Disney Execs Promote ‘Not-So-Secret’ Gay Agenda in Leaked Internal Vid
As Disney faces criticism for not fighting a controversial Florida bill sooner, video footage from an internal call shows executives explaining the company’s supposed atmosphere of tolerance.Animation director Latoya Raveneau, a director on shows including The Proud Family, was depicted in the video.
In it, she described feeling concerns when she first worked at Disney because she heard rumors the company played it too safe with content.“But then, my experience was bafflingly the opposite of what I had heard,” she said in footage that has since been posted to Twitter. “In my little pocket of Proud Family Disney TVA, the showrunners were super-welcoming. [Disney Television Animation senior vice president] Meredith Roberts and our leadership over there has been so welcoming to my not-at-all-secret gay agenda.
So I felt like maybe it was that way in the past but I guess something must have happened. They were turning it around.”She discussed pushing to place same-sex couples in the background of shows, a shift at Disney, which for years came under fire for censoring such images and downplaying what little LGBTQ+ representation existed.Videos from the webinar were leaked to right-wing activist Christopher Rufo, who shared them with followers.
The conference call was likely to ease internal tensions at Disney amid criticism that the company, a major employer in Florida at its Walt Disney World theme parks, remained neutral as the Florida Legislature debated the controversial “don’t say gay” bill.
