LGBTQ+ people attend 'Gay Days' Florida spe travel warngs

Contents:

• FLORIDA WANTS GAY TOURISTS. A BILL RTRICTG LGBTQ TOPICS SCHOOLS SENDS THE WRONG MSAGE, CRICS SAY.
• LARGT U.S. GAY RIGHTS GROUP ISSU FLORIDA TRAVEL ADVISORY
• LARGT US GAY RIGHTS GROUP ISSU FLORIDA TRAVEL ADVISORY FOR ANTI-LGBTQ+ LAWS
• LGBTQ+ PEOPLE ATTEND 'GAY DAYS' FLORIDA SPE TRAVEL WARNGS
• LARGT US GAY RIGHTS GROUP ISSU FLORIDA TRAVEL ADVISORY FOR ANTI-LGBTQ+ LAWS
• LGBTQ+ PEOPLE ATTEND 'GAY DAYS' FLORIDA SPE TRAVEL WARNGS

FLORIDA WANTS GAY TOURISTS. A BILL RTRICTG LGBTQ TOPICS SCHOOLS SENDS THE WRONG MSAGE, CRICS SAY.

”The news as major LGBTQ-oriented events such as Miami Beach’s Pri and Orlando’s Pri Prom are set to take place later this events – such as the Out & Equal Workplace Summ and Gay Days, which affects many bs Orlando such as SeaWorld, Walt Disney World, Hilton Hotels & Rorts and more – may also be News has reached out for ment om the affected pani. “There’s a sense of eedom to Florida’s beach, the warm weather and the myriad activi – a draw for people of all orientatns, but pecially appealg to a gay muny lookg for a sense of belongg and acceptance, ” says the Vis Florida page promotg top gay beach, a Pri Gui and LGBTQ-iendly state’s official tourism marketg arm says “gay” a lot s promotnal materials.

But Florida is now the spotlight for legislatn that crics have dubbed the “don’t say gay” bill that was passed this week by the state Senate but has not yet been signed to law by Gov. ” Opponents have said the proposed law uld harm LGBTQ kids, or children whose parents are gay; Print Bin lled “hateful.

They’re hopeful that the angry rponse to the bill won’t keep visors om supportg those gay-welg bed-and-breakfasts, bars, rtrants, and cultural Florida cled to ment on the bill and s potential impact on tourism. 2 ln domtic visors to the state 2019 — or nearly 4 ln people — intified as lbian, gay, bisexual or another orientatn that was not heterosexual.

LARGT U.S. GAY RIGHTS GROUP ISSU FLORIDA TRAVEL ADVISORY

”“But if anyone actually boytts Florida bee they’re upset about the lack of sex and genr theory stctn our krgarten through 3rd gra classrooms, I’m nfint that our state is better off whout them, ” she Lrdale, the tourism bure that clus gay favor Fort Lrdale and Wilton Manors, has been dog “ser, mted outreach” to the muny sce 1996, Print and CEO Stacy Rter said an terview.

“We’re hopg that people n separate the hateful thgs that are gog on Tallahassee om the really progrsive thgs we’re dog here, ” she Covello, CEO of OutCoast, a platform that markets the state as an LGBTQ-clive statn, said she has already heard om some people who have lled Florida homophobic or asked how she uld promote to visors. “This is the time more than ever to travel to Florida, to be seen, to be heard, to say gay, ” she said avoidg the state would hurt bs like rtrants, shops and hotels that are owned by members of the muny and harm progrs ci that are beg more clive.

“The ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill is hostile to our muny and bad for the statn, ” he said the statement. ”Hunter O’Hanian, executive director of the Fort Lrdale-based Stonewall Natnal Mm & Archiv, said the 2022 bill follows the pattern of earlier anti-gay efforts the state the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s. “But at the same time the public policy lears … are givg everyone the msage that beg gay is somethg that is not to be spoken of.

LARGT US GAY RIGHTS GROUP ISSU FLORIDA TRAVEL ADVISORY FOR ANTI-LGBTQ+ LAWS

”O’Hanian said the mm and library, where nearly 40 percent of visors are om out of state, have put out ltle dish ntag ps that say “Say Gay. More than 150, 000 travelers flock to the theme parks, hotels, rtrants and clubs every June for the multiday “GayDays” event. Vis Orlando v LGBTQ travelers to pay rpects at the former se of the Pulse gay nightclub, where an terim memorial honors the 49 people who were killed a 2016 mass shootg.

”GayDays print Chris Manley said he expects a huge bash this year after skippg the last two bee of the panmic.

