Disney’s ntroversial rponse to Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill unrsr the pany’s plited history wh the LGBTQ+ muny — a plex relatnship which Disney has played both champn and punchg bag.
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- FIRST CEO OF MAJOR PANY TO PUBLICLY SAY HE'S GAY ON WHY THERE ARE SO FEW OPENLY LGBTQ EXECUTIV ON BOARDS
- OPENLY GAY THE BOARDROOM: WHY SO FEW LGBTQ EXECUTIV LEAD AMERI'S LARGT PANI
- THREE'S COMPANY MA ME THE GAY MAN I AM TODAY
- 12 BIGGT COMPANI WH GAY CEOS
- 12 BIGGT COMPANI WH GAY CEOS
FIRST CEO OF MAJOR PANY TO PUBLICLY SAY HE'S GAY ON WHY THERE ARE SO FEW OPENLY LGBTQ EXECUTIV ON BOARDS
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John Browne rigned as CEO of oil giant BP 2007 after beg outed as a gay man a Brish tabloid. At the time, he was the first CEO of a major publicly trad pany to publicly acknowledge he was years later, the Lord Browne of Madgley wrote about the double life he and others led as closeted gay executiv "The Glass Closet: Why Comg Out Is Good for Bs. Today, Camuñez, one of two Hispanic board members, is also intified as part of the lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer muny.
OPENLY GAY THE BOARDROOM: WHY SO FEW LGBTQ EXECUTIV LEAD AMERI'S LARGT PANI
On the ABC edy's 40th anniversary, Michael Montlack reflects on how he learned to be gay om a straight actor playg a straight character pretendg to be gay. * company was gay *
Disney’s ntroversial rponse to Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill unrsr the pany’s plited history wh the LGBTQ+ muny — a plex relatnship which Disney has played both champn and punchg bag.
Earlier this month, Disney CEO Bob Chapek spoke out about — but did not nmn — Florida’s ntroversial Parental Rights Edutn bill, which crics dubbed “Don’t Say Gay. Griff, who is also a profsor of film and media arts at Southern Methodist Universy, add that Disney has recently received a lot of publicy about var Disney films wh openly gay characters. Even though Disney’s re product of fay-iendly entertament hasn’t been blatant s reprentatn of gay characters, ABC — which is owned by Disney — has done so wh TV shows like “Morn Fay” and “Ellen.
THREE'S COMPANY MA ME THE GAY MAN I AM TODAY
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” In fact, “Ellen” had the first gay lead character on TV 1997.
12 BIGGT COMPANI WH GAY CEOS
Disney has historilly had many gay employe, too. It’s crazy that this even needs to be said, but all LGBTQ people should boytt the Herage of Pri until they make sure none of the sponsors fund anti-gay legislatn. Luckily, there's hardly the void of gay role mols many of experienced g up the 1970s and '80s.
Who would show me the gay way? But that imagery led to an even more alien notn: Were those the only kd of gay people the world?
12 BIGGT COMPANI WH GAY CEOS
Jack Tripper appeared on the screen 1977 (the 40th anniversary of the first episo is this March): boyishly handsome, adorably clumsy and generally ordary most ways, except one -- he was pretendg to be gay orr to live wh two female roommat.
This was certaly "a step that was new" but not pletely unfaiar to a boy pretendg to be straight orr to live peacefully an unwelg (and John Rter, who played him, for that matter) wasn't queer, but the fact that he had the dacy to even label himself gay was astoundg.
) that we did fact exist and uld even fd zy hom for ourselv: sunny beach muni wh fun sisterly iends and zany, if often backward, landlords who might actually prefer a gay tenant over a straight one.