Universal Employee Qus, Bash Company's Silence on "Don't Say Gay" Law and Pri Month - Insi the Magic

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• UNIVERSAL DODG SPOTLIGHT AS DISNEY TAK HEAT FOR 'DON'T SAY GAY' STANCE
• UNIVERSAL REMAS SILENT AMIDST DISNEY’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL CONTROVERSY, DPE DONATG TO SOME OF THE SAME LAWMAKERS
• UNIVERSAL STAYS SILENT FOLLOWG DISNEY'S DISASTRO "DON'T SAY GAY" SUATN - INSI THE MAGIC
• UNIVERSAL EMPLOYEE QUS, BASH COMPANY'S SILENCE ON "DON'T SAY GAY" LAW AND PRI MONTH - INSI THE MAGIC

UNIVERSAL DODG SPOTLIGHT AS DISNEY TAK HEAT FOR 'DON'T SAY GAY' STANCE

The Walt Disney Company has been the public eye recent weeks bee of the dispute over the ntroversial Florida legislatn known as the "Don't Say Gay" law, but Comst, the parent pany of Universal Studs, has managed to stay out of the spotlight spe s silence on the bill, which was signed to law on Monday by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, has been a hot topic recent months, as crics of the law said was damagg to children that are a part of the LGBTQ+ muny and have nmned pani or celebri for supportg . Comst, which owns and operat the Universal Orlando Rort, has yet to speak out on the matter of the "Don't Say Gay" law, and while the Walt Disney Company has received some tense backlash over polil donatns to supporters of the legislatn the last month, Universal has not faced the same rponse. Newsweek attempted to nfirm this figure wh Baxley but did not receive a rponse prr to spe stayg silent on the "Don't Say Gay" law, the pany has publicly promoted s support of the LGBTQ+ muny the past.

"It's extremely rare to see a rporatn not only vt an LGBTQ anizatn but also vt to this extent somethg that will have a natnal impact, " Jennifer Gregg, Executive Director of the ONE Archiv Foundatn, text of the "Don't Say Gay" law, formally known as HB 1557, says the law "rerc a parent's fundamental right to make cisns regardg the re and upbrgg of his or her child the public school settg" by prohibg the teachg and discsn of sexual orientatn or genr inty classrooms for children aged 5 to early March, Disney CEO Bob Chapek spoke out agast the bill after lls to boytt the pany surfaced on social media due to Disney's lack of ment on the an annual shareholrs meetg on March 9, Chapek said the pany did not make an ial rponse bee thought uld work better "behd the scen. "In an onle vio shared on March 6, Benjam Siemon, a wrer for Disney's animatn divisn, said that Disney is "startg to clu more LGBT characters that let kids know that beg gay is all right. But when they have donated to the sponsors and -sponsors of the 'Don't Say Gay' bill and they have ma no posn agast this bill, and they are gog to ntue donatg to the policians, they are sentially sayg that this bill is OK.

UNIVERSAL REMAS SILENT AMIDST DISNEY’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL CONTROVERSY, DPE DONATG TO SOME OF THE SAME LAWMAKERS

The ernor ma ments about Disney beg hypocril for sayg would work to support efforts to repeal the law while ntug to n Disney's cise le that mak stops Domi, a untry that crimaliz homosexualy. Dpe stayg silent on the ntroversial "Don't Say Gay" bill Florida, Universal Studs has avoid the heat taken by the Walt Disney Company by the public.

NBCUniversal ntu to rema silent on Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill spe the ntroversy surroundg the bill and Universal’s ma theme park petor, Disney.

The ter was l ablaze after word me out that Disney World had actually donated to sponsors of Florida’s new bill, often referred to as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill. Known as the “Don’t Say Gay Bill”, this piece of legislatn is as simple as the tle.

UNIVERSAL STAYS SILENT FOLLOWG DISNEY'S DISASTRO "DON'T SAY GAY" SUATN - INSI THE MAGIC

This did not satisfy most people, wh all facets of the Walt Disney Company g out and takg a firm stance agast the “Don’t Say Gay” bill. Though DeSantis allegedly warned the pany and s CEO, Bob Chapek, not to get volved Florida’s Parental Rights Edutn Act, known as the “Don’t Say Gay” law, prott om the LGBTQIA+ muny spired The Walt Disney Company to publicly nounce the ntroversial law.

Acrdg to NPR, the “Don’t Say Gay” law “prohibs any stctn about sexualy or genr between krgarten and third gra, or a manner that is not age-appropriate or velopmentally appropriate for stunts acrdance wh state standards. Down the road om Walt Disney World Central Florida, Universal Orlando Rort chose not to ment publicly on the “Don’t Say Gay” law. As a member of the LGBTQIA+ muny, Twter er @TaranTrnaman asked a Universal executive what she was planng to do for Pri Month the wake of the “Don’t Say Gay” law:.

So I qu Universal last night so I n now share this: durg a mandatory pany meetg last month wh the CEO, I asked her pot blank what the pany was dog the wake of the silence to the “Don’t Say Gay or Trans” bill and would do to honor LGBTQ employe & guts durg Pri month after their silence.

UNIVERSAL EMPLOYEE QUS, BASH COMPANY'S SILENCE ON "DON'T SAY GAY" LAW AND PRI MONTH - INSI THE MAGIC

The former employee felt his qutn wasn’t really answered and was told that while the executive didn’t personally support the “Don’t Say Gay” law, Universal chose silence to avoid polil nflict:. He stat that while he hasn’t been happy wh how upper management and CEO Bob Chapek have handled Pri Celebratns and the “Don’t Say Gay” law, he feels that his immediate management and peer group want to ph for posive change:. Do you thk Universal Orlando Rort should’ve ma a statement about the “Don’t Say Gay” law support of their LGBTQIA+ Team Members?