Pri 2023: LGBTQ people flock to Florida for Disney's Gay Days celebratn

Contents:

• DISNEY FAC PAYBACK FOR CRICIZG FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ LAW
• DISNEY WORLD DEFI RON DESANTIS BY HOSTG GAY RIGHTS SUMM FLORIDA
• LGBTQ PEOPLE FLOCK TO FLORIDA FOR DISNEY'S GAY DAYS CELEBRATN
• DISNEY TO HOST GAY RIGHTS SUMM ORLANDO

DISNEY FAC PAYBACK FOR CRICIZG FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ LAW

This legislatn has been dubbed by crics as the “Don’t Say Gay” law, precisely bee that is what tends: prohibs class discsn about sexual orientatn and genr inty until stunts are at least ne years old. Ahead of the midterm electns November, Republins are g the word to promote the ia that the left is only ncerned wh social issu such as transgenr rights and cril race theory, and not the real problems of the nflict between Disney and DeSantis, who is leadg the polls the gubernatorial race and has already raised more than $100 ln for the reelectn mpaign, tensified early March, when Disney CEO Bob Chapek spoke out agast the “Don’t Say Gay” law followg prsure om pany workers. By that pot, more than 150 pani had signed a letter opposg the explaed that he had lled DeSantis to exprs his “disappotment and ncern” about the law argug “ uld be ed to unfairly target gay lbian, nonbary and transgenr kids and fai.

”The Walt Disney Company, one of the world’s biggt media and entertament empir, pris self on a lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer (LGBTQ) iendly culture. But today s reputatn for clivy and tolerance is unr scty – as are s ep ti to the polil tablishment and the lack of LGBTQ reprentatn s ’s workers have been stagg walkouts prott at chief executive Bob Chapek’s lackltre rponse to Florida legislatn dubbed “don’t say gay”. But their prejudic were laid bare by a tweet om Christa Phaw, prs secretary for Florida’s ernor, Ron DeSantis, that said: “The bill that liberals accurately ll ‘don’t say gay’ would be more accurately scribed as an anti-groomg bill.

It has been nmned as “hateful” by Joe Bin and other Democrats who argue that monis LGBTQ, prs secretary of the LGBTQ rights anisatn Equaly Florida and a survivor of the Pulse nightclub shootg 2016, says: “The ‘don’t say gay bill’ was dubbed that by the muny bee is a bigoted, very specifilly anti-LGBTQ piece of legislatn signed to censor classroom speech about our muny.

DISNEY WORLD DEFI RON DESANTIS BY HOSTG GAY RIGHTS SUMM FLORIDA

Photograph: Chris Pizzello/Invisn/APYet the “don’t say gay” bill wrong-footed Chapek, who succeed Bob Iger as chief executive Febary 2020. They give to a lot of Democrats, bee they want those Democrats to be on their si too, but they have given a disproportnate amount to Republin legislators, many of whom supported and voted for the ‘don’t say gay’ bill.

The Human Rights Campaign has said will stop acceptg money om Disney “until we see them build on their public mment and work wh LGBTQ+ advot to ensure that dangero proposals, like Florida’s ‘don’t say gay or trans’ bill, don’t bee dangero laws” Whehall and Ey Blunt Jungle Cise. Eric Marc, creator and host of the Makg Gay History podst, says: “Disney has cultivated an LGBTQ-iendly image, both through their cln of LGBTQ characters recent years and wh their employe, so ’s shockg but not shockg that the CEO would have been so flat-footed. Photograph: APFor s the stud’s output was steadfastly heterosexual even though s creative talents clud gay people such as Howard Ashman, an Osr wner who wrote the lyrics for The Ltle Mermaid and Bety and the Beast before his ath om Aids has been some progrs sce then wh a growg LGBTQ portrayals films and TV shows and the sellg of LGBTQ pri-themed merchandise at Disney stor.

Last year’s film Jungle Cise featured a proment gay character: McGregor Houghton, played by Jack Whehall. “Nearly every moment of overtly gay affectn is cut at Disney’s beht, regardls of when there is prott om both the creative teams and executive learship at Pixar.

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

The Walt Disney World Rort Florida is schled to host what has been billed as the "largt LGBTQ+ nference the world" later this year, a move that uld trigger nflict wh Governor Ron DeSantis who has already clashed wh the entertament behemoth over LGBTQ & Equal, a group that mpaigns for gay, lbian and transgenr rights the workplace, is due to hold s 2023 workplace summ at the rort, om September Febary, DeSantis signed to law a bill appotg a five-person board to oversee Reedy Creek Improvement District, which Disney has managed as a largely self-erng thory over the past 50 move followed a statement om Disney cricizg DeSantis's Parental Rights Edutn legislatn, dubbed the "Don't Say Gay Bill" by crics.

Newsweek reached out to the Walt Disney Company and Governor DeSantis via email for nflict between Disney and DeSantis began March 2022, when the rporatn issued a statement sayg Florida bill HB 1557, dubbed "Don't Say Gay, " "should never have passed and should never have been signed to law. — 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.

Ron DeSantis and Florida lawmakers have champned a slew of anti-LGBTQ laws — spurrg the most proment gay rights group the U. 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.

DISNEY TO HOST GAY RIGHTS SUMM ORLANDO

”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.