Disney says supports gay rights wh ‘spirg ntent’ spe donatg to ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill backers | The Inpennt

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• DISNEY SAYS SUPPORTS GAY RIGHTS WH ‘SPIRG NTENT’ SPE DONATG TO ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL BACKERS
• 5 SIGNS THAT DISNEY HAS SUPPORTED GAY RIGHTS FOR OVER 2 DES

DISNEY SAYS SUPPORTS GAY RIGHTS WH ‘SPIRG NTENT’ SPE DONATG TO ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL BACKERS

”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.

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.

5 SIGNS THAT DISNEY HAS SUPPORTED GAY RIGHTS FOR OVER 2 DES

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.

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. 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.

Get our ee weekly email for all the latt cematic news om our film cric Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cematic email for eeDisney has issued a statement of support for the LGBTQ+ muny spe beg revealed that the pany donated sums of money to Florida Republins supportg the “Don’t Say Gay” year, at least three Disney enti gave the chief sponsors of Florida’s so-lled “Don’t Say Gay” legislatn $4, 000 (£3, 021) bed for their 2022 re-electn mpaigns.

Officially tled the Hoe Bill 1557, “Don’t Say Gay”, as ’s referred to by crics, has been nmned by mocrats, parents and the Whe Hoe, which has scribed the legislatn as “hateful” be law, will censor nversatns about homosexualy and genr inty Florida’s a statement issued via Good Morng Ameri, the Walt Disney Company stated: “We unrstand how important this issue is to our LGBTQ+ employe and many others. ”The current Disney CEO Bob Chapek is yet to make a personal statement beyond the official Disney pany his on-screen alter-ego, ‘Frozen’’s Olaf (Shutterstock/Featureflash Photo Agency)The Senate sponsor for the “Don’t Say Gay” legislatn, Ola Republin Dennis Baxley, has prevly supported other anti-gay Apple TV+ ee for 7 daysNew subscribers only. Plan to-renews until ncelledTry for eeIn 2013, he pared gay parents to dg abers and abive said: “I mean I sat an hour and a half wh a teacher tellg me, ‘Well this child has got serial men g through the hoe, this one has two mummi, this one has an abive father who’s home, this has alholism, this one has dg abe.

”Wrer of Disney’s animated seri Ducktal Benjam Siemon wrote that he is “eply sadned” by the pany’s “silence when to speakg out agast the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill” Inpennt has ntacted a reprentative of Disney for ment. Thank you to all who have reached out to me sharg your pa, tratn and sadns over the pany’s rponse to the Florida “Don’t Say Gay” bill. Ron DeSantis signed the Parental Rights Edutn Act, which crics have dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay or Trans” bill bee prohibs classroom discsn of sexual orientatn or genr inty wh stunts gras K-3, emed velopmentally or age appropriate.

“I had very few openly gay role mols, ” Disney said.

Joni Madison, the group’s terim print, said that HRC wants to see Disney “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, and if they do, to work to get them off the books. Has urted LGBTQ+ visors to s theme parks, sellg rabow-lored souvenirs and hostg groups that anize annual “Gay Days” Disney this week started marketg and promotg merchandise unr the name Pri Collectn for the first time, a big brandg move for a pany that has bee a nservative target for s support of LGBTQ+ rights. ”Disney began to feel the wrath of nservative lawmakers several months ago when Chief Executive Bob Chapek voiced opposn to Florida’s Parental Rights Edutn law, legislatn more monly known by crics as the “Don’t Say Gay” law.