The pany’s tone af mishandlg of Florida’s ‘don’t say gay’ bill has revealed a long-gtatg nflict
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DISNEY EXECUTIVE PRODUCER ADMS TO ‘GAY AGENDA,’ ‘ADDG QUEERNS’ WHEREVER SHE COULD
‘Beyond the ‘spirg ntent’ that we aren’t even allowed to create, we require actn,’ Pixar’s LGBT+ employe wre letter to Disney learship on ‘Don’t Say Gay’ * lobby lgbt disney *
The Walt Disney Company’s CEO Bob Chapek, who announced that the pany oppos Florida’s so-lled “Don’t Say Gay” legislatn after passed the state’s legislature, sists that the pany’s diverse reprentatn s programmg reflects Disney’s “clive culture” and is “more powerful” than any lobbyg a group of LGBT+ Pixar employe and their alli say the pany has “shaved down to cmbs” what ltle reprentatn mak to the screen.
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“Nearly every moment of overtly gay affectn is cut at Disney’s beht, regardls of when there is prott om both the creative teams and executive learship at Pixar, ” employe wrote a statement to Disney learship on 9 March. “Disney — they get everythg they want, ” said Anna Eskamani, a Democratic state reprentative om Orlando, who n rattle off a list of measur killed or phed through wh the pany’s weight, such as an exemptn signed for Disney om a 2021 bill that rtricted the abily of social media firms to ban polil Eskamani and many other lawmakers were surprised when Disney — and s lobbyists — kept quiet as a moe when state lawmakers started batg a bill to ban discsns about sexual orientatn or genr inty primary school ntroversial measure — dubbed the “don’t say gay” bill by opponents — was signed to law by Gov. ”It quickly earned the “don’t say gay” moniker om crics who say is a cel law that will harm LGBTQ stunts and staff.
Durg a staff meetg on Florida's recent enactment of the Parental Rights Edutn bill, an executive producer at Disney admted to advancg a "not-at-all-secret gay agenda" to sert queerns to children's animatn. * lobby lgbt disney *
The Republin sponsor of the bill ced a Disney diversy program lled “Reimage Tomorrow, ” acrdg to the Orlando Disney did not lobby on HB 1557 — the “don’t say gay” bill, acrdg to disclosure rerds. ”Disney’s failure to rail the bill — or at least get cred for strongly opposg — stood out bee the pany has a history of gettg s way the Florida state legislature and of aptly handlg LGBTQ years ago, then-Disney chief executive Iger was creded wh helpg nvce Geia’s ernor to veto a bill that would have allowed fah-based groups to refe servic to LGBTQ dividuals on the basis of their relig the early 1990s, Walt Disney World started hostg an annual Gay Day the first Saturday June.