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The comments that appear here are provided as personal observations and represent an opinionated look at events surrounding Gay Day 1998. Unless otherwise specified, the comments below are solely the personal opinion of Doug Swallow, the founder and organizer of Gay Day at Disney, and are generally written as personal observations. Links are provided to news reports where applicable or to other sources external to this web site, with the assumption of unbiased reporting by legitimate news reporters.

Upcoming Media Activity

Most Orlando radio talk show programs will likely have call-in updates about experiences during Gay Day at Disney.

Wednesday, June 10, 1998

Tuesday, June 9, 1998

Is Pat Robertson Becoming Senile?
   Apparently Pat Robertson of 700 Club fame has a message for Orlando. And he takes it seriously. We think Pat's just been out in the sun a little too long and needs to rest up, cool down, take an aspirin (and maybe a Viagra or two). He's marginalizing his followers issuing such proclamations, and alienating the intelligent ones. This is leaving him with a group of fanatics much like Operation Rescue today finds itself left with. Can it be long before the media takes notice that the ranting of a lunatic are not in itself news? Associated Press apparently hasn't caught on yet. Here's what Pat has to say, courtesy of the Associated Press:

    VIRGINIA BEACH, Va., June 9 —Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson said Orlando, Fla., should beware of hurricanes after allowing Gay Days to be held there last weekend. Robertson also said the widespread practice of homosexuality "will bring about terrorist bombs, it’ll bring earthquakes, tornadoes and possibly a meteor."
    On Monday’s "The 700 Club," the Christian Broadcasting Network talk show, Robertson said: "I would warn Orlando that you’re right in the way of some serious hurricanes, and I don’t think I’d be waving those flags in God’s face if I were you."
    Gay organizations sponsor the annual Gay Days in Orlando. The flags Robertson referred to have a rainbow design and flew from downtown utility poles during the celebration.
    Robertson said his warning "is not a message of hate. This is a message of redemption."
    Mitch Rosa, president of Hampton Roads Pride, a regional gay rights group, laughed when he heard of Robertson’s remarks.
    "I feel sorry for him, I really do," Rosa said. "If he’s worried about a hurricane, he should worry first about his own roof."

Monday, June 8, 1998

Another Family Enjoys Gay Day
    We do very much enjoy receiving these sort of trip reports. Please keep them coming!

    I would really like to thank everybody involved with Gay Day 98 (who happens to read this, anyway) for making our last day at Disney World the highlight of our vacation! My wife and I and our 4 year old daughter Emma were just finishing up a week of broiling under the atypically steamy Florida sunshine, when Gay Day presented itself to us in all its red-shirted splendor.
    There was definitely a noticeably different spirit in the park that day, one of comfortable enjoyment and perhaps even celebration. (Also, we thought we saw a lot more of the dress-shirt, tie and walkie-talkie Disney-types around... maybe just our imagination?)
    The high point for us was the 9pm parade. We happened to camp out on the curb next to a gay couple and a family from England. With an hour to kill, my daughter and the two English kids started playing, and sharing toys, squirt bottles, fiber-optic flashlights and fun with each other and with the two (handsome, my wife tells me) gay men next to us. By the time the parade showed up, we were all old friends... so much so that at one point one of the guys snuck away and came back with fancy Mickey Mouse candy tubes for the kids.
    At 4 years old, Emma has no idea what the day was about, and other than noticing that there were "a lot of people wearing red shirts" it was a day at the Magic Kingdom like any other day. It couldn't have been more perfect. Hopefully one day we'll be able to look back at the videotape from that day with her and let her know that she was part of a very special day.
    It was the sort of positive experience we, as parents, always hoped we'd be able to provide our daughter... but not the kind of experience that can be planned. It was an unforced, unplanned, unpretentious, totally subtle lesson is kindness and generosity of spirit. It was a way to show her (rather than merely telling her) that we're all a lot more the same than we are different, and a way to head off the negative stereotypes that are prevalent in the current God-fearing anti-common-sense great-fodder-for-George-Carlin atmosphere of the late 1990's.
    Thank you,
    --Tom, Laura and Emma, way@cis.udel.edu

Sunday, June 7, 1998

The News Keeps Pouring In
    Check out our News Archive for news reports from around the nation about Gay Day at Disney.

