Morrell helped Disney CEO Bob Chapek craft a rponse to Florida's "Don't Say Gay" legislatn that has arguably backfired on the pany.
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- DISNEY EXECUTIVE GEOFF MORRELL, WHO HELPED CRAFT RPONSE TO 'DON'T SAY GAY' LAW, LEAV PANY AFTER THREE MONTHS
- DISNEY EXEC VOWS MORE GAY CHARACTERS AMID HUGE CLIVY PH
- DISNEY EXEC. RPONSIBLE FOR "DON'T SAY GAY" RPONSE QUS AFTER THREE MONTHS - INSI THE MAGIC
- A DISNEY EXECUTIVE WHO LEFT AFTER 3 MONTHS AMID S 'DON'T SAY GAY' MISSTEPS MA ALMOST $120,000 A DAY
DISNEY EXECUTIVE GEOFF MORRELL, WHO HELPED CRAFT RPONSE TO 'DON'T SAY GAY' LAW, LEAV PANY AFTER THREE MONTHS
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Durg a staff meetg on Florida’s recent enactment of the Parental Rights Edutn bill, an executive producer at Disney said she was advancg a “not-at-all-secret gay agenda” to sert queerns to children’s Ravene, executive producer for Disney Televisn Animatn, talked about how the stud’s treatment of her progrsive ias fied her negative expectatns of the pany, a vio obtaed by journalist Christopher Rufo. To my not-at-all-secret gay agenda, ” she said. Ravene’s leaked ments me out Tuday, the day after Florida ernor Ron DeSantis signed the Parental Rights Edutn bill, dubbed the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill by crics, which prohibs the teachg of genr inty and sexual orientatn to children krgarten through third ’s learship nmned the legislatn and attempted to lobby DeSantis to kill , but he refed to budge.
A group of California Disney employe staged a walkout last week to prott the measure, wearg rabow lors, holdg signs wh pro-LGBTQ slogans, and shoutg, “Say Gay, ” as they marched down the ernor slammed the pany for s hypocrisy phg domtic social-jtice while nductg bs Cha wh the blsg of the Che Communist Party, a regime notor for human-rights ab relatg to the Uyghur Mlims, Hong Kong, Tibet, etc. 's rponse to ntroversial legislatn passed Florida known as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill. Octav Jon | Getty Imag News | Getty ImagGeoff Morrell, the chief rporate affairs officer who helped archect Disney's public rponse to Florida's so-lled "Don't Say Gay" legislatn, has cid to leave the pany.
24, Morrell guid Disney and Chapek to publicly expla why hadn't taken a public stand on Florida's ntroversial "Don't Say Gay" legislatn, which barred some elementary school stctn of sexual orientatn and genr inty. He feared if Disney took a public stand agast "Don't Say Gay, " the pany may also have to publicly fight future human rights issu, cludg potential offens om Cha, an important market for Disney ntent. Both Tmp and DeSantis have e after Disney's public challenge of "Don't Say Gay.
DISNEY EXEC VOWS MORE GAY CHARACTERS AMID HUGE CLIVY PH
But by explag Disney's cisn not to take a stand on "Don't Say Gay, " rather than simply not takg a public posn, Morrell's strategy opened up the pany to months of prott that uld have been avoid. Burke said she supports featurg “many, many” characters who are LGBTQIA, which stands for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer (or qutng), tersex, and asexual (or alli).
Disney has reportedly restated a gay kiss s upg “Toy Story” spoff, “Lightyear. We have many, many, many LGBTQIA characters our stori and yet we don’t have enough leads and narrativ which gay characters jt get to be characters and not have to be about gay stori. Disney’s diversy plan amid the ntroversy over Florida’s new “Don’t Say Gay” law.
The statement me after some Disney employe staged walkouts and held protts agast the “Don’t Say Gay” bill that’s now law the Sunshe State.
DISNEY EXEC. RPONSIBLE FOR "DON'T SAY GAY" RPONSE QUS AFTER THREE MONTHS - INSI THE MAGIC
“Never once while watchg a Disney movie or any other rtoon dis I ever thk, I wonr if they’re gay. [Disney Televisn Animatn senr vice print] Meredh Roberts and our learship over there has been so welg to my not-at-all-secret gay agenda. \u201cSCOOP: I've obtaed vio om si Disney's all-hands meetg about the Florida parental rights bill, which executive producer Latoya Ravene says her team has implemented a "not-at-all-secret gay agenda" and is regularly "addg queerns" to children's programmg.
A DISNEY EXECUTIVE WHO LEFT AFTER 3 MONTHS AMID S 'DON'T SAY GAY' MISSTEPS MA ALMOST $120,000 A DAY
1648591064The nference ll was likely to ease ternal tensns at Disney amid cricism that the pany, a major employer Florida at s Walt Disney World theme parks, remaed ntral as the Florida Legislature bated the ntroversial "don't say gay" bill.
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.” Although he exprsed some opposn to the bill, Chapek said a rporate statement on the matter would be effective.