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| The ] ] Disney for eight years. Additionally, from 2011-2013 the hate group ] flew three banner planes around Disney.<ref name=sentinel>{{cite news |last= Busdeker |first= Jon |title= 'Warning: Gay Day at Disney 6/1' Banner Flown over Central Florida |url= http://www.orlandosentinel.com/features/blogs/jon-busdeker/os-walt-disney-world-gay-days-warning,0,4037033.post |access-date= August 19, 2013 |newspaper= Orlando Sentinel |date= May 31, 2013}}</ref> | |||
| Drug use and overt sexuality have caused some lesbian and gays to oppose the event.<ref name=time>{{cite news |last= Cloud |first= John |work= Time |date= June 21, 2010 |url= http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-1,00.html |title= How Gay Days Made a Home at Disney World}}</ref> Pete Werner, openly gay founder of Disney fan-site WDWInfo, has called the event "disgraceful". Werner's criticism mainly derived from the public displays of affection by the attendees in full view of families.<ref>{{cite web |title= Disney Gay Days at Walt Disney World |url= http://www.wdwinfo.com/disney-gay-days.htm |website= WDWInfo.com |access-date= March 8, 2015}}</ref> | |||
| Janet Porter, president of the Christian organization "Faith 2 Action", is highly critical of the event. She encouraged families to re-think visiting Walt Disney World. She told the Huffington Post to expect to see "cross-dressing men will be among those parading public displays of perversion".<ref>{{cite news |last1= Wong |first1= Curtis |title= Disney World's 'Gay Days' Slammed by Religious Right Activist Janet Porter |url= http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html |access-date= March 8, 2015 |work= The Huffington Post |date= June 5, 2014}}</ref> | |||
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Gay Days at Walt Disney World is a loosely organized event where lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals, their families, friends and supporters go to Disney World on a single day each year. Held on the first Saturday in June (with numerous other events in the area during the preceding week), it is now one of the largest gay pride events in the world.
History
The first documented event, in 1991, had 3,000 gays and lesbians from central Florida going to area theme parks on one day wearing red shirts to make their presence more visible. By 1995, the event had grown to 10,000 gays and lesbians traveling for the gay day at Disney. As of 2010 approximately 150,000 LGBT people, their families, friends and supporters attended the six-day gathering (including various pool parties, conventions, festivals, a business expo, activities for kids, etc.) with 20,000 to 30,000 going to Disney on the final day.
The popularity of the event is seen by some attendees as a way of "reclaiming" normal joys of childhood lost to homophobia in their earlier years. Growth in attendance also reflects the growing number of LGBT families with children. A local Doubletree resort has dubbed itself the "official" hotel for the event, with convention space rented to various businesses (bathroom remodelers, gourmet cooking suppliers, sex toys, etc.) and organizations (free health tests, vaccinations, etc.) pitching to attendees.
Criticism
The Southern Baptist Convention boycotted Disney for eight years. Additionally, from 2011-2013 the hate group Florida Family Association flew three banner planes around Disney.
Janet Porter, president of the Christian organization "Faith 2 Action", is highly critical of the event. She encouraged families to re-think visiting Walt Disney World. She told the Huffington Post to expect to see "cross-dressing men will be among those parading public displays of perversion".
References
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timewas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - Busdeker, Jon (May 31, 2013). "'Warning: Gay Day at Disney 6/1' Banner Flown over Central Florida". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved August 19, 2013.
- Wong, Curtis (June 5, 2014). "Disney World's 'Gay Days' Slammed by Religious Right Activist Janet Porter". The Huffington Post. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
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