Disney Reels Over “Don’t Say Gay” Bill Rponse, Staff Debat Actn – The Hollywood Reporter

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The full-sle walkout is a bid to urge the pany to take a stronger stance agast the Parental Rights Edutn legislatn Florida, what crics have lled the "Don't Say Gay" bill.

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

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The so-lled 'Don't Say Gay' bill was passed by Florida's Hoe and Senate and is head to Gov. Ron DeSantis Wednday morng, "to exprs our disappotment and ncern that if the legislatn be law, uld be ed to unfairly target gay, lbian, non-bary and transgenr kids and fai. "The Human Rights Campaign will not accept this 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, and if they do, to work to get them off the books, " says Joni Madison, Interim Print of the Human Rights Campaign a statement.

DISNEY WORKERS WALK OUT OVER THE PANY'S RPONSE TO SO-LLED 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL

Last week, Disney and s CEO Bob Chapek bungled their rponse to Florida’s ntroversial bill dubbed “Don’t Say Gay.” Now, some of the pany’s employe are stagg a walkout. * disney gay bill response *

Acrdg to the acuntabily news se Popular Informatn, " the last two years, Disney has donated $197, 162 to members of the Florida legislature that have already voted for the 'Don't Say Gay' legislatn, " cludg to sponsors of the bill, Florida Rep. On Sunday, before the so-lled "Don't Say Gay" bill passed the state Senate, Siemon posted an impassned vio plea llg for Disney to say the legislatn is wrong. Siemon creds one of his middle school teachers for helpg him unrstand that was OK to be gay.

DISNEY EMPLOYE ARE STAGG WALKOUTS OVER PANY’S RPONSE TO THE ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL

Disney have e unr fire for their lack of actn around Florida's ntroversial Don't Say Gay bill - here's what that means and why matters to movi * disney gay bill response *

Siemon implored the pany to stop supportg those policians, endg wh the words, "Disney, please say gay.

The full-sle walkout me after Disney employe planned a seri of smaller walkouts durg their 15-mute breaks to urge the pany to take a stronger stance agast the Parental Rights Edutn legislatn, which advot have dubbed the "Don't Say Gay" bill. "The recent statements by The Walt Disney Company (TWDC) learship regardg the Florida legislature's recent 'Don't Say Gay' bill have utterly failed to match the magnu of the threat to LGBTQIA+ safety reprented by this legislatn, " an open letter by Disney employe reads.

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.

'I LET YOU DOWN': DISNEY CEO APOLOGIZ FOR 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL RPONSE

LGBTQ animatn workers at Disney are askg CEO Bob Chapek to stop fundg Florida legislators supportg the "Don't Say Gay" bill. * disney gay bill response *

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.

WHAT DISNEY'S RPONSE TO THE 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL HAS TO DO WH LGBTQ+ REPRENTATN FILM

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.

AS DISNEY REELS OVER “DON’T SAY GAY” BILL RPONSE, STAFFERS DEBATE WHETHER TO TAKE PUBLIC OR PRIVATE STAND

Disney has historilly had many gay employe, too.

Last week, Disney and s CEO Bob Chapek bungled their rponse to Florida’s ntroversial bill dubbed “Don’t Say Gay.

Several years ago, they chose Southern California partly for the parks and beme Magic Key passholrs so they uld vis Plows' ardor for Disney was recently shaken by the pany's rponse to what crics have dubbed Florida's "Don't Say Gay" bill, which would rtrict speech on sexual orientatn and genr inty  public school classrooms. DISNEY CEO (FINALLY) SPEAKS OUT:But where's the gay Disney fairy tale?

INSI DISNEY’S CHAOTIC “DON’T SAY GAY” BILL RPONSE

'DON'T SAY GAY':Lawmaker behd Florida bill pulls amendment requirg schools to out stunts"Right now, I'm lookg at my Disneyland lanyard, which has Pri ps all over , " she said Tuday.

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She started an onle petn mandg Disney publicly "nounce the 'Don't Say Gay' bill and vow not to fund the sponsors aga.

DISNEY CEO APOLOGIZ TO EMPLOYE FOR RPONSE TO FLORIDA 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL

"Dena lled Wednday's show of support "a ltle too late, " while notg Disney is quick to "take our money" when to "Pri, Gay Days and all the merchandise they have surroundg Pri Month. In recent weeks, the Republin Florida ernor Ron Dantis is set to sign a bill to the Hoe of Reprentativ tled "Hoe Bill 1557" which has bee known lloquially as the Don't Say Gay Bill, due to the l seeks to enact around tn on LGBTQIA+, genr, and sexualy. While the bill adds that schools are not required to munite rmatn to parents if tors believe there is a risk of “abe, abandonment, or neglect, ” draws a le the sand around what is nsired 'acceptable homophobic behavur' vs 'abe'.

As a rult, on Tuday, March 22, Disney employe staged a walkout to mand actnable steps om Disney over the Don't Say Gay Bill. Axelle/Ber-Griff//Getty ImagThere were those associated wh Disney who uldn't cease work, cludg Moon Knight star Osr Isaac who, when asked for ment, told Variety: "I gus my ment would be [starts sgg] gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gayyyyyy!

Up until recently, Disney remaed quiet on the bill, but as well know evokg silence the face of discrimatn is sidg wh an opprsor, and Disney's se they are sidg wh homophobic bigotry. Wh the Don't Say Gay Bill, the pany has the abily to create actnable change. But, a dramatic parture om the pany’s long-standg culture of public posivy, some LGBTQ employe of the media giant have been breakg that le to object to Disney’s handlg of Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill.

*BEAR-MAGAZINE.COM* DISNEY GAY BILL RESPONSE

Disney CEO apologiz to employe for rponse to Florida 'Don't Say Gay' bill.

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