Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<but you were off and running from one post of yours to the next ... using it to tag those status-obsessed SoCalers!>> I think you may have confused my posts with those of others. There were exactly TWO posts in this thread where I mentioned anything about status (#204 and #234, and #234 was a conciliatory post). Some others took the concept and ran with it, but it was NOT ME.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "So when is gay Days at DL this year, anyway?" <a href="http://www.gayday2.com/" target="_blank">http://www.gayday2.com/</a>
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo This is interesting. After all Tokyo Disneyland is in Chiba, not Tokyo. And Disneyland Paris is in Chessy, 20 miles from Paris. WDW is not technically in Orlando either, half of it is in an entirely different county. London Luton airport is 30 miles north of London, and there are a couple of county lines in between. Do these things bother anyone? As for DL's location, it was place where the demographic forecasts predicted would be the middle of the LA/OC conurbation. Hence if people are ok with talking about Tokyo DL or Disneyland Paris, why is it then wrong to talk about DL or the Angels in LA?
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb I for one am willing to concede the Disneyland in LA thing, just because it's close and most of the world doesn't know Anaheim from Antioch. But "The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim" name is annoying to me, especially since "The California Angels" and "The Anaheim Angels" were perfectly good names.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Not to mention that it translates to The Angels Angles of Anaheim.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder "Oh no! Well don't let SingleParkHopper hear 'em! He's liable to run up & slap 'em! Or is it that locals are ALLOWED to say that, but not anyone else, Hoppy" "Hoppy"? Seriously? That's the best you can do?
Originally Posted By Scutr >> That's the best you can do?<< No, I could get much more obnoxious, nasty and degrading if you like.
Originally Posted By Scutr >>"So when is gay Days at DL this year, anyway?" <a href="http://www.gayday2.com/<<" target="_blank">http://www.gayday2.com/<<</a> Thanks, I should have known there'd be a website...and a FB page!
Originally Posted By WDWdreamin I think that this was based on a post that was meant to reflect that even if when Disney allowed partners of employees benefits was late by California or SoCal standards, it was still early or progressive for the rest of the United States at that time. I was born in San Bernadino County, spent a year in Riverside, and then spent 17 in Pacific Palisades (LA county) and 4 in San Diego. When people say DL is in LA I correct them. I am not surprised when people call LA lala land, but I do then assume that they don't know very much about it.
Originally Posted By WDWdreamin I've never been in a park during Gay Days, but I have seen plenty of inappropriate clothing on women of unknown sexual preference (I assume mostly straight) and straight teens making out inappropriately in DL.
Originally Posted By SpokkerJones Being gay should be no big deal, and it shouldn't matter your sexual orientation, so one day Gay Days should end. If Gay Days is still going on after the inevitable Supreme Court decision that declares sam-sex marriage bans unconstitutional in all 50 states, then we know it was about the attention and not the advocacy.
Originally Posted By oc_dean Still a great way to socialize and meet new people. Or would you prefer some seedy, dark bar? <-- waiting for the jokes to come pouring in.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "If Gay Days is still going on after the inevitable Supreme Court decision that declares sam-sex marriage bans unconstitutional in all 50 states, then we know it was about the attention and not the advocacy." So with that (flawed) logic I guess Gay Pride will inevitably come to an end too.
Originally Posted By oc_dean A pass on Marriage Equality will unfortunately not stop discrimination against gay people, over night. Look at some of the news in North Carolina! Parts of the south, the heartland .. still living in the stone age. And until most discrimination does end .. the fight continues.
Originally Posted By SpokkerJones "So with that (flawed) logic I guess Gay Pride will inevitably come to an end too." I hope so. Gay Pride is as ridiculous as Fat Pride, Racial Pride or Gender Pride.
Originally Posted By oc_dean ^^^ in the beginning ... It was necessary. But what I dislike vehemently is how the media focuses on the drag queens .. and not the regular folks .. which far outnumber the ones who like painting themselves up. And as I went to two marches for Marriage Equality in Sydney .. the major point people need to understand in these gatherings is - Numbers. We are not some tiny spec in the population that can be swept aside.
