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.
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- DISNEY EXECUTIVE PRODUCER ADMS TO ‘GAY AGENDA,’ ‘ADDG QUEERNS’ WHEREVER SHE COULD
- DISNEY EMPLOYE STAGE WALKOUT TO MAND ACTN AGAST 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL
- DISNEY EMPLOYE ARE STAGG WALKOUTS OVER PANY’S RPONSE TO THE ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL
- DISNEY WORKERS LIST DEMANDS AS THEY STAGE WALKOUT OVER 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL
DISNEY EXECUTIVE PRODUCER ADMS TO ‘GAY AGENDA,’ ‘ADDG QUEERNS’ WHEREVER SHE COULD
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. * disney gay employees *
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.
DISNEY EMPLOYE STAGE WALKOUT TO MAND ACTN AGAST 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL
Disney employe staged a walkout Tuday prott of the pany’s rponse to Florida’s ntroversial Parental Rights Edutn law, which crics have dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill. * disney gay employees *
” In fact, “Ellen” had the first gay lead character on TV 1997.
Disney has historilly had many gay employe, too. Disney employe staged a walkout Tuday prott of the pany’s rponse to Florida’s ntroversial Parental Rights Edutn law, which crics have dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill. 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.
DISNEY EMPLOYE ARE STAGG WALKOUTS OVER PANY’S RPONSE TO THE ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL
Durg a staff meetg on Florida's recent enactment of the Parental Rights Edutn bill, an executive producer at Disney admted to advancg a "not-at-all-secret gay agenda" to sert queerns to children's animatn. * disney gay employees *
Legislatn Florida — one that ntued on Tuday wh walkouts by Disney employe — longtime theme park executiv worried there uld be trouble than 150 pani, cludg Marrtt and Amerin Airl, had signed a Human Rights Campaign letter opposg the legislatn, which rtricts classroom stctn on sexual orientatn and genr inty and has been labeled by opponents as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill.
DISNEY WORKERS LIST DEMANDS AS THEY STAGE WALKOUT OVER 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL
Disney employe are walkg out prott of Disney's rponse ncerng the "Don't Say Gay" bill Florida. * disney gay employees *
On Tuday morng, a CNBC crew reported live om the ont gat of Disney’s rporate headquarters Burbank, Disney artists posted support on Twter, where the hashtag #DisneySayGay was proment midmorng.
E Flor for The New York TimTo unrstand the furor si Disney about s handlg of the legislatn Florida, helps to know Disney’s the 1990s, Disney was one of the first major rporatns to offer health verage to the live- partners of gay and lbian employe.
That cisn, paired wh tolerance of an unofficial “gay day” celebratn at Walt Disney World Florida, prompted a noisy boytt om Southern Baptists. More about Brooks BarnA versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn B, Page 1 of the New York edn wh the headle: Anti-Gay Bill Spurs Walkout, Rattlg Disney. This is the 13th nsecutive year that Disney has received top marks on the report, which evaluat rporate polici and practic related to lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer (LGBTQ) workplace equaly.
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LGBTQ workers and employee alli at The Walt Disney Company staged a walkout prott of Florida's Parental Rights Edutn bill, dubbed the "Don't Say Gay" bill by employe have been walkg out each day sce March 15 om 3 to 3:15 p.
"The Walt Disney Company’s (TWDC) LGBTQIA+ muny and their alli are termed to take a stand agast TWDC’s apathy the face of the bigoted 'Don’t Say Gay' bill put forth by the FL state legislature, " the prott's webse employe prott agast Florida's "Don't Say Gay" bill, Glendale, California, March 22, Chiu/Rters"The recent statements and lack of actn by TWDC learship regardg the 'Don’t Say Gay' bill have utterly failed to match the magnu of the threat to LGBTQIA+ safety reprented by this legislatn, " the webse says.
It would also allow parents to sue schools that engage the employe prott agast Florida's "Don't Say Gay" bill, Glendale, California, March 22, Chiu/RtersDisney CEO Bob Chapek has been cricized for his rponse to the bill, first for his silence on the legislatn and later for not outright nmng the bill his public has sce said he would pledge $5 ln to groups advotg for LGTBQ+ rights and protectns and add that he has ntacted Gov.