From exclively gay moments "Bety and the Beast" to DeSantis and Disney World, Disney has a long and strange history wh the LGBTQ muny.
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GUTS OUTRAGED, BOYTT “RICH FOLK” PARK EXPERIENCE AMID “DON’T SAY GAY” BACKLASH - INSI THE MAGIC
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” Ever sce former CEO Bob Chapek cricized the ernor’s homophobic and transphobic Parental Rights Edutn Act — which forbids discsn of genr and sexual inty public schools — DeSantis and his supporters have repeatedly acced the entertament nglomerate of “echog Democrat propaganda, ” and engaged a vic legal battle over Disney World’s self-erng tax stat that’s proved a huge headache for the state. To hear DeSantis tell , you’d thk Disney World was a paradise for gays, and Mickey himself threw the first brick at Stonewall.
"Gay Days" has been an unofficial LGBTQIA+ meet-up at Walt Disney World sce the 1990s. But Disney wasn't always so supportive of the event. * gay disneyland 2022 *
After the memo released, many LGBTQ Disney employe and their alli blasted the pany for how handl gay reprentatn. The public muty forced Disney to eventually reverse urse; first by rerporatg a cut gay kiss om the “Toy Story” spoff “Lightyear” ( lasted all of one send the end), and fally pullg fundg om anti-LGBTQ sponsors and cricizg DeSantis’ bill — which neverthels passed on March 28, 2022.
On one hand, queer subtext ns galore many of the films; gay Disney fans are a very real (and, let’s be hont, lucrative) phenomenon; and many of the most important creators the pany’s history are out and proud members of the LGBTQ muny. ” Disney executiv tend to be hant about featurg gay characters films orr to mata a nservative image — and marketabily untri wh homophobic censorship laws.
The rult is a pany wh a lot of gay employe that regularly pays lip service to cludg everyone, but rarely measur up to even the lowt standards of cln.
Disney employe staged a walkout Tuday prott of the pany’s rponse to Florida’s ntroversial Parental Rights Edutn law, which crics have dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill. * gay disneyland 2022 *
There’s shockgly ltle to dissect how Disney treated s gay characters and gay employe the pany’s earlit years.