A group of Walt Disney Co. employees has organized a series of walkouts to protest the Burbank entertainment giant’s response to Florida’s controversial bill limiting classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity.
The protests — which included a planned rally at the Bette Davis Picnic Area in Griffith Park late Tuesday morning — culminated weeks of mounting employee blowback against Chief Executive Bob Chapek’s response to Florida’s Parental Rights in Education bill, derisively nicknamed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill by opponents, which bans instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity from kindergarten through third grade, and could impose limits for other age levels.
In Burbank, dozens of Disney employees, some holding “Disney Say Gay” and "#disneydobetter” signs, gathered outside the Roy E Disney Animation Building, where they posed for a group photo at 9:30 am.