Stand Our Ground a Major Success!
    The Stand Our Ground silent counter-protest organized by Alana Hommel, a Massachusetts housewife and mother, was a resounding success. Not a single American Family Association protestor was reported to be at any Disney Store in the United States, however Stand Our Ground brought a groundswell of supporters to every single Disney Store!
    We'll never know what economic impact this has had, as Disney does not release sales figures or comment on such protests impact, but there should be a number of happy people at charitable organizations around the country who will be receiving donations of Disney toys and stuffed animals over the next few weeks, and happy children everywhere who will be playing with something so dear to their hearts.
    Congratulations to Alana and everyone who participated! Even though American Family Association was found to be full of hot air on this issue, we remain vigilant for such anti-family activities in the future.

Everyone Enjoys Gay Day, Not Just Gays!
    I've had numerous inquiries these past weeks from non-gay families who found through news reports that their vacation was going to be intruded upon by Operation Rescue, asking for advice about attending, since they were concerned for their children. It should be noteworthy that they had no qualms coming during Gay Day, but were worried about violence from Operation Rescue, and subjecting their children to such a hostile environment. Here's a reply I received from one of these families about their experience during Gay Day 98...

Thanks for your positive response. We had a blast!!! From the moment we arrived on Disney property (we got there at 7:30 am, and there were no protestors at that time), the mood was festive and, well, gay!! I never expected what I saw. There was extra security all over the place, and the Disney employees seemed to be having as much fun as the Gay Day participants. Dan and I left Disney around 10:30 a.m. (it was insanely hot and crowded), and took the monorail to Epcot. We met a wonderful lesbian couple who had been fortunate to be able to adopt two children from China. I listened to them tell their story to some other women in our car, and it brought tears to my eyes to see and hear their accomplishments.

Neither Epcot nor MGM were packed, yet the red shirts still managed to stand out. I felt very honored and proud to have been part of such an incredible event. It wasn't until that evening that we even knew that there had been protestors. The day (and night) went on without conflict.

We are already starting to plan our trip to next year's Gay Day at Disney, so if you could keep us informed, we'd appreciate it. We hope to partake in more events, and to bring some friends with us.

--Judi & Dan

Saturday, June 6, 1998

Amusing If Irrelevant...
    When dealing with some of the outrageous protest groups and boycott leaders around the country these days, one can only wonder what crosses the minds of CEO's at targeted companies. This audio file offers an amusing possibility.

A Personal Note
    I received the following note from a 15 year old gay youth who has previously been in contact with me regarding what Gay Day at Disney would have to offer him. I thought it was worth sharing...

I did go to Disney World on Saturday. I am so happy that I went, I must have met like 30 friends at least. About 20 of them I met at once. I had a group picture taken with all these friends of mine. We didn't hang out the whole time though, it was just too big of a crowd. I met one kid who was so nice to me. In fact they were all so nice to me. The youngest one of my friends that I met was 17. All of them could not believe I was just 15. They all thought I was 18. I look a lot older than what I am. Gay Day was the best day in my entire life. I never felt so happy. I completely loved it. In all honesty though, that youth meeting thing was really nothing at all. All it was, was a bunch of kids who just met each other and hung out the whole day. Most of the kids didn't even know what they were doing there. So I think that could use some improving somehow. Either way, I am so happy that I went because it will change my attitude on things.

Gay Day Draws Record Numbers
    Despite the threats made by militant protest groups like Operation Rescue, a record number of gay men and women attended the eighth annual Gay Day at Disney today. Organizers estimate more than 100,000 people have come to Orlando Gay Day, and that approximately 80,000 to 85,000 visited The Magic Kingdom throughout the day on Saturday. The Magic Kingdom event was the original event in 1991 when Gay Day first began, but now is but one of more than 41 parties and events that make up Gay Day at Disney.
    As the event has matured, many people who visit also have found they prefer to visit other Disney theme parks which also garner a large number of Gay Day visitors on Saturday, even though it's not the primary focus for the day. Just the warm feeling of being among so many other gay men and women while visiting the parks has been enough reason to avoid the huge crowds at The Magic Kingdom and explore other areas, such as Disney-MGM Studios, EPCOT and The Animal Kingdom.
    Disney raised the capacity of The Magic Kingdom to 85,000 at any one time for Saturday, and organizers provided significant notice concerning anticipated crowds and the potential for the park closing due to capacity. This caused many to decide to visit other theme parks at Disney on Saturday, and ultimately led to The Magic Kingdom approaching closely, but never exceeding the capacity limits.
    Unless Disney were to offer an opportunity to designate specific turnstiles for use only by patrons visiting for Gay Day, we'll never really be able to offer exact counts of attendance. And we certainly do not want to ask Disney to separate us into a category in that manner. We are, as we've said many times before, simply visiting as we and any other guests can do any time of the year. Organizers and many Gay Day visitors said that it appeared some 70% to 80% of visitors at The Magic Kingdom were there for Gay Day.

