June 12, 2022

"Disney has never endorsed Gay Days... Nor has it tried to rein it in. There isn’t much the company could do anyway."

"For red shirt days, attendees buy tickets like anyone else. The planning is handled by private companies like One Magical Weekend, Gay Days Inc., and the lesbian-focused Girls in Wonderland.... Would the anti-L.G.B.T.Q. vitriol that has surrounded Disney in recent months spill over to Gay Days?...  On Saturday morning... Gay Days participants streamed into Disney World. Many of them wore red shirts with the words 'SAY GAY' on the back....  [Disney's] Parks & Resorts division celebrates Pride month with a barrage of rainbow merchandise in its shops, including a button featuring Mickey Mouse and a rainbow along with the slogan 'Belong, Believe, Be Proud.' There were also rainbow-themed desserts... [and] Pride-themed photo backdrops.... There were no protesters. There were no cautionary signs. The only tension I saw came from a gay man who was cranky that a Disney manager had told him that his shirt could be viewed as inappropriate. It featured Pluto in leather gear and the phrase 'I like it wruff.'"

From "After a Political Storm, Gay Days Return to Disney/An L.G.B.T.Q. tradition at Disney World took on new significance this year, when Disney was ensnared in a heated cultural debate" (NYT).

64 comments:

Biotrekker said...

When are "Straight Days"?

David Begley said...

1. Has everyone else noticed that June as LGBTQ month has really amped up this year? It wasn’t like this in past years.

2. Of course the gay guy objected to being told his shirt was inappropriate? Imagine having to explain that shirt to your seven year old?

3. We need a heterosexual pride month. Celebrate porn and promiscuity.

Ann Althouse said...

"When are "Straight Days"?"

You're soaking in it.

Václav Patrik Šulik said...

"...a gay man who was cranky that a Disney manager had told him that his shirt could be viewed as inappropriate. It featured Pluto in leather gear and the phrase 'I like it wruff.'""

This is fascinating and telling. Normally, any non-Disney sanctioned apparel or gear is seized as a trademark violation and destroyed. The bearer is removed from the venue. That this didn't happened shows this group wields enormous power.

Laurel said...

You're soaking on it.

Really? If the Alphabet Soup people were to politely 'disappear' once their annual debauchery were finished, I could almost live with that.

Yet they don't.

So, "soaking in [normalcy] it"?

No, no we most certainly are not.

Temujin said...

At some point everyone, even gay people, will become sick and tired of dedicating a month to one specific sexual preference and having municipalities, schools, and corporations have to 'celebrate' it in some farcical and contrived way.

Josephbleau said...

“When are "Straight Days"?"

You're soaking in it.“

I don’t give two farts in a windstorm over straight or gay days, but that is a bit odd. We can’t have a straight month because they are the overlords? Like, you can’t be a Yankees fan because they always win? Only Germany can celebrate VE Day, because the Americans won the war and are soaking in victory all the time. I’ll have to think about that.

Ice Nine said...

They somehow managed to make Disneyland gayer.

Greg The Class Traitor said...

The only tension I saw came from a gay man who was cranky that a Disney manager had told him that his shirt could be viewed as inappropriate. It featured Pluto in leather gear and the phrase 'I like it wruff.'"

What is the pathology that drives people to sexualize childish things?

The fact that the Left in general just doesn't realize that normal people look at this think thing"you are pathetic" is a really telling thing.

And it tells nothing good about the left

stlcdr said...

“…could be viewed as inappropriate…”

Could?

You mean rough bondage sex with animals only ‘could’ be inappropriate for Disney? Is this acceptable viewing for children? Oh, right…that’s what these sick assholes want. Sexual deviancy on parade for all.

Jeff Weimer said...

Disney is right, they can't do much about it. I don't have much of a problem with it. All sorts of groups commission their own unofficial park visiting days.

jim5301 said...

VPS - I find it difficult to believe that at its theme parks Disney forces its customers to undress because of suspicion of a possible trademark violation. But if you say so . . .

Kay said...

