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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Alex Woodward

Disney employees walk off the job to protest ‘Don’t Say Gay’ legislation

AP

Employees across The Walt Disney Company are walking off their jobs to protest Florida’s so-called “Don’t Say Gay” bill and the company’s response to protect LGBT+ workers and their families.

Daily walkouts this month culminated in a full workday protest on 22 March, demanding Disney to indefinitely halt all political donations to state officials who created or helped pass the measure, which opponents warn will marginalise and endanger the lives of LGBT+ young people in Florida’s schools.

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