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Contents:

• DAT ANNOUNCED FOR GAY DAYS DISNEY WORLD
• WHAT DAYS ARE GAY DAYS AT DISNEY WORLD? EVERYTHG TO KNOW ABOUT THE RED SHIRT TRADN.
• GAY DAYS 2023 AT DISNEYLAND RORT CONFIRMED, DAT REVEALED - INSI THE MAGIC
• GAY DAYS IS RETURNG TO DISNEYLAND & CALIFORNIA ADVENTURE
• DETAILS ON GAY DAYS DISNEY WORLD THIS YEAR
• DISNEY GAY DAYS ORLANDO IS ON — AND SOME ATTEN ARE WORRIED
• DISNEY GAY DAYS AT WALT DISNEY WORLD
• GAY DAYS RETURNS TO WALT DISNEY WORLD AFTER 2-YEAR HIAT
• GAY DAYS ANAHEIM RETURNS TO DISNEYLAND RORT THIS SEPTEMBER
• GAY DAYS ORLANDO: A CELEBRATN OF INCLIVY AND FUN
• SCHLE FOR GAY DAYS ORLANDO/WALT DISNEY WORLD RELEASED
• WHY ARE LGBTQ+ PEOPLE HEADG TO ORLANDO THIS WEEKEND? EVERYTHG TO KNOW ABOUT GAY DAYS

DAT ANNOUNCED FOR GAY DAYS DISNEY WORLD

Well, ’s one of the largt gay and lbian celebratns the world, wh a few events happeng Disney World.

Note that you mt have a valid park ticket, as well as a park pass rervatn to attend any of the Gay Day celebratns the parks.

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

'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? 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?

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.

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

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. 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.

GAY DAYS IS RETURNG TO DISNEYLAND & CALIFORNIA ADVENTURE

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.

DETAILS ON GAY DAYS DISNEY WORLD THIS YEAR

Gay Days has officially announced that the fan meetup will return to Disneyland Rort om September 22 to 24, 2023. Gay Days might be an unofficial event, but Disney has long taken a progrsive stance toward gay marriage and LGBTQIA+ issu. In the 1990s, before the Supreme Court legalized gay marriage natnwi, The Walt Disney Company offered gay and lbian employe surance for their partners.

In Febary, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis troduced the Parental Rights Edutn Act, also known as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill.

DISNEY GAY DAYS ORLANDO IS ON — AND SOME ATTEN ARE WORRIED

Disney released a statement on March 3 but didn’t directly mentn the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, which was later passed to law.

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). Visors to the Magic Kgdom's Gay Day wear red as part of the ftiviPhoto: Facebook/San Schaller. After beg nceled last year due to COVID-19, the famed “Gay Days Anaheim” will fally return to Disneyland and Disney California Adventure.

From September 17th-19th, thoands of people will don the signature Gay Days red shirt and meet up for trivia, svenger hunts, ri takeovers, parti, photoshoots, and so much more. In 2020, the group behd Gay Days Anaheim held a Mi Gay Days, which was the last event held at the parks before lockdown.

DISNEY GAY DAYS AT WALT DISNEY WORLD

“And now, ” the group’s webse clar, “we are so exced to announce that Gay Days Anaheim will be the VERY FIRST GROUP to return to Disneyland!!!

Gay Days Anaheim has been held for over twenty years, though this year marks the first time will take place September stead of October.

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

The change was the works before the panmic and was requted by Disney as a way for Gay Days to avoid overlappg wh Halloween crowds. The tradn of red shirts stems om the first-ever gay day 1991 at the Magic Kgdom Orlando, Florida. A small group of gay men munited through onle bullet boards and agreed to meet there socially.

Those planng to attend this year’s events California n buy the official 2021 red shirt on the Gay Days Anaheim webse.

GAY DAYS ANAHEIM RETURNS TO DISNEYLAND RORT THIS SEPTEMBER

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. 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.

GAY DAYS ORLANDO: A CELEBRATN OF INCLIVY AND FUN

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. 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.

SCHLE FOR GAY DAYS ORLANDO/WALT DISNEY WORLD RELEASED

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. And we’re about to see those inic red shirts return to the parks soon, as Gay Days is returng to Disney World. Hundreds of thoands of LGBTQ+ revelers are expected to scend on Orlando for Disney Gay Days, a four-day schle of parti and meet-ups not officially sanctned by the Moe timg is prer, wh anti-LGBTQ+ ernor (and Republin printial ndidate) Ron DeSantis wagg a high-profile war agast the behemoth media and entertament pany, mostly bee s learship dared to stand up for LGBTQ+ ctomers and employe by speakg out agast DeSantis's "don't say gay" law.

Disney recently slapped DeSantis wh a lawsu, sayg he targeted the pany for polil retributn over s stance on "don't say gay.

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

The suatn for LGBTQ+ people Florida is so dire that the Human Rights Campaign, Equaly Florida, and even the NAACP issued travel warngs for the Sunshe of the events of Gay Days beg Thursday, the begng of Pri Month, wh the start of Red Shirt Days, where LGBTQ+ Disney fans wear red to the var Disney theme parks to intify themselv as queer (some Red Shirt Days occur at neighborg amement parks, like Florida's Universal Studs and SeaWorld). At the sold-out Gay Days host hotel, the Doubletree by Hilton at SeaWorld, there are also var pool parti and even drag shows, even though DeSantis signed a bill limg such performanc.