The pany’s tone af mishandlg of Florida’s ‘don’t say gay’ bill has revealed a long-gtatg nflict
Contents:
- THE STRANGE SE OF THE MISSG GAY DISNEY MOEKETEER AND THE BODY FOUND AT HIS HOME
- GAYHISTORY: MICKEY MOE, HOMOPHOBE
- DISNEY'S 8 'FIRST OPENLY GAY' CHARACTERS, RANKED (BY HOW EMBARRASSED DISNEY SHOULD FEEL)
- LGBTQ PEOPLE FLOCK TO FLORIDA FOR DISNEY'S GAY DAYS CELEBRATN
THE STRANGE SE OF THE MISSG GAY DISNEY MOEKETEER AND THE BODY FOUND AT HIS HOME
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 growing up gay *
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.
GAYHISTORY: MICKEY MOE, HOMOPHOBE
Crics h out at the entertament giant's failure to clu gay characters s films * mickey mouse growing up gay *
(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.
DISNEY'S 8 'FIRST OPENLY GAY' CHARACTERS, RANKED (BY HOW EMBARRASSED DISNEY SHOULD FEEL)
Christian fai had to be dog a double take last week as Disney sponsored a Gay and Lbian Day their theme parks, attend by over 60,000 Gays and Lbians. Ltle children were subjected to the most heo monstratns of homosexual drs and behavr. * mickey mouse growing up gay *
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. 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.
LGBTQ PEOPLE FLOCK TO FLORIDA FOR DISNEY'S GAY DAYS CELEBRATN
Mickey Moe: guilty of a hate crime? Brent Bozell is one of those right-wgers who has ma a reer of beg dignant at every hour of the day, always on the lookout for an exce to whe and pla. One of the thgs that upsets him is that some ic books feature openly gay characters.… * mickey mouse growing up gay *
One of s origal Moeketeers, 13-year-old Dennis Day, would later e out as gay, marry his boyiend Ernie Caswell and move to Oregon. Around 1960, he me out as bisexual to his acceptg fay and moved out of their Downey, California home to San Francis so he uld “live a cy where the gay muny was more celebrated, ” acrdg to his sister. By 1973, Day self-intified as “antly gay.
LGBTQ people are flockg to Florida this weekend to take part Gay Days, Disney's Pri celebratn. * mickey mouse growing up gay *
Related: His Christian parents told him his gay brother was “missg”.