“This year I’m hopg to see more and more ctom on that say ‘I say gay, ’” he said. " The NAACP, long an advote for Black Amerins, joed the League of Uned Lat Amerin Cizens (LULAC), a Lato civil rights anizatn, and Equaly Florida, a gay rights advocy group, issug travel advisori for the Sunshe State, where tourism is one of the state's largt job sectors.

LGBTQ+ PEOPLE ATTEND 'GAY DAYS' FLORIDA SPE TRAVEL WARNGS

Recent efforts to lim discsn on LGBTQ topics schools, the removal of books wh gay characters om school librari, a recent ban on genr-affirmg re for mors, new rtrictns on abortn accs and a law allowg Floridians to rry ncealed guns whout a perm ntributed to Equaly Florida's warng. The advisory also referenced the so-lled "Don't Say Gay" bill, which is formally lled The Parental Rights Edutn Act.

However, acrdg to a 2023 Gallup poll, 55 percent of Amerins were satisfied wh the acceptance of gay and lbian people, while 38 percent were dissatisfied. Equaly Florida also listed a seri of legislative steps the state had taken regardg the cln of LGBTQ+ ntent the tn said a law dubbed "Don't Say Gay"—barrg teachers om krgarten to third-gra stunts public schools om discsg sexual orientatn and genr inty the classroom—had ma Florida "synonymo wh the anti-LGBTQ+ movement to empower ernment censorship. Joed other civil rights anizatns Tuday issug a travel advisory for Florida, warng that newly passed laws and polici may pose risks to mori, immigrants and gay Human Rights Campaign joed the NAACP, the League of Uned Lat Amerin Cizens, the Florida Immigrant Coaln and Equaly Florida issug travel or relotn warngs for the Sunshe State, one of the most popular stat for tourists to vis the U.

Joed other civil rights anizatns Tuday issug a travel advisory for Florida, warng that newly passed laws and polici may pose risks to mori, immigrants and gay Human Rights Campaign joed the NAACP, the League of Uned Lat Amerin Cizens, the Florida Immigrant Coaln and Equaly Florida issug travel or relotn warngs for the Sunshe State, one of the most popular stat for tourists to vis the U.

LARGT US GAY RIGHTS GROUP ISSU FLORIDA TRAVEL ADVISORY FOR ANTI-LGBTQ+ LAWS

He has gone to war wh Disney over s opposn to the Don’t Say Gay law, lnched numero bldsis attackg “woke doctratn” schools, and taken ntrol of the state’s tn system wh handpicked admistrators and the power of the bully pulp. In short, begng wh the 2022 passage of the Don’t Say Gay law – which prohibs class stctn on sexual orientatn and genr inty krgarten through third gra – DeSantis and the Republin-ntrolled legislature have voted their tenure to monizg LGBTQ+ people and makg schools ls safe for LGBTQ+ stunts. Marjorie Taylor Greene shar “F**k Bud Light” rap vio wh a joke about gay men “spreadg” HIV.

Tens of thoands are expected Orlando this weekend celebratn of "Gay Days, " an annual tradn where people om all over the world e to celebrate at Walt Disney World and other theme parks to kick off Pri celebratn is still on spe recent warngs om civil rights groups not to vis the state bee of recent anti-LGBTQ+ ’s not jt a party; for many, 's a tradn, a time to be seen, and a time to celebrate beg s-long tradn dat back to 1991.

And I've cid to be the person my fay who has supported that, " Mehnert Clark, the CEO of Gay Days Inc., said the multi-day event is a time for people to e together while also havg this year has e wh s own set of challeng. Republin printial ndidate and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis recently signed bills that ban genr-affirmg health re for mors, stop transgenr people om enterg public bathrooms that match their genr inti, and rtrict drag performanc ont of also expand the Parental Rights Edutn Bill, dubbed the "Don’t Say Gay Bill" by crics, to all gra levels, which prohibs schools om teachg sexual orientatn and genr cricized the law, openg a legal battle between the two.

LGBTQ+ PEOPLE ATTEND 'GAY DAYS' FLORIDA SPE TRAVEL WARNGS

Ron DeSantis signs law to put Disney district unr state ntrolEqualy Florida's warngs e rponse to legislatn cludg a classroom law dubbed "Don't Say Gay" that rtricts teachgs about sexual orientatn and genr inty, bans on re for transgenr mors and the approval of a bill that lets people rry ncealed guns whout perms. Don't Say Gay Law.

Equaly Florida is a civil rights anizatn that works to secure the rights of Florida’s lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer travel advisory follows a siar travel advisory issued by the NAACP last month for the Black muny to avoid movg or visg the state.