Disney now says is opposed to Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' bill : NPR

Contents:

• 5 SIGNS THAT DISNEY HAS SUPPORTED GAY RIGHTS FOR OVER 2 DES
• IT'S NOT JT FROZEN: MOST DISNEY MOVI ARE PRO-GAY
• AFTER PROTTS, DISNEY CEO SPEAKS OUT AGAST FLORIDA'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL

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

After facg public and ternal turmoil earlier this year over s rponse to Florida’s Parental Rights Edutn legislatn — also known as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill — The Walt Disney Company is among a handful of Hollywood studs signg an open letter support of difyg some LGBTQ+ marriage rights to feral law.

Disney’s prence among the letter’s signatori is notable after the pany faced weeks of ternal and external backlash over s rponse to Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill, which has sce bee law. That’s when the pany began to take heat for donatg to reprentativ who supported and passed HB 1557/SB 1834 through both chambers of Florida’s Congrs, as well as s silence terms of any public statements around the “Don’t Say Gay” bill. HRC ultimately turned down the donatn followg the pany’s “regrettable stance by choosg to stay silent amid polil attacks agast LGBTQ+ fai Florida, ” and would rea om acceptg until 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.

Disney has signed a letter support of a feral law to protect same-sex marriag after takg a dbbg this year over s rponse to Florida’s so-lled “Don’t Say Gay” law. Ron DeSantis signed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill to law.

IT'S NOT JT FROZEN: MOST DISNEY MOVI ARE PRO-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.

” In fact, “Ellen” had the first gay lead character on TV 1997. Disney has historilly had many gay employe, too. 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.

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

“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. It may be bee Disney promot the tradnal fay un most of their advertisg, but the realy is Disney is a very gay iendly pany, and ’s no different for their weddgs.

I hate the terms “normal marriage” or “regular marriage, ” and I look forward to a day when the term “gay marriage” is oblerated om our vobulary bee ’s jt “marriage. We know Disney’s Fairy Tale Weddgs supports gay marriage, and I’m willg to bet their preferred vendors do, too. I know this may seem like a ridiculo statement – why would a gay weddg look different than a straight weddg?

While speakg wh one uple, they told me how they stggled to fd any onle evince of gay weddgs at Disney.