GayHistory: Mickey Moe, Homophobe

Disney's new stance agast Florida's Don't Say Gay bill reigned Right's war on Disney, even thought the pany has a nservative past. * mickey mouse homosexual *

This uproar is largely rponse to Disney CEO Bob Chapek’s announcement, followg backlash om LGBTQ activists, that the pany would no longer support new Florida legislatn that crics have labeled the “Don’t Say Gay” bill.

Nohels, opposn to what has been viewed as Disney’s poal of LGBTQ issu, or phg a “gay agenda, ” dat back to the 1990s, when right-wg Christian groups lled for boytts of the pany over Gay Days, an unofficial Disney theme parks event for queer people and their fai.

(The outrage was even more ironic nsirg that Disney has never officially sanctned Gay Days, or even formally acknowledged their existence. While the pany has flirted wh troducg openly gay characters mastream stud films, the screen time of such characters has been signifintly rced followg immense backlash. Ined, was only after the uproar over the Don’t Say Gay bill that a prevly-cut same-sex kiss the upg release Lightyear was put back to the film.

¿MICKEY MOE GAY? DISNEY LO VISTE N LOS LOR L “ULLO”

* mickey mouse homosexual *

In light of the Don’t Say Gay bill, the pump was primed for the far right to tra nspiracy theori about Disney. In light of the Don’t Say Gay bill, the pump was primed for the far right to tra nspiracy theori about Disney — even though, as recently as jt a few weeks ago, Chapek had said a leaked ternal memo that he did not plan to publicly oppose or support the bill to beg wh. Followg public outrage and walkouts om LGBTQ employe, Chapek reversed his stance and announced the pany’s “goal” would be to move for the repeal of the Don’t Say Gay bill, unleashg a barrage of outrage agast the pany.

A tongue--cheek ment by Disney Televisn Animatn executive producer Latoya Ravene, who said the meetg the pany has been welg to her “not-at-all secret gay agenda, ” also prompted revulsn parents primed to view Disney as a vehicle for left-wg doctratn.

Mickey Moe is a wrote Amerin Conservative senr edor Rod Dreher, one of many on the far right who lately have wield accatns of pedophilia and child sex abe to slime opponents (real or rtoon) of Florida’s Parental Rights Edutn law, more broadly known as the “don’t say gay” was part of an extend salvo: “About the term ‘groomers, ’” Dreher later clarified, “’s ually ed to scribe pedophil who are preparg nocent kids for sexual exploatn.

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