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Disney Money Rejected By Human Rights Campaign, Seeks Greater Efforts On LGBTQ+ Issues

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The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer civil rights organization, said today it will not accept any funding from the Walt Disney Co.

without a greater commitment to the LGBTQ+ agenda.The HRC was responding to a statement by Bob Chapek, CEO of the Walt Disney Company, at Disney’s quarterly shareholder meeting.

His statement was the company’s first public statement of opposition to Florida’s House Bill 1557, the Don’t Say Gay or Trans bill.

The Florida legislation would bar teachers from talking about LGBTQ+ issues or people until a certain grade level was reached.After remaining silent as the bill made its way through the Florida state legislature over the past few weeks, Chapek finally spoke out against the pending anti-LGBTQ+ legislation, and spoke up for LGBTQ+ people in Florida and across the country.

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