Leaked Disney Videos Spark Debate Over Woke Culture, Kids' Exposure to LGBTQ Issues
Summary from the AllSides News Team
Leaked videos of Disney employees advocating for more LGBTQ characters in Disney content sparked criticism from voices on the right.
In one video, the president of Disney General Entertainment said she supports having "many, many, many LGBTQIA characters in our stories." In another, a production coordinator discussed how he created a tracker to ensure there were enough gender-nonconforming characters in leading roles in Disney content. The leaked videos were from a Disney all-hands meeting to discuss Florida passing the controversial Parental Rights in Education bill, dubbed the 'Don't Say Gay' bill by critics, which bans instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade. Disney's CEO opposes the new law and said he hopes it gets "struck down"; his previous neutrality on the legislation sparked backlash and walkouts by Disney employees.
Right-rated news sources covered the videos extensively. Voices on the right continue to accuse Disney of having a woke agenda and enabling the LGBTQ indoctrination of children, and cite the videos as hard evidence. The videos weren't covered by left- and center-rated media; some left-rated sources focused more on the Daily Wire (Right bias) announcing plans to spend at least $100 million over the next three years developing children's entertainment that would rival Disney's purportedly woke content. One CNN writer argued that Fox News and other right-rated media are distorting Disney's position on LGBTQ issues, accusing them of "playing to the cameras to raise their own profiles."
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