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GAY DAYS RETURNS TO DISNEY WORLD AMID ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ NTROVERSY
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”But Shapiro also noted the irony of Pri Ne beg held siar fashn to the first eratn of Gay Days. Although Shapiro exprsed some ambivalence about Disney steppg to a space Gay Days has been fillg succsfully for more than two s, he also said the events n and will n put on lavish and theatril productns wh LGBTQ them, Shapiro said, while Gay Days n host s own events and parti outsi the parks. 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.