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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Alex Woodward

Disney CEO says LGBT+ representation is more powerful than lobbying. Pixar staff say they’re barred from creating it

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The Walt Disney Company’s CEO Bob Chapek, who announced that the company opposes Florida’s so-called “Don’t Say Gay” legislation after it passed the state’s legislature, insists that the company’s diverse representation in its programming reflects Disney’s “inclusive culture” and is “more powerful” than any lobbying efforts.

But a group of LGBT+ Pixar employees and their allies say the company has “shaved down to crumbs” what little representation makes it to the screen.

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