Friday, June 5, 1998

The Mouse That Roared
    Operation Rescue has been left out in the cold by an unexpected difference of opinions on tactics by American Family Association. The week-long agenda of Operation Rescue and the in-your-face tactics they have employed apparently has not found favor among leaders of the American Family Association. AFA leaders now say they will no longer associate with Operation Rescue or represent them or their members in any legal proceedings.
    The split has left Operation Rescue without legal counsel, and without resources for bail money, prompting Operation Rescue to tell their followers they are not to do anything to get arrested tomorrow at The Magic Kingdom.
    In all the week of protests originally planned by Operation Rescue to coincide with Gay Day at Disney has not only been something of a dud, but has seriously split an alliance between two hate-groups, and consequently has weakened both of them significantly.
    Gay Day organizers who have repeatedly stated that Gay Day at Disney is not a forum for political protest are still more than a little pleased to find that they may have inadvertently caused the split between Operation Rescue and AFA. What it boils down to, according to organizers, is people in the general community were presented with one choice to make: support the confrontational and sometimes violent tactics of Operation Rescue, or support the peaceful attendance by a group of gay men and women at Disney theme parks and nightclubs around Orlando.
    When presented with such a polarizing decision, public opinion easily went to the side of Gay Day at Disney. Operation Rescue and American Family Association lost a serious amount of respect and clout amongst their ever-decreasing base of supporters.

Beach Ball 98
    More than 4,100 gay men and women descended on Typhoon Lagoon for Beach Ball 98, a private party sponsored by Watermark Media, Inc. A number of pictures from this event are now online in our photo album. More will be added over the next few days.

Some of the more than 4,100 guests at Beach Ball 98 enjoy the wave pool at Typhoon Lagoon.	Lounging on the Lazy River during Beach Ball 98.

Thursday, June 4, 1998

Gay Night at Mannequins Dance Palace
    Every Thursday has become something of a tradition in the Orlando Gay and Lesbian Community at Mannequins Dance Palace, where a large number of gay men and women have visited Mannequins Dance Palace at Downtown Disney Pleasure Island. The Thursday before Gay Day at Disney has always been a popular night. Tonight was certainly proof positive that record crowds will be in attendance at Gay Day events everywhere. By 10 pm, the main floor was shoulder-to-shoulder with Gay Day visitors. It looked much like Saturday night at Mannequins on Gay Day has looked in past years, seeming to be an almost exclusively gay and lesbian crowd.
    But that's not all! Other clubs on Pleasure Island also had large numbers of gay men and women, especially 8Trax, Adventurers Club and outside amidst the P.I. Live street entertainment. If this is any indication of the number of people in town this year for Gay Day, there's probably at least twice as many people in town for Gay Day this year than  last (we estimate approximately 65,000 people went to The Magic Kingdom for Gay Day last year, and about 80,000 people attended Gay Day in 1997).
    Mannequins' bartenders were so busy they brought in additional help early in the evening. At 2 am when the lights went up, the party moved outside as Disney security made somewhat futile attempts to get people off the property and on their way to home or hotels.
    Partygoers who are accustomed to the later closing hours of big cities around the country, as well as more intelligent laws about remaining inside clubs after liquor can no longer be served (rather than being forced into cars and onto the roads), didn't want the party to stop, and took their time to break up and leave. (To Disney: you legally can serve liquor until 3 am, and legally can keep the party going into the morning hours without alcohol being served, and have done so at least for one Gay Day in the recent past. Why not respond to the opportunity and give everyone an even better nighttime experience, and keep everyone safer by giving them time to recover from a night of drinking and dancing?)