Václav Patrik Šulik said...
"...a gay man who was cranky that a Disney manager had told him that his shirt could be viewed as inappropriate. It featured Pluto in leather gear and the phrase 'I like it wruff.'""

This is fascinating and telling. Normally, any non-Disney sanctioned apparel or gear is seized as a trademark violation and destroyed. The bearer is removed from the venue. That this didn't happened shows this group wields enormous power.

6/12/22, 10:58 AM


Lol, what are you talking about?

gilbar said...

Doesn't Disney==Gay? Hasn't it, ALWAYS?
Isn't The Real Question: Why do chinese people bring their kids to a Gay theme park?

Achilles said...

Václav Patrik Šulik said...

That this didn't happened shows this group wields enormous power.

Selective enforcement of rules is what backwards tribal affiliation systems thrive on.

The elites that run this regime want to get back to the good old days of their trips to Epstein Island.

The video of Hunter Biden naked waving and illegal gun around with a hooker while Joe Biden is trying to pass tougher gun laws on the proles and take away our freedom is another example of this.

The proles will not abide this anymore.

I look forward to the morally rotten unprincipled shitheads being brought down.

Jokah Macpherson said...

“We need a heterosexual pride month. Celebrate porn and promiscuity.“

I don’t think you understand how heterosexuality works, at least in a comparative sense.

Arguably, ‘getting’ to spend a small fortune as an adult to take your kids to Disney world is the endgame of heterosexuality.

Ann Althouse said...

"3. We need a heterosexual pride month. Celebrate porn and promiscuity."

Work on your Venn diagram.

n.n said...

Doesn't Disney==Gay? Hasn't it, ALWAYS?

Yes, "full of joy, merry; light-hearted, carefree". There was semantic drift when the word (and others, including "pride") was culturally appropriated by the politically congruent in the early to mid 20th century in order to normalize trans/homosexual bands in the transgender spectrum.

Pete said...

Some years ago our family found we'd inadvertently booked our Disney vacation to coincide with Gay Days. As rock-ribbed Republicans, my dear wife and I were worried about how seeing same-sex couples would affect our pre-school aged daughters. Turns out our daughters didn't notice and the gay couples were well-groomed and polite as any other Disney guest. A big yawn.

Jason said...

If they're making rainbow Disney swag and selling that shit in their gift shops, they're endorsing "Gay Days."

Jason said...

What kind of ignorant, sociopathic, moronic, groomer fucktard would think it's appropriate to wear a BDSM/dog sex-themed t-shirt in a park crawling with children, and which is primarily designed to appeal to children?

WWIII Joe Biden, Husk-Puppet + America's Putin said...

Our military vets get a day.

William said...

I have no objections to it. I would wish, however, that if Disney wished to appeal to the Crips demographic that they would do so in such a way as not to inflame the sensibilities of those Bloods who might also wish to attend on that day. Is it truly necessary to flash your colors at Disneyland?

Buckwheathikes said...

Are people against Gay Day? If a bunch of gay people want to go hang out with each other at a children's theme park, so be it.

This has nothing whatsoever to do with Disney executives, as a corporate strategy, creating gay content and injecting it in movies for US consumers, but removing it in the same movie when they do their Chinese release or Saudi Arabian release. That's manipulative. It could get you thrown off a roof in some of these countries.

Gay Day also has nothing to do with Disney flexing its corporate muscle in the state of Florida to attempt to influence legislation or select politicians for us, just because they've hired a bunch of gay employees. Corporations influencing legislation is vastly different than a bunch of affiliated people deciding they want to go watch Goofy and Minni Mouse on the same day. Once you make that leap into deciding that, as a corporation, you're going to dictate the appropriate zeitgeist, you are open to legitimate and vehement criticism.

Ron DeSantis is right to push back and he'd make a fine President, I think. Disney frankly is already enjoying the kinds of corporate tax perks in Florida that mere mortals could only wish for.

Butkus51 said...

So now Disney is all about what happens in the bedroom or locker.

I never got a boner at Disney. Am I weird?

LilyBart said...

