5 sthg rtoons about Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' bill

Contents:

• AFTER PROTTS, DISNEY CEO SPEAKS OUT AGAST FLORIDA'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL
• FROM GUNS TO GAY MARRIAGE, HOW DID RIGHTS TAKE OVER POLICS?
• 5 STHG RTOONS ABOUT FLORIDA'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL
• DON’T SAY “GAY”
• 5 STHG RTOONS ABOUT FLORIDA'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL
• GAY MARRIAGE CARTOONS
• FROM GUNS TO GAY MARRIAGE, HOW DID RIGHTS TAKE OVER POLICS?
• 5 STHG RTOONS ABOUT FLORIDA'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL

AFTER PROTTS, DISNEY CEO SPEAKS OUT AGAST FLORIDA'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL

”The Walt Disney Company, one of the world’s biggt media and entertament empir, pris self on a lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer (LGBTQ) iendly culture. But today s reputatn for clivy and tolerance is unr scty – as are s ep ti to the polil tablishment and the lack of LGBTQ reprentatn s ’s workers have been stagg walkouts prott at chief executive Bob Chapek’s lackltre rponse to Florida legislatn dubbed “don’t say gay”. But their prejudic were laid bare by a tweet om Christa Phaw, prs secretary for Florida’s ernor, Ron DeSantis, that said: “The bill that liberals accurately ll ‘don’t say gay’ would be more accurately scribed as an anti-groomg bill.

It has been nmned as “hateful” by Joe Bin and other Democrats who argue that monis LGBTQ, prs secretary of the LGBTQ rights anisatn Equaly Florida and a survivor of the Pulse nightclub shootg 2016, says: “The ‘don’t say gay bill’ was dubbed that by the muny bee is a bigoted, very specifilly anti-LGBTQ piece of legislatn signed to censor classroom speech about our muny.

FROM GUNS TO GAY MARRIAGE, HOW DID RIGHTS TAKE OVER POLICS?

Photograph: Chris Pizzello/Invisn/APYet the “don’t say gay” bill wrong-footed Chapek, who succeed Bob Iger as chief executive Febary 2020. They give to a lot of Democrats, bee they want those Democrats to be on their si too, but they have given a disproportnate amount to Republin legislators, many of whom supported and voted for the ‘don’t say gay’ bill. The Human Rights Campaign has said will stop acceptg money om Disney “until we see them build on their public mment and work wh LGBTQ+ advot to ensure that dangero proposals, like Florida’s ‘don’t say gay or trans’ bill, don’t bee dangero laws” Whehall and Ey Blunt Jungle Cise.

5 STHG RTOONS ABOUT FLORIDA'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL

Eric Marc, creator and host of the Makg Gay History podst, says: “Disney has cultivated an LGBTQ-iendly image, both through their cln of LGBTQ characters recent years and wh their employe, so ’s shockg but not shockg that the CEO would have been so flat-footed.

Photograph: APFor s the stud’s output was steadfastly heterosexual even though s creative talents clud gay people such as Howard Ashman, an Osr wner who wrote the lyrics for The Ltle Mermaid and Bety and the Beast before his ath om Aids has been some progrs sce then wh a growg LGBTQ portrayals films and TV shows and the sellg of LGBTQ pri-themed merchandise at Disney stor. Last year’s film Jungle Cise featured a proment gay character: McGregor Houghton, played by Jack Whehall. “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.

DON’T SAY “GAY”

Hollywood has phed a ncerted, dtry-wi effort for years to place LGBTQ-related entertament to programs aimed at young dienc, often tim operatn wh gay rights group GLAAD.

5 STHG RTOONS ABOUT FLORIDA'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL

Now nearly every TV seri, animated or live-actn, has add gay characters. Activists have repeatedly assumed that the sensible-shoe-wearg character is eher gay or bi-sexual. She’s gay.

Last April, Disney revealed a gay character DuckTal named Vlet, who is prented as a child wh two gay dads. MR RATBURN IS GAY?!?

In May 2019, PBS children’s show Arthur featured a gay weddg scene s season premiere. Ultimately, the storyle end wh the character Cys Goodman (Joshua Rh) announcg that he is gay. In April 2016, gay activist webse Pri labeled Steven Universe one of the queert kid’s shows on TV bee most of the characters are prented as gay.

GAY MARRIAGE CARTOONS

Episos have also featured lsons on homophobia, anxiety, and domtic vlence. In October 2016, the show’s two police characters were prented as participatg a gay relatnship wh one another.

Popular kid’s show Blue’s Clu has teamed up wh drag queen “Na Wt” a vio aimed at celebratg Gay Pri Month. DeSantis mov to revoke Disney's special tax stat retaliatn for the pany's opposn to Florida's "Don't Say Gay" bill.

FROM GUNS TO GAY MARRIAGE, HOW DID RIGHTS TAKE OVER POLICS?

" (Bill Bramhall/New York Daily News)Bramhall's World: 'Don't Say Gay' bill Bill Bramhall's edorial rtoon for Thursday, March 10, 2022, as Florida's Republin-led legislature has passed the Parental Rights Edutn bill, named the "Don't Say Gay" bill by LGBTQ activists, which would lim what teachers n teach about genr and sexual orientatn the classroom.

Ralf König is perhaps the German Howard Cse — both even eded magaz lled Gay Comix (or, König’s se, SchwulComix).

5 STHG RTOONS ABOUT FLORIDA'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL

König’s work often als wh relatnships — while most of his work featur gay upl, the universaly of his gags have earned him a big straight fanbase as well.

He’s also worked film — perhaps his most famo work on this si of the Atlantic is his script for The Killer Condom, a film based on König’s graphic novel of the same name, about a gay tective vtigatg a se where gay men at a no-tell motel have had their penis bten off.