Several thousand gay men and women enjoyed the spectacular sound a light experience at Mannequins Dance Palace, Downtown Disney Pleasure Island during Gay Night on Thursday, June 4, 1998.	A few Gay Day patrons taking a break from dancing order a drink at Mannequins Dance Palace.

Gay Day 98 Hospitality Suite
    A steady stream of Gay Day visitors began stopping in at the Gay Day 98 hospitality suite at Hyatt Orlando which opened today. As the day progressed, more people began arriving per hour. The Gay Day weekend is well underway! You will find tickets for One Mighty Party 2, Club Skirts Harem, RuPaul at House of Blues, and Sunday Gospel Brunch at House of Blues available for sale, as well as a limited number of 2-day park hopper Disney tickets. T-Shirts, caps, fanny bags, key chains, commemorative phone cards, temporary tattoos, buttons and other merchandise are also available for purchase. Gay Day program guides are available.

Gay Men and Women Everywhere
    Most everyone I spoke with today at the hospitality suite has mentioned seeing a number of other Gay Day visitors checking in at the hotel they are staying at. That's not just our official hotels, but a wide variety of hotels all over the Disney and Orlando areas.

Operation Rescue Irrelevant
    No Orlando news media was heard reporting on any Operation Rescue protest activity today. Either the group has given up, or the news media has tired of reporting on the antics of the same out-of-state protestors who are imported by Operation Rescue everywhere they plan to hold activities. There is, after all, only so many times one can endure the same misguided and misinformed quotes being delivered by trained protestors.
    Traveling through Disney property, it is evident there's a heightened level of security present everywhere. Disney has taken Operation Rescue's threats seriously and is actively engaged in ensuring no guests experience is marred by this group of cookie-cutter protestors.

Wednesday, June 3, 1998

Gay Day 98 Events Off To An Exciting Start
    Tonight I had the pleasure of accompanying a reporter covering Gay Day 98 for a major Brazilian daily newspaper (actually for an article in their Sunday magazine supplement, with a circulation of 1.5 million) during a preliminary visit to Downtown Disney West End and through several Downtown Orlando nightclubs. Many visitors have begun to arrive in Orlando, but the majority will be arriving in the next two days. There is an excitement in the air amongst local residents who were out at clubs around town. As we eavesdropped on conversations around us, many people were making their plans for attending the variety of events on the Gay Day 98 schedule.
    It's quite exciting to realize that in just eight years, Gay Day 98 is attracting significant positive attention world-wide.
    Gay Day 98's first major event is a visit to Animal Kingdom, Disney's newest theme park, on Thursday, June 4, 1998.

Flip Benham Arrested
    Abortion protest leader Flip Benham was arrested today for violating an injunction prohibiting the use of amplified sound equipment within 1,000 feet of an abortion clinic. Benham claimed he was more than 1,000 feet from the clinic when in fact he was about 250 feet from it, according to police estimates. It appears that Operation Rescue has been caught yet again in an attempt to redefine reality. Perhaps it is necessary to provide some education to Operation Rescue leaders about the measurement system in use in the United States.
    Benham is a menace to society, and we are extremely pleased to find he has been, at least temporarily, removed to his usual home-away-from-home (jail), perhaps for the duration of this misguided protest in Orlando.
    The general feeling around Orlando is that these protestors are not welcome, regardless of how the message they are delivering may be received. Orlando residents are not at ease with protestors of any sort, for any reason, who are not local residents. General opinion appears to be that no one who is not a resident of Orlando has any business in protesting how Orlando decides to do business.
    The full story is available in the Orlando Sentinel article National Abortion Protestor Arrested.

Operation Rescue Nowhere To Be Found
    Talk show hosts on Real Radio 104.1 actively went searching for Operation Rescue protestors today and were unable to locate them at Barnes & Noble, where they had been expected to demonstrate in their belief the Barnes & Noble is selling child pornography. Perhaps they were at J.C. Penney in the boys underwear section.
    According to the Operation Rescue Web site http://www.orn.org, members spent Tuesday night outside the jail where several Operation Rescue members arrested Monday were still being held pending the posting of $1,000 bond. The District Attorney was apparently willing to assess them with time served, however the judge refused the offer.

