That logo has been flown at offices and is used on T-shirts that employees wear at Pride parades.Ĭurrent Exxon employees declined to comment. employees includes bubbles filled with several colors around the word PRIDE. The logo for the company’s employee resource group for L.G.B.T. “The flags are directly related to our business and company support of our E.R.G.s.” flags can be flown during signature months,” Tracey Gunnlaugsson, vice president of human resources at Exxon Mobil, said in a statement. “It is a longstanding practice at our facilities around the world that E.R.G. Workers can display the pride flag and representations of other groups like Black Lives Matter on other areas of the company’s properties, including on lawns or in digital spaces. The new policy allows only government flags and those representing Exxon Mobil and its employee resource groups, which are employee-led affinity organizations that are generally blessed by employers. Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.Exxon Mobil will no longer allow banners of outside organizations on its flagpoles, angering some employees who in the past had flown a rainbow pride flag. KEYWORDS: abcdisney boycott boycottdisney disney disneyworld downourthroats gay gayday gaydays homosexual homosexualagenda mickeymouse mousesevilempire tshirt TOPICS: Business/Economy Constitution/Conservatism Culture/Society Front Page News News/Current Events US: Florida "It's a great thing for our kids to be able to see how many gay people there are," Damian said as he and his family waited in line for the "It's a Small World" ride.Ī few tourists found the park a bit small for them and the crowd of gays and lesbians.
Not everyone enjoying the excursion wanted to have their full names printed, including Damian, a South Florida father visiting the theme park with his two children and his partner of 14 years. "She was having questions about our relationship, and we wanted to bring her here and show her it's normal," Ryan said. Nicole Ryan of Fort Lauderdale and her partner of nearly two years brought Ryan's daughter to Disney to help answer many of the questions the 5-year-old was beginning to ask about her mom's relationship. Nontraditional families had a substantial presence at Saturday's event. One group of men even wandered the park wearing easy-to-spot straw sombreros adorned with Mickey Mouse ears. Other park visitors wore matching shirts and shorts in a rainbow of colors or personalized T-shirts. Besides, I heard that white was another option," he said of his white shirt.
"I don't own red and I didn't want to buy red for this one day. Others, including Marc Oelrich Winkelaar, were subtler. Deja, a 24-year-old Orlando drag queen who asked that he be identified only by his stage name, sported a bright green two-piece flowered dress and matching hat. "It's nice to see that people can be themselves." "In Amsterdam, it's not an issue anymore," Marc Oelrich Winkelaar said. Marc Oelrich Winkelaar, who is from Amsterdam, said that Gay Days Orlando had been as comfortable as gay festivals in the Netherlands, where he said homosexuality is accepted and same-sex marriages are legal. Red appeared to be the single most popular color Saturday, but the crowds of visitors at the Magic Kingdom looked little different from any average group on a summer day at the self-proclaimed "Happiest Place on Earth."ĭisney does not sponsor the event, which began in 1991, but company spokesmen say the company welcomes any visitor to the park.Ī couple from the Netherlands, Marc Oelrich Winkelaar and Diederik Oelrich Winkelaar, said they were amazed by the welcoming environment as they toured the park with friends. "You are not worrying if you're going to get hurt.
"You feel comfortable holding hands," Floridian Bernadette Comstock said of the atmosphere at Gay Day, one of a weeklong series of gay-related activities in the Orlando area. Saturday was the annual "Gay Day" at Disney, attracting several thousand gays and lesbians whose choice of hue allowed them to share the experience together. The throng of people in matching ensembles, most of whom had never met, was more than a coincidence.
The trickle of red-shirted Disney enthusiasts first appeared in the parking lot, more than a mile by monorail or ferryboat from their intended destination.īy journey's end, just inside the gates of Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom, the trickle became a sea of red. Gay Day colors Disney World with signature red T-shirts