Disneyland will host its first official LGBTQ 'Pride Nite' event in June as the company faces backlash in Florida for opposing the state's 'Don't Say Gay' law.
Disney’s shareholder meeting comes amid Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ war on the Burbank company, which is seeking to put a bruising year in the rearview mirror., have been in a dispute with Disney since the company opposed a state law last year that prohibits instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity from kindergarten through third grade.
Pride Nite will include a dance party with characters in “special attire” and photo opportunities with “pride-themed backdrops,” Disneyland officials said.,” which began as an after-hours event when the park could be rented out for private parties.Organizers of“In the wake of everything that’s happening to the country, that Disney is coming out in support of the community and inviting the community in, in this way, I think is a great thing,” said Eddie Shapiro, organizer of Gay Days Anaheim.
But Shapiro also noted the irony of Pride Nite being held in similar fashion to the first iteration of Gay Days.
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