Roman Catholic Bishop Admits to Abusing Boys Sexually
    Once again a leader of a gay-hostile religious institution (this time it's the Roman Catholic Church) seems to be involved in child molestation, according to a report in The Orlando Sentinel. What does this have to do with Gay Day? Nothing at all, actually. But then, what does Operation Rescue have to do with Gay Day? Reading this just added to our annoyance over the repeated and tiring hypocritical statements we continue to endure from groups like American Family Association and Operation Rescue, and we thought it worth sharing. Apologies to any gay Roman Catholics in the audience.

Did Operation Rescue Do Anything Yesterday?
    We were not able to find any coverage of any activity with Operation Rescue or other protestors. In fact, we could find only a lovely piece of commentary (The City Pathetic? We Don't Think So) by Greg Dawson of The Orlando Sentinel. Maybe the protestors couldn't take the heat from Monday, were embarrassed about their small turnout, lack of any progress in their agenda, and decided to rest up for later in the week. Or maybe they spent the day recruiting impressionable children so they would have more people willing to lie down in the street and get arrested later in the week... who knows? (Inside joke for Florida residents: where's HRS when you really need them to rescue kids from unfit parents?)

Tuesday, June 2, 1998

Operation Rescue Suffers A Case Of Deja-Vu
    The hotline established by Operation Rescue (1-407-897-0973) for their Orlando activities was never updated at all today and continued to carry a recording made Sunday telling protesters they planned to picket at the abortion clinic on Virginia Ave. in Orlando and at the 2 pm Orlando City Council meeting, both activities were actually part of their Monday agenda. Either Operation Rescue forgot to update the phone message, or since there are so few members in attendance protesting, it was simply easier to just tell them all personally.

Talk Radio Continues the Obsession with Rainbow Flags and Gay Day
    The rainbow flags are now flying in downtown Orlando and the stir caused by the religious right and Operation Rescue over the issue and over Gay Day continued on most radio stations.

Monday, June 1, 1998

Rainbow Flag Installation Approved
    Today more than 1,000 people attended an Orlando City Council meeting where approval of the installation of 720 rainbow flags throughout downtown Orlando was on the agenda. More than 50 people addressed the council, including a large number of people who are not Orlando city residents. The final outcome was that approval was given (the vote was 6 in favor, 1 opposed) to the application and installation of the flags commenced later that night.
    The flags and the associated fees for installation and removal were paid for with private donations totaling over $15,000. No city funds were used whatsoever, though it appeared from comments by the religious right that they were not completely aware of this. Much can be said about the protesters awareness of reality, however, in general, based upon their misinformed and bible-misquoted commentary during the City Council meeting.
    We were rather proud to note that most of these protesters were, at least, equipped with the latest printout of the final schedule from this web site, and apparently were capable of reading, at least to a limited extent. However based on their comments about it, they could not seem to get past the Wednesday event at The Club at Firestone-- perhaps they really wanted to attend but were a little embarrassed about it amongst their cohorts-- and were incapable of understanding it was a private event sponsored by an area business (as are all but the events at Disney parks) and not part of the Orlando Gay Pride month activities which actually occur later in June and are not part of the Gay Day at Disney weekend.
    Were I an Orlando City Council member, I would have told everyone who asked to address the council on the matter who was not an Orlando resident to go back to their seat. In fact since I'm no longer a resident of Orlando myself, I was patiently just watching the proceedings until I was approached my a number of people who do live in Orlando to speak before the council to correct the misinformation that was being presented about the content on this web site. It was somewhat pitiful to see the Orlando City Council and especially the mayor unable to do so, apparently for fear of angering some militant religious organization. Instead they preferred to let everyone speak, what they said being of any relevance to the issue or not, and wasted everyone's time in the process.
    In the end at least, most all the council members did follow the advice of their legal counsel who said that were they to reject approval for the flags at this point, the city would likely be sued, and they would most certainly lose, and the flags would go up anyway, but then the city would be paying substantial legal costs. (The Orlando City Council recently was the cause of more than $300,000 of taxpayer money being wasted when they lost a lawsuit stemming from their attempt to stop, of all things, an abortion clinic from opening in the city of Orlando.) It's a shame to see the Orlando City Council make the right decision for the wrong reasons.
    The council members also approved a moratorium on further flag displays until they could "study" the issue. Do they mean to address the possibility the KKK or John Butler Book may try to have flags representative of hatred and intolerance, or do they mean to find a way to keep gay flags from flying next year? Orlando residents: you better make sure you're registered to vote, and that you make yourselves and your opinions known to your elected officials now.
    More information is available in the Orlando Sentinel article Gays Win Right To Hang Banners.

