Gay Days returns to Walt Disney World after 2-year hiat

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• WHAT DAYS ARE GAY DAYS AT DISNEY WORLD? EVERYTHG TO KNOW ABOUT THE RED SHIRT TRADN.
• GAY DAYS RETURNS TO WALT DISNEY WORLD AFTER 2-YEAR HIAT
• DAT ANNOUNCED FOR GAY DAYS DISNEY WORLD
• LGBTQ PEOPLE FLOCK TO FLORIDA FOR DISNEY'S GAY DAYS CELEBRATN
• DISNEY GAY DAYS ORLANDO IS ON — AND SOME ATTEN ARE WORRIED
• ORLANDO'S GAY DAYS DRAWS LGBTQ CROWDS TO DISNEY WORLD AMID DESANTIS ANTI-LGBTQ PH
• DISNEY GAY DAYS AT WALT DISNEY WORLD
• GAY DAYS GO ON ORLANDO SPE SO-LLED ANTI-LGBTQ SENTIMENTS, LAWS
• DISNEY WORLD WEL THOANDS OF LGBTQ+ PEOPLE TO CELEBRATE GAY DAYS: ‘WE ARE HERE, WE ARE QUEER AND WE AREN’T GOG ANYWHERE’
• GAY DAYS RETURNS TO DISNEY WORLD AMID ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ NTROVERSY
• GAY DAYS ORLANDO 2022
• GAY DAYS 2023 KICKS OFF AT DISNEY WORLD. WHY LGBTQ VISIBILY THIS YEAR MATTERS MORE.

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? 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.

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

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. 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?

DAT ANNOUNCED FOR GAY DAYS 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. 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.

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

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. 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.

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

— 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. ”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.

“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.

ORLANDO'S GAY DAYS DRAWS LGBTQ CROWDS TO DISNEY WORLD AMID DESANTIS ANTI-LGBTQ PH

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 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.

GAY DAYS GO ON ORLANDO SPE SO-LLED ANTI-LGBTQ SENTIMENTS, LAWS

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. 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).

DISNEY WORLD WEL THOANDS OF LGBTQ+ PEOPLE TO CELEBRATE GAY DAYS: ‘WE ARE HERE, WE ARE QUEER AND WE AREN’T GOG ANYWHERE’

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.

“We ntue to be that blue speck a sea of red, but ultimately laws are laws, and that is the tertg suatn we are , ” Joseph Clark, the CEO of Gay Days, told Deadle, addg that many have reached out to ask whether 's safe to vis Florida. A reprentative om the Orange County sheriff told Deadle that secury measur will be place, cludg unmarked police officers and vehicl, but cled to offer more the full schle of Disney Gay Days Orlando, click here.

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

Gay Days at Walt Disney World 2023 Thomas Simoti for The Washgton Post via Getty Imag Gay Days, an annual celebratn at Walt Disney World the first weekend of June, went on as planned this year spe — or fiance of — a raft of anti-LGBTQ legislatn signed by Gov. "The birth of Gay Days was really about beg visible at a time when was dangero to be visible, " pecially the 1990s, Equaly Florida's Brandon Wolf told the Post.

GAY DAYS ORLANDO 2022

'"DeSantis has ed his power to retaliate agast Disney for s opposn to his "Don't Say Gay" tn bill, which the Legislature expand this year to ban all discsn of sexual orientatn or genr inty K-12 schools; their fight is now  urt.

GAY DAYS 2023 KICKS OFF AT DISNEY WORLD. WHY LGBTQ VISIBILY THIS YEAR MATTERS MORE.

DeSantis has also recently signed legislatn prohibg the e of preferred pronouns for stunts and teachers, targetg drag shows, and makg a felony to provi genr-affirmg health re to transgenr mors — and barrg such re for many adults has never officially sponsored Gay Days, but over the years Disney World and other nearby theme parks "have thrown down the wele mats as Gay Days has bee a profable bounce between the sprg break and out-of-school summer crowds, " The Associated Prs reported. ”Sce 1991, the Gay Days celebratn has been part of Central Florida — welg hundreds of thoands of lol and out-of-state four-day event clus pool parti, bgo nights and drag queen performanc.

They never had to worry about that they never had to worry about beg the one to e out of the closet or say what you really loved or did, so yeah, we celebrate some of the small advantag we’ve had to jt be , ” Rote to the charged environment this year, Gay Days is takg place amid an ongog battle between Disney and Gov.

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 tradn. And other civil rights anizatns to issue warngs that 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 celebratns.