Disney's stumbles on "Don't Say Gay" bill

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🗓️ 22 March 2022

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Disney's reputation with the LGBTQ community has been stellar for decades. Then came Florida's "Don't Say Gay" bill.

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0:00.0	For the past two decades, Disney's reputation in the LGBTQ community has been stellar.
0:07.5	It was one of the first Fortune 500 companies to offer same-sex couple benefits, and tens of
0:12.4	thousands of people attend their unofficial gay days.
0:15.5	It's my first gay, it's our first gay days. It's going to be fun. We have a big group of us
0:20.3	going. And I'm a gay have a big group of us going.
0:22.1	And I'm a gay.
0:23.2	A big group of gays.
0:27.4	More and more out characters are appearing in television shows, movies, and cartoons.
0:31.0	But critics now say Disney has thrown away all that goodwill.
0:33.2	Just another thing to blame on... Florida man.
0:34.0	A Florida man.
0:34.7	How badly did a 28-year-old Florida man want to go to Hooters?
0:38.1	Florida.
0:41.2	I'm Gustavo Rian.
0:42.8	You're listening to The Times, Daily News from the LA Times.
0:46.3	It's Tuesday, March 22nd, 2022.
0:49.8	Today, how an anti-LGB bill in the Sunshine State got Disney all goofy or dopey or Mickey Mousey or whatever
0:57.8	old school character you want to use as a metaphor for the company Stumbles.
1:02.3	Disney employees are starting walkouts starting Tuesday, March 15th, every day until the 22nd.
1:09.1	Many employees at Disney did a walkout yesterday in response to Disney's handling of Florida's
1:13.4	don't say gay bill.
1:14.3	Stand in support of the 750,000 employees that are staging a walkout in opposition of the
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