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Is this it? (Edited for semi-decency)
One 'well-meaning gαy man' with a 'sense right and wrong' and a 'sense of decency', who's 'fed up with twisted nonsense', and feels he is
NOT a 'self-loathing Aunt Tom', and that THIS year, at "gαy Days" (it is) 'completely out of control', exercises free speech.
He's "proud of who and what he is.":[/b]
Source[Author's] Note: This article pertains mainly to the Saturday event during gαy Days. The rest of the week is fairly benign. My suggestion to those who wish to avoid the event is to
avoid the Magic Kingdom on the first Saturday of June. During the week, a different theme park is featured for the "gαy Days" event. If you wish to avoid the crowds, I suggest that you avoid the scheduled park for that day.
The gαy Days schedule for 2014:
Thu, June 5 - Animal Kingdom
Fri, June 6 - Disney's Hollywood Studios
Sat, June 7 - Magic Kingdom
Sun, June 8 - Epcot...
...That’s exactly what I feel like yelling this time
every year as gαy Days descend upon Orlando. I know that during the first week in June, unsuspecting families and otherwise good and reasonable people will, at times, be confronted with images and events they would probably rather not see or experience on their family vacation. These people paid to visit Disney World, but
during the first week in June, it looks a lot more like South Beach.For the record, I’m a 42-year old gαy man living in Orlando. I’ve been to gαy Days before, and thought it was a little bit over the top, but always bit my lip – especially here on the site.
This year though, it just seems completely out of control, and I wanted to get this off my chest.
I’ve watched over the years as gαy Days has grown in scope and size. What once was
a small group of well-meaning gαy men and lesbians has grown – and in my opinion, deformed – into what is now nothing more than a vile spectacle of self indulgence and indecency.
No matter how prudish that last sentence may sound, trust me – I’m no prude. I have a liberal streak that cuts through me like a hot knife through butter, but I like to think that
I was raised with a certain sense of decency and a pretty good sense of right and wrong. There is a time and a place for everything, and Disney World is neither in this instance.
Over the years I have heard about, and have witnessed, what is commonly referred to as
PDA (public displays of affection) during gαy days, and almost always it’s done in full view of a family, or at least children. I don’t care if you’re straight or gαy, there are some things kids don’t need to see – and trust me, two quee*s fre*chi*g outside Cinderella castle is really high on that list.
I can’t help but think of, and feel sorry for – the unsuspecting family who saved for years for a once in a lifetime trip – only to arrive and find that Disney had in fact, been invaded by he-women and shaved down muscle boys. By itself that would not be a problem, but the sheer number of
people who seem to go out of their way to rub their sɛҳuąƖity in everyones face during this ‘event’ is nothing short of disgraceful. Is the Magic Kingdom REALLY the place for a 5 year old to ask his father why those two men are ki**ing?...
...I don’t like it when I hear
pompous windbags telling me I’m going to burn in hell for being gαy, and I’m sure most of the free world would appreciate a visit to Disney World that did not include the vision of grown men in go-go shorts,...
Now, I have to tell you
I’m uncomfortable writing this. In the years I’ve had this site, I’ve never used it to espouse my beliefs – political or otherwise, and I doubt seriously I ever will again. But, I know a little something about Disney, and as a gαy man – I feel
I had something to say on this issue – something that should be said, something that many good, decent and reasonable people feel – but will never openly express for fear of ‘political incorrectness’.I’m also more than a little fed up. I’m fed up with the world thinking that this is what being gαy in America is all about – it’s not. I’m fed up that those of us with some sense of ourselves outside of circuit parties and body building are painted with this tawdry brush. But most of all,
I’m fed up with watching a place I love get defiled by the kind of twisted nonsense that routinely takes place during gαy Days. The Magic Kingdom is not the place to make a stand, or to further an agenda. While Disney does not openly promote or discourage the event, I know that
many inside the mouse house dread its arrival every year. It’s a political land mine and Disney does their best to walk it very carefully. In my mind, Disney already does it right. I’ve stayed at Disney hotels, sailed on the Disney Cruise Line and probably eaten in every restaurant on Disney property – on both coasts– and done all of it with my male partner. NEVER ONCE was I treated any differently than any other guest – it was a non issue – the way it should be. That’s Disney's policy and it’s a good one. In return for that, my partner and I act appropriately when we’re in public – the way any couple should – straight or gαy.
And before I get any emails from my gαy brethren calling me a
‘self loathing aunt tom’ (someone actually called me that once), let me be clear –
I’m proud of who and what I am. I just don’t feel the need to force feed it to the world in that way. Disney is a place where reality is suspended, at least for a time. It’s not a place for anyone’s political agenda – right or left.
Keep Key West in Key West – and let Disney be Disney..
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