Bigger problem with Disneyland/world is their new Genie/Lightening Lane systems designed to force you to pay more money to ride the desired rides and spend your entire day looking at your phone.

ga6 said...

The cry is "CYA All The Way'

Skeptical Voter said...

Butkus 51---Snow White was crushed to hear you weren't glad to see her.

Greg The Class Traitor said...

jim5301 said...
VPS - I find it difficult to believe that at its theme parks Disney forces its customers to undress because of suspicion of a possible trademark violation. But if you say so . . .

https://www.disneyfoodblog.com/2020/12/29/8-weird-disney-world-rules-and-why-they-exist/
"In most cases, guests wearing clothing with inappropriate messages will be stopped at the park entrance and asked to either flip their clothing inside out or cover it up. But Cast Members working as character attendants also keep a sharp eye out for anything that might have slipped by!"

That help, Jim?

M said...

I’ve been there during gay days. The gays do all kinds of inappropriate PDA, including having sex in the bathrooms and behind buildings. There is tons of footage of this on the internet but Disney refuses to do anything about it. I have reported gays with their hands down each other’s pants to staff and they just looked at me and turned away. I grew up with gays and just saw them as part of the landscape like any other group. The last twenty years have made me LOATHE them as a group and the ones I was friends I have cut ties with since they condone this type of behavior even if they don’t participate themselves. Just like the 14 year old boys being “initiated” into the gay lifestyle by grown men that they tacitly condone.

Tina Trent said...

Ann, what do you think would happen if someone showed up in a "straight pride" shirt, and why?

Don't tell me I'm soaking in heterosexuality. What do you even mean by that?

realestateacct said...

Disney frequently stops guests for inappropriate clothing at the gate - they ask you to return to your vehicle to change or buy clothing at one of their stores. There are regular discussions on Twitter regarding the skimpy tops and short shorts of the usual female suspects.

Michael K said...

Does anyone really care about this ? I would probably avoid "Gay Day" at Disneyworld but I have only been there once and didn't go in the park. This seems to be related to the phenomenon of single males being entranced by childish things like Disney characters.

Mason G said...

Are you sure Snow White is a "her"?

Mark said...

"Disney has never endorsed Gay Days...[Disney's] Parks & Resorts division celebrates Pride month with a barrage of rainbow merchandise in its shops, including a button featuring Mickey Mouse and a rainbow along with the slogan 'Belong, Believe, Be Proud.' There were also rainbow-themed desserts... [and] Pride-themed photo backdrops

In other words, Disney endorses Gay Days.

Jim at said...

The non-stop pandering is exhausting.

Who decided they get an entire fucking month of this bullshit? And who decided they get to shove it down our throats the entire time.

It's not just Disney. Check out your cable channels, your local stores. Hell, even Total Wine and More has a bunch of 'pride' crap on display.

Just stop already.

Kevin said...

Where are the leftists commenting that Disney, as a private corporation, has the right to ban anyone from their parks that they please?

Joe Bar said...

"You're soaking in it."

"In dishwashing liquid? Madge!"

Howard said...

There should be a law against the free market pray gay day at Disneyland because offensive to monotheistic religion.

mikee said...

"May the fourth be with you" day already happens at Disney, with Star Wars cosplay. So why not other identitiy group events, like LGBQY+ Day? Cosplay is fun, don't politicize it! Maybe get all intersectional, with a rousing Rocky Horror revival, with Meatloaf served at all cafes!

Kai Akker said...


---Work on your Venn diagram.

Funny! LOLOL

Kai Akker said...

---An L.G.B.T.Q. tradition

Huh? Traditions already??

Nah, I don't believe it. Not more than 1 in 1,000 LGBTQs would use punctuation like that.

pious agnostic said...

I've lived in Orlando for 30+ years, and there have been Gay Days at Disney that whole time. They never called it that for the first 20 years, it was just understood.

Now that same-sex couples are so mainstream, I'm not sure why they keep doing it, except that I know exactly why they keep doing it. It's not a problem, really, but I'm sure they are sorry they had to close Tom Sawyer's Island. That place was fun, but apparently it was pretty sick during Gay Days.

