi Televisn Servic nor ABC Signature Studs, which are also named as platiffs the su, immediately returned requts for ment.</p></div><div class="duet--article--article-body-ponent"><p class="duet--article--dangeroly-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leadg-160 -trackg-1 selectn:bg-ankl-20 dark:text-whe dark:selectn:bg-blurple [&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-ankl dark:[&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&_a]:shadow-unrle-black dark:[&_a]:shadow-unrle-whe">While The Walt Disney Company is beg sued over allegatns of sexual orientatn discrimatn at the rporate level, s tentpole streamg service has ma Pri Month a key foc of ntent curatn on s homepage. </p></div><div class="duet--article--article-body-ponent"><p class="duet--article--dangeroly-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leadg-160 -trackg-1 selectn:bg-ankl-20 dark:text-whe dark:selectn:bg-blurple [&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-ankl dark:[&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&_a]:shadow-unrle-black dark:[&_a]:shadow-unrle-whe">Disney Pl is the pany’s crown jewel, and arguably s most nsumer-facg product at prent. The pany’s bs has <a href=">sentially been rhuffled</a> to foc almost exclively on makg Disney Pl a succs. As Pri kicks off this month, a proment “Celebrate Pri Month” lumn on the service featur tl such as <em>Out,</em> <em>Howard,</em> <em>Runaways</em>, and more than half a dozen other Pri-iendly tl.</p></div></div><div class="mb-40 mt-30"><button class="duet--article--ments-button group le-flex h-40 w-full ems-center jtify-center round-[2px] borr-[1px] borr-solid borr-blurple font-polysans-mono text-11 font-light upperse trackg-12 text-blurple hover:bg-blurple hover:text-whe md:w-to md:px-30"><svg class="mr-10 le pt-2" width="12" height="14" fill="none" viewBox="0 0 12 12" stroke-width="1px" xmlns="><tle>Comments.

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