Discontent is afoot at the happiest place on Earth, as Disney employees this week protested the company's reaction to Florida's so-called 'Don't say gay' bill, which would prohibit discussing LGBT topics in classrooms.
Discontent is afoot at the happiest place on Earth, as Disney employees this week protested the company's reaction to Florida's so-called "Don't say gay" bill, which would prohibit discussing LGBT topics in classrooms.
In the note, cited by local media, Chapek said he was hesitant for Disney to speak out against the Florida bill, which has received condemnation for impeding students' access to "sexual orientation" and "gender identity" information at elementary schools. "Many LGBTQI people and their allies work for or look to Disney for ally-ship," the activist and documentary producer wrote on Twitter.Story continuesChapek tried to quickly dampen the controversy. During the company's annual shareholder meeting March 9, he announced Disney's plans to donate $5 million to pro-LGBT groups.
And entertainment magazine Variety published a letter signed by LGBT employees of animation studio Pixar, denouncing the fact that "nearly every moment of overtly gay affection" in its movies "is cut at Disney’s behest."
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