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Karl Krause and Daan Colijn, who produce a travel blog called Couple of Men, applaud the move by Disneyland Paris to take over the gay pride event and say they would support other Disney parks doing the same. Disney representatives also note that the company has taken big steps to support the LGBTQ community. But the company says a Disney employee group supports the Gay Days organizers by providing hotel space for the event. The Disneyland Resort doesn’t list Gay Days on its online calendar and hasn’t promoted the event on its social media site.ĭisneyland representatives say the park doesn’t advertise private events held at the park.
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The park sells a variety of rainbow-designed merchandise during the LGBTQ event. Six Flags Magic Mountain includes its Out on the Mountain after-dark party on its online calendar of events, alongside its Grad Night celebrations, a Deaf & Hard of Hearing Awareness Day and an Apostolic Jubilee organized by a Whittier church. #LAPride is coming back to the Park for another after-hours event on June 1st! ?️? Will you be there? Learn more and get your event tickets here: /n1jVtj8e4g- Universal Studios Hollywood May 13, 2019 “For a major family-oriented entertainment corporation to embrace the LGBTQ participation in the theme park is nothing to sneeze at in this current political climate,” Eliza Byard, executive director of GLSEN, an organization that supports LGBTQ students from kindergarten through high school.
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When Disneyland Paris announced on Twitter in January that it was taking over its gay pride event, many followers applauded the move, although others suggested the park could take a bolder stride toward promoting the LGBTQ community by creating a gay or lesbian character for Disney theme parks or movies.ĭisney defenders say the company has introduced gay and bisexual characters on its television shows, including the Disney Channel series “Andi Mack” and the ABC series “Once Upon a Time.” “Disney does help and provide some support on some level with the Gay Days events, but I do believe it will only be a matter of time before they fully embrace it as they have in France,” said Aaron Goldberg, author of several books about Disney. The gay-themed events are still debated today but much of the discussion focuses on whether the theme parks should play a bigger role in supporting and promoting them. When Disney parks began to allow gay events, the company became the target of boycotts and scorn from conservative religious groups, including the Southern Baptist Convention, the Assemblies of God and the American Family Assn.