360 light poles in downtown Orlando will each have 2 rainbow flags displayed through the month of June in commemoration of Gay Pride Month.	The light poles behind the Orange County Courthouse with rainbow flags on display.

Adopt A Protestor
    After the Orlando City Council meeting, I exited from City Hall to find someone I knew engaged in a shouting match with an elderly woman who was against allowing the rainbow flags to fly in Orlando. I stepped in-between them and began talking to the woman myself. I asked her opinion about the issue and expressed mine as well, the we began discussing the meaning behind the flags, why, in my opinion, she should be less concerned about them than she apparently was, and why it was seemingly important to the gay community. We went on to discuss some history, including time she'd spent living in Hollywood, CA amidst the 1950's and 1960's era movie stars, including the likes of Rock Hudson and several other gay men and couples. It was fascinating, actually, once she opened up and began recounting things she and her husband had been witness to. Towards the end, we got into all sorts of other issues, like smoking, cigarette taxes, who's bearing the cost of the rainbow flags (she'd actually thought the city was paying for them, hence her disapproval of it... she seemed to reconsider when she discovered that really wasn't the case).
    Basically, my point here is that the protestors, as much as we may enjoy an argument or have fun putting them down in some manner, are people too. And together, we have far more in common and a lot worthwhile to share with each other than we have differences.
    When the situation seems appropriate, why not try to engage in a discussion instead of a stalemate over pronouncements of your positions? Explain yourself, don't just state your position or some generic "but it's wrong." Go into the why. Try to give some examples. Get some input from the person you're speaking with as you go. Engage in discussion, not in lecturing. You may ultimately agree to disagree, but you'll humanize the issue too. I sincerely believe I may have provided her with some reason to reconsider her opinion on this issue. And I certainly feel enriched by having been able to share a small portion of her experiences from earlier in her lifetime.

Operation Rescue Protest Results in 5 Arrests
    5 of the approximately 50 to 60 anti-abortion protesters who attempted to block traffic by laying down in a roadway were arrested by Orlando Police. Two were minors, Keith McGlade (age 17) and Eric McGlade (age 12) who were released without bail to the custody of their parents. Others arrested include Eva Edl, Howard Heldreth and Josh Turk, currently being held pending $1,000 bond (reduced from the original $2,500 bond).
    Operation Rescue had announced to the press that they would have several hundred protesters. The limited turnout was expected by Gay Day organizers and Orlando community leaders, as Operation Rescue has historically over inflated estimates in order to attract media attention.
    More information is available in the Orlando Sentinel article: Police Arrest 5 At Abortion-Clinic Protest.

Talk Radio Obsessed with Rainbow Flags and Gay Day
    Throughout most talk radio programs two topics were prevalent: Gay Day and the Rainbow Flag issue that was facing approval by the Orlando City Council. Most talk show hosts expressed the sentiment held by the majority of Orlando area residents and early Gay Day arrivals: The people within Operation Rescue are a bunch of "knuckleheads" (as one prominent talk show host puts it). Even the talk radio hosts who chose to satirize gay men and women did so in what can readily be taken as a positive way. Expect more such coverage throughout the week on most every legitimate radio station serving Orlando area listeners.

Sunday, May 31, 1998

Two Men Arrested at Downtown Disney in Attempted Theft
    Tonight in an isolated incident two lesbians were at Downtown Disney West Side, in front of the Virgin Megastore, when a man snatched the purse of one of the women and attempted to flee in a vehicle driven by an accomplice. An off-duty police officer who happened to witness the event chased after the man. Six police officers who were on property or close by on patrol responded immediately. The thief and his accomplice were arrested and are now in jail.
    The theft really was in no way related to Gay Day and just happened to involve two lesbians who are planning to participate in Gay Day events, but does demonstrate the level of coverage by Disney security and police currently present everywhere on Disney property in response to the announced threats by Operation Rescue.

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