Anyways.

Joe Smith said...

I would ask to find out when those days are so I can stay 1,000 miles away, but I don't think I'll be going back to Disney ever again.

Btw, was in San Francisco this weekend for a wedding. The hotel lobby was festooned with rainbow everything as were all the street flags and shop window signs.

There's no escape. You must fucking comply. You must fucking celebrate.

If possible, you must fucking turn gay yourself, even thought that would mean the destruction of the species.

Maybe that's the point...

David Begley said...

Prediction. Within the next twenty years, Stonewall Day will be a federal holiday. Equity, baby. And if you don’t agree, you’re a bigot and hater.

Mason G said...

M said...

"I have reported gays with their hands down each other’s pants to staff and they just looked at me and turned away."

I worked at Disneyland for nearly 20 years so I have some experience in this area. You want to know why? I'll tell you. If, as an employee... waitaminute- as a cast member (yeah, that's it), you're involved in a situation where a customer... waitaminute- a guest (yeah, that's it) has a complaint, you will be held responsible. End of story. Doesn't matter who, what or why.

Conclusion- don't get involved.

Achilles said...


Howard said...

There should be a law against the free market pray gay day at Disneyland because offensive to monotheistic religion.


The goal of this movement shoving the most radical obscure grooming racist and sexist bullshit into our faces is to tear us apart.

Forcing women and girls in female sports to compete against men is just one weapon they use.

Allowing rapes in schools and covering them up because it was one of their groomed "trans" males in a girls bathroom doing the raping.

Howard cannot defend teaching kinder gardners learning about how they might be trans and being groomed by radical elementary teachers and told not to tell their parents. He can't really defend letting men and boys into girls bathrooms and sports. He can't defend covering up rape.

But he can throw out stupid dishonest bullshit like this.

That is all he has.

But if you "conservative" people over react and start making generalizations about GROUPS of people you are giving his dishonest bullshit partial credence.

Our daughter has been playing with the neighbor kid every day for several months. She has 2 moms. They are not Biden supporters. They are better people than Howard.

You all need to do a better job of differentiating between the Barbarians and the people who we can coexist with.

Lurker21 said...

Why does it have to be organized and formalized and a mass production?

Why can't Disney "Gay Days" been whenever one gay man and one gay woman ... okay, two gay men or two gay women happen to show up at the park? Or four gay men or four gay women. They have their day. It's fun. The straights see the gays having fun. Why does it have to be anything more than that?

Or was the intent to say, "Families with children, stay away on these days. The park is yours the rest of the year"?

paminwi said...

I concur with M.
Plus, I am sick to death of hearing about gays, trannies and bi, pan whatever the sexual thing they are.
And no professor, we are NOT soaking in heterosexuality.
Why can’t people just live their lives without shoving it down someone else’s throat?
I am repulsed by it all. I don’t want to hear about all the, what I consider to be, repulsive actions they perform in bed with balls, chains, buttplugs, fisting and what ever else they use.
Are these people nothing more than their sexuality? Cuz it sure seems like nothing else matter to them.

Michael K said...

Guess I got censored.

David Duffy said...

I looked it up. Today is: National Loving Day, Child Labor Day, International Farfel Day, National Children's Day, National Jerky Day, National Peanut Butter Cookie Day...all about as interesting as gays who are into their gayness. Is there anything more boring than a month of celebration than gays being into gays?

Give me Christmas and Thanksgiving. I also like the Independence Day.

PM said...

The other day, Gabe Kapler, mgr of the SF Giants, wore his Gay Pride cap while refusing to stand for the Nat'l Anthem. Gotta get your priorities straight...oops...in order, ya know.

J. Farmer said...

@M:

I’ve been there during gay days. The gays do all kinds of inappropriate PDA, including having sex in the bathrooms and behind buildings. There is tons of footage of this on the internet but Disney refuses to do anything about it.

Where is this "tons of footage"?

