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Let’s clear things up: what is Gay Days, exactly?
To begin, let’s clear up a common misconception. Many online articles and blogs don’t correctly explain what Gay Days actually refers to. Even fewer incorporate the full array of all there is to do during a Queer Days / Disney Lgbtq+ fest event.
Let’s learn some rapid history!
Since at least , LGBTQIA+ folks have been meeting up — via their own community-organized events — at Disney parks. They simply called it Gay Days.
The name stuck.
In the late 90’s, an event organizer incorporated the name Gay Days Inc. and trademarked their URL. Today, they’re just one of many professional companies that hosts events, parties and meetups during various weekends in Orlando and Anaheim. Some are free and open to the public, others are ticketed and held in secret venues.
These events often overlap, so they compete a bit for visitors and attendees.
So if you complete a internet search for ‘Gay
WDW June Gay Days general Discussion Thread
Gay Days are traditionally built around the first Saturday in June. This year it is June 7, and following the normal schedule the designated parks are:
Thursday June 5, Animal Kingdom
Friday June 6, Disney Studios
Saturday Jine 7, Magic Kingdom
Sunday June 8, EPCOT
The parks are open to the general public, it is not a private ticket event, unlike at Disneyland.
While there are some intimate events, and one promoter is actually scheduling a week earlier than usual this year, including a private ticket party at
Typhoon Lagoon scheduled for May
I&#;ll be traveling with a friend, whose wife hates traveling, so he goes with me often. Also in my party will be his 16 yo grandson. We&#;ll be at WDW June 4 to While we are doing the parks, the only one we&#;re doing on the designated time is Magic Kingdom, it&#;s just the way our schedule worked out. I was also able to book the DVC Moonlight Magic event at Typho
Why LGBTQ+ people will soon be heading to Orlando. Everything to know about Gay Days
- Gay Days Orlando is an annual unofficial LGBTQ+ gathering at Walt Disney Society and other Orlando theme parks.
- The event takes place from June , , with designated parks and times for attendees.
- Participants often wear red shirts, a tradition started at the first event in
- Florida's recent anti-LGBTQ+ legislation has raised safety concerns, despite the event continuing as planned.
Pride Month is almost here, with the entire month of June dedicated to the celebration and commemoration of lesbian, same-sex attracted, bisexual, transgender and other sexualities.
The "Gay Days" event will produce its annual give back to Walt Disney World and other Orlando theme parks next week for LGBTQ+ community members and theme park lovers alike.
Here's what to know about the annual Gay gathering in Florida.
What are 'Gay Days' at Disney World?
Gay Days Orlando is where lesbian, gay, attracted to both genders, transgender and other LGBTQ+ individuals, their families, friends, and supporters go to Walt Disney Nature and other Orlando the
Disney World welcomes thousands of Homosexual people to celebrate Gay Days: ‘We are here, we are queer and we aren’t going anywhere’
Even though Gov. Ron DeSantis and Florida lawmakers have championed a slew of anti-LGBTQ+ laws — spurring the most prominent gay rights group in the U.S. and other civil rights organizations to issue warnings that the Sunshine State may no longer be safe — Gay Days organizers are still encouraging visitors from around the world to reach to one of Florida’s largest gay and lesbian celebrations.
They say a large turnout will send a message that Homosexual people aren’t going away in Florida, which is continually one of the most popular states for tourists to visit. If the hoped-for , or more visitors come to the half-week of pool parties, drag bingo and thrill rides at Orlando’s theme parks and hotels, then “that’s the point,” said Joseph Clark, CEO of Gay Days Inc.
“Right now is not the time to run. It’s not the time to depart away,” Clark said. “It’s second to show we are here, we are queer and we aren’t going anywhere.”
Unlike most of the country, which cel