Many people head to Disneyland Gay Days each year, which do add to crowds the parks — but will be fun, fay-iendly crowds.
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- WHY ARE LGBTQ+ PEOPLE HEADG TO ORLANDO THIS WEEKEND? EVERYTHG TO KNOW ABOUT GAY DAYS
- GAY DAYS 2023 KICKS OFF AT DISNEY WORLD. WHY LGBTQ VISIBILY THIS YEAR MATTERS MORE.
- DISNEY WORLD WEL THOANDS OF LGBTQ+ PEOPLE TO CELEBRATE GAY DAYS: ‘WE ARE HERE, WE ARE QUEER AND WE AREN’T GOG ANYWHERE’
- DISNEY GAY DAYS ORLANDO IS ON — AND SOME ATTEN ARE WORRIED
WHY ARE LGBTQ+ PEOPLE HEADG TO ORLANDO THIS WEEKEND? EVERYTHG TO KNOW ABOUT GAY DAYS
Gay Days at Disney World is the world's most popular gay and lbian celebratn, attractg over 150,000 gay and lbian travelers to Orlando Florida. It started out as a sgle day the Magic Kgdom has grown to one of the largt gay and lbian events to clu a bs expo, parti, theme park and attractn events and much more. Gay Days tak place the first weekend June Orlando Florida. Gay Days will feature The Gay Days Expo, ncerts, edy events and parti. Schled days for Gay Day at the Parks are also a part of this huge Lbian and Gay celebratn. * gay disney day 2023 *
— 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.Even though Gov. Ron DeSantis and Florida lawmakers have champned a slew of anti-LGBTQ laws — spurrg the most proment gay rights group the U.S. 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 celebratns.They 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.
GAY DAYS 2023 KICKS OFF AT DISNEY WORLD. WHY LGBTQ VISIBILY THIS YEAR MATTERS MORE.
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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.“Right now is not the time to n. “It’s time to show we are here, we are queer and we aren’t gog anywhere.”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.
Tradnally, participants wear red shirts to intify themselv, and they meet for the afternoon para ont of Crella’s Castle.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.”In rponse, some Florida ci, cludg St. Sara Hayn, who liv metro Atlanta wh her hband, cid not to vis the state after lawmakers started planng legislatn to rtrict treatment optns for trans people.“It’s ls a csa and more like, ‘I’m not gog to spend my money where bad thgs are gog on,’” Hayn said.Gay 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.
DISNEY WORLD WEL THOANDS OF LGBTQ+ PEOPLE TO CELEBRATE GAY DAYS: ‘WE ARE HERE, WE ARE QUEER AND WE AREN’T GOG ANYWHERE’
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.“Come on out and see that not everythg you hear out there is realy,” Clark said, addrsg DeSantis. Cred: Gay Days Anaheim Facebook. 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.
Sce then, Gay Days has remaed a Disney Parks fan-favore event. Gay Days took over Walt Disney World Rort June – Pri Month. Related: Gay Pri Collectn Creator Comms To Year-Round Rabow Disney Merchandise.
DISNEY GAY DAYS ORLANDO IS ON — AND SOME ATTEN ARE WORRIED
If you missed Gay Days this year, don’t worry! Gay Days has officially announced that the fan meetup will return to Disneyland Rort om September 22 to 24, 2023. From Gay Days Anaheim:.