RickinNYC said:Ok ladies, if you move forward with a DIS Gay Days, you gotta let us know. Joe and I would love to hang out and meet up with like minded DIS'ers (and our great open minded straight counter parts)!
Woo hoo! Party on dudes (and dudettes)!
lovethattink said:I have to add that I was a bit offended by the evangelical comment in another post. I am an evangelical christian. I would never consider wearing a tacky shirt that judges someone or act out against someone in hatred.
lovethattink said:I have to add that I was a bit offended by the evangelical comment in another post. I am an evangelical christian. I would never consider wearing a tacky shirt that judges someone or act out against someone in hatred. My parents raised me better than that. Both of my parents were Sunday School teachers and they drilled into our head to love your neighbor as yourself and to follow the Golden Rule. They also taught us that tolerance wasn't good. Because with tolerance there is compromise. With compromise, someone gets the short end of the deal. We were taught to love everybody for who they are.
polarboi said:As far as Gay Days... I've still never managed to convince myself to go. For one thing, I don't have the money to go every year, so I hate to waste my trips on summer crowds when I have a much better time in the off season. For another thing, my gay friends who have gone made it sound a little, um, wild. One of them in particular was really upset because he said it didn't reflect well on us as a community and that he hated for unsuspecting families to be subjected to it.
I dunno... I love being around gay couples; it's the wild party boys who scare me!
-p.b.
Viki said:On another note, you know, it's funny, I've never felt particularly interested in traveling down during Gay Days. But I think we're going to have to one of these years.
Valentine said:I will check out PI on Thursday night and report back for you!!!Kath
RickinNYC said:Another half of a couple that never has been nor do we intend to go, to Gay Days. I understand why it exists and why some gay folks will only go at that time. But I live in NYC so I don't feel the "need" to go and be surrounded by like minded individuals. If I wanted that, I can just walk just about anywhere in the entire city.RickinNYC said:Rick-
I think I feel the same way as you do. Although I am always curious and wonder what it would be like, reports of a Disneyfied circuit party are abundant in Montreal! A male acquaintance casuallt mentionned attending yet never boarding one ride
joanjett1976 said:RickinNYC said:Another half of a couple that never has been nor do we intend to go, to Gay Days. I understand why it exists and why some gay folks will only go at that time. But I live in NYC so I don't feel the "need" to go and be surrounded by like minded individuals. If I wanted that, I can just walk just about anywhere in the entire city.RickinNYC said:Rick-
I think I feel the same way as you do. Although I am always curious and wonder what it would be like, reports of a Disneyfied circuit party are abundant in Montreal! A male acquaintance casuallt mentionned attending yet never boarding one ride
Circuit parties are a thing of the past for me. Sure, went to a couple (only in NYC though) but got over them pretty quick. It's not that they're for the young, but that they're for a specific mindset which entails a type of person that I wouldn't normally socialize with anyway. Those guys tend to be pretty shallow in many, many ways. I like to think I run a little deeper than that.
I knew one guy that went to every circuit party you can imagine. His vacation schedule was around them. He kept trying to be my "new best friend" for quite a while until I told him "look, you're gay... I'm gay... does not mean we're instant pals..." He backed down quite a bit after that and his boyfriend at the time overheard it and told me later he thought it was the best thing anyone ever said to him.
And to put a focus on gay over Disney when on vacation? Squeeze me? Don't think so! LOL!
billysotherdad said:Just thought I'd post here, too! I have to let everyone know that what Rick says is correct. Our time spent at WDW is not about us being a couple or showing off our "gayness" to the kids on the teacups. Plus, why would I wear a red shirt ALL weekend? Rick mentioned all the reasons we go but he forgot to mention two important reasons "I" go to WDW: 1) the footlong hotdogs at MK and 2) ICE CREAM EVERYWHERE. I mean, really. Where else can you go on vacation that no matter where you go, there's ice cream everywhere? Think about it. It's in every park. It's at every hotel. It's everywhere. It's like HEAVEN.
But seriously, since we live in NYC, we go there to go on vacation. And yes, we do go to PI on Thursday when we're down there, and we feel comfortable being ourselves when there, but we have never been (and most likely will never be) that couple that MUST hold hands every moment. Nor are we that couple that MUST make a scene and kiss everytime a family with children happens across our path. It is not our mission while at Disney to "convert" or "shock" or "educate". It is our mission to enjoy yourselves and to eat ice cream.
billysotherdad said:Most people do it. Rick only takes what he plans to eat at that moment onto his spoon. Only Rick would think about this!
billysotherdad said:Plus, why would I wear a red shirt ALL weekend?.
joanjett1976 said:
Too funny!
I agree. Living in Montreal, it is a giant circuit party at all times . I had my fill at Pride a few weeks back. It is always a tad awkward for two chicks to be surrounded by 1000's of sweaty, shirtless men for an entire weekend!
On the subject of PDA's, whenever we hold hands, people assume we are sisters and often bluntly ask us this very question. How very odd.
Any of you fellas planning a trip up here anytime?