The last twenty years have made me LOATHE them as a group and the ones I was friends I have cut ties with since they condone this type of behavior even if they don’t participate themselves. Just like the 14 year old boys being “initiated” into the gay lifestyle by grown men that they tacitly condone.

Or 70-year-old men: "I just start kissing them. It's like a magnet. Just kiss. I don't even wait. And when you're a star they let you do it. You can do anything. Grab them by the pussy. You can do anything."

@paminwi:

I am repulsed by it all. I don’t want to hear about all the, what I consider to be, repulsive actions they perform in bed with balls, chains, buttplugs, fisting and what ever else they use.

Where exactly are you being forced to hear about "repulsive actions they perform in bed with balls, chains, buttplugs, fisting and what ever else they use"?

@pious agnostic:

I've lived in Orlando for 30+ years, and there have been Gay Days at Disney that whole time. They never called it that for the first 20 years, it was just understood.

The event has been called "Gay Day" by organizers and attendees since the early 1990s when it began.

WWIII Joe Biden, Husk-Puppet + America's Putin said...

J Farmer.

Not Trump's finest moment - but he was only bragging on tape in a silly interview. He wasn't actually doing it behind the snow-come machine in a public space.

WWIII Joe Biden, Husk-Puppet + America's Putin said...

btw - Lea Thomson - compared himself (yeah himself) to Rosa Parks.

You know what every female swimmer should say to that? "F off, you white male racist prick. Compete alone."

Mark said...

"Why can’t people just live their lives without shoving it down someone else’s throat?"

You mean like the heteroexuality forced down everyone's throat by the cheerleaders and dance teams at High School football games?

You know, when they put underage girls in minimal clothes and have them do sexy dances and jump around for a crowd of mostly middle aged men?

And you throw around the term groomers ....

Gator said...

Apparently Mark knows little about HS dance and cheer teams, or else they'd know that its usually the mothers that are behind the activities.

Mark said...

Gator apparently has never been to a high school football game and seen who attends.

Also, elementary dance class is not HS cheer and dance, which around here has paid advisors in charge.

Greg The Class Traitor said...

jim5301 said...
VPS - I find it difficult to believe that at its theme parks Disney forces its customers to undress because of suspicion of a possible trademark violation. But if you say so . . .

https://www.disneyfoodblog.com/2020/12/29/8-weird-disney-world-rules-and-why-they-exist/
"In most cases, guests wearing clothing with inappropriate messages will be stopped at the park entrance and asked to either flip their clothing inside out or cover it up. But Cast Members working as character attendants also keep a sharp eye out for anything that might have slipped by!"

That help, Jim?

Greg The Class Traitor said...

Mark said...
You mean like the heteroexuality forced down everyone's throat by the cheerleaders and dance teams at High School football games?

Heterosexuality is the norm. No, you don't get to tell the normal people they have to stop being normal around the freaks.

And you don't get to have anyone care when you whine about normal people being normal in front of you

WWIII Joe Biden, Husk-Puppet + America's Putin said...

I don't want to see anyone - gay or straight - engaging in sex in a public space.

Get a room.

PM said...

In the late 60s, Disneyland, Anaheim stopped my friends and I in the parking lot and told us we couldn't enter the park. Long hair.

Mark said...

"Heterosexuality is the norm."

Sounds like when Ann said 'you are soaking in it', but I didn't see you defending her statement.

Funny how it's the ubiquitous norm when you want, but also somehow invisible and without influence at the same time.

Meanwhile, those currently celebrating Pride month are completely aware that the other 11 months are Hetero months.

Greg The Class Traitor said...

Mark said...
"Heterosexuality is the norm."
Sounds like when Ann said 'you are soaking in it', but I didn't see you defending her statement.


That's only because you're a moron.

Meanwhile, those currently celebrating Pride month are completely aware that the other 11 months are Hetero months.

Really?
There's no "Drag Queen Story Hours" the other 11 months

There's stores flying "heterosexual pride" flags to balance out the "gay pride" flags they fly this month?

That's a really special delusion you live under