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vitriol that has surrounded Disney in recent months spill over to Gay Days? This year, another question arose: Would the anti-L.G.B.T.Q.
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The goings-on are not sanctioned by Disney but take place, in part, on Disney property? Adult attendees spend much of their time spinning in teacups and waving at Winnie the Pooh like everyone else … and then go carousing at private events that make Grindr look tame? I’m admittedly the uptight-soccer-dad variety of gay man, but the components did not seem to fit together. I had long heard stories about Gay Days, but I was confused about what it was. The planning is handled by private companies like One Magical Weekend, Gay Days Inc., and the lesbian-focused Girls in Wonderland. There isn’t much the company could do anyway: For red shirt days, attendees buy tickets like anyone else. Go take off some of those clothes!”ĭisney has never endorsed Gay Days, a version of which takes place in the fall at Disneyland in California. “You look like an uptight soccer dad, and it’s not a good vibe.
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I stood among the revelers wearing a black Polo shirt and khaki shorts, which led to an impromptu intervention from a stranger, Jose Rodriguez, 27. Later, a squadron of go-go boys ceded the stage to the drag queen Trinity the Tuck. A few ticket holders turned up in wrestling singlets, while others had outfitted themselves in bondage-scene chest harnesses. But the party was not a Disney-orchestrated event, not by a long shot. “Be part of the magic!”Īn actual rainbow arched over the park’s thunder-shower-soaked parking lot as the sun set, prompting several attendees to joke that Disney had outdone itself with Pride theming this year. “For one night, Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon Water Park becomes entirely yours for the party of the year,” online ads had promised. Each had spent $100 or more on tickets for a private, adults-only Pride bacchanal called Riptide. Last Friday evening, about 6,000 people - almost all of them gay men - poured into a Walt Disney World water park near Orlando, Fla.