“The terrain on trans matters resembled the marriage landscape when it emerged as a national issue in the 1990s. A conservative agitator affiliated with the group Turning Point USA published videos accusing parents who attended the Pride parade in Los Angeles of grooming their own children. The Proud Boys who broke up the book reading accused the drag queen, Panda Dulce, of grooming children.
The pastors who called for executions repeated disproven tropes about pedophilia. “Even before the Supreme Court ruled in 2015 that gay and lesbian couples had the right to marry, those on the losing side of those cases accepted their defeat, and redirected much of the infrastructure developed over two decades to fight same-sex unions towards issues related to gender identity.”
“This is fundamentally an anti-trans movement that has come to target other parts of the LGBTQ coalition,” said Sasha Issenberg, author of “The Engagement,” a book detailing the history of the fight for same-sex marriage rights. Acknowledgement of the community has also broadened. The vast majority of MLB teams now offer specific Pride celebrations at home games.Įxperts who follow the national conversation over LGBTQ rights say the growing acceptance of gay and lesbian people has forced opponents to target a new minority group - the transgender community. Just over a decade ago, fewer than half of Americans favored same-sex marriage today, 70 percent do. The vitriol and bloodshed come after a decade of stunning advancements for LGBTQ rights, as more Americans accept and embrace marriage equality and as more states adopt anti-discrimination legislation. For Disney Parks news worldwide, visit WDWNT.Those arrests came hours before a group of Proud Boys, the far-right militia, disrupted a children’s book reading in San Lorenzo, Calif., given by a local drag queen who is also a social worker.īaptist ministers in Idaho and Texas have gone viral in recent weeks for calling on the government to execute gay people.Īnd three people were assaulted as they left a Pride event in Salt Lake City last week, while flags celebrating Pride were vandalized along a major arterial in Boise The disagreement between The Walt Disney Company and the Florida Republican Party escalated further today when Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill to dissolve the special district under which Walt Disney World has operated since its inception.įor more Disneyland Resort news and info, follow Disneyland News Today on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. The company paused political donations and has stated support for the LGBTQIA+ community. They initially made no direct statements against the bill, but CEO Bob Chapek eventually denounced it. The Walt Disney Company has faced recent controversy after donating to all the sponsors of Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill. These were in the Emporium at Disneyland Park. There is also a white charm with “Love” made of rainbows and a Mickey head instead of an “o.” The same rainbow Mickey pendant is on the bracelet. The cords are black, red, purple, yellow, green, and blue. The bracelet is made of several different colored cords, all attached. The packaging directs guests to for information about the Walt Disney Company’s support of LGBTQ+ communities. The necklace is a black cord with a Mickey-shaped pendant. Now, They have decided to make some changes to their packaging.
Disney did not label the rainbow merchandise collections as “pride” in previous years. A new pride necklace and bracelet are now available at Disneyland Resort ahead of Pride Month in June.