{"id":1393849,"date":"2022-03-22T11:15:54","date_gmt":"2022-03-22T15:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1393849"},"modified":"2022-03-22T11:15:56","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T15:15:56","slug":"disney-launching-task-force-to-make-more-lgbtq-content-for-children-and-families","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disney-launching-task-force-to-make-more-lgbtq-content-for-children-and-families\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney Launching Task Force to Make More LGBTQ+ Content for Children and Families"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdisney-launching-task-force-to-make-more-lgbtq-content-for-children-and-families%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1393849&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">A groveling Disney CEO Bob Chapek on Monday told employees the company should have condemned Florida\u2019s Parental Rights in Education bill that blocked the teaching of sexuality and transgender ideology to students in kindergarten through third grade, speaking 24-hours hours before mutinous staff planned to walk out during a day-long strike.<\/p>\n<p>A virtual town hall for employees was used by management to stem internal strife at Disney, as the company\u2019s chief executive continued to apologize and shifted its public statements about the legislation, which critics falsely call the \u201cDon\u2019t Say Gay\u201d bill.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe know the moment requires urgency \u2014 and words are not enough,\u201d said Chapek, according to a recording of his remarks <a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/disney-ceo-forms-task-force-015820332.html\">obtained<\/a> by Reuters. \u201cSo we are taking some actions right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One of those \u201cactions\u201d involved releasing a statement of apology and contrition for past actions as well as a special \u201ctask force\u201d to \u201cdevelop action plans to make more LGBT-aware content for children and family,\u201d the<em> Wall Street Journal\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/disney-ceo-bob-chapek-works-to-mend-fences-with-employees-at-companywide-meeting-11647893225?mod=hp_lead_pos11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CbaAtxTMwv2\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Chapek drew pointed criticism for saying in a companywide memo March 7 declaring the corporation can make the \u201cbiggest impact\u201d by \u201ccreating a more inclusive world through the inspiring content we produce.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"\">Three days later he apologized again directly to employees\u00a0in a letter released March 11.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cIt is clear that this is not just an issue about a bill in Florida, but instead yet another challenge to basic human rights. You needed me to be a stronger ally in the fight for equal rights and I let you down,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thewaltdisneycompany.com\/statement-on-disneys-support-for-the-lgbtq-community\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chapek said in the letter<\/a>. \u201cI am sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">He also announced all donations to elected officials in Florida would be stopped although striking employees still went ahead with their walk out.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CbI6bShPeht\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Chapek and his senior leaders say they will now embark on a global listening tour and meet with employees in the United States and internationally as an act of contrition for their actions.<\/p>\n<p>He promised more apologies on more sites and in more countries until staff are satisfied.<\/p>\n<p>Disney also said it has established an LGBTQ+ task force to be led by Paul Roeder, senior vice president of communications for the Studios, and Lisa Becket, senior vice president of global marketing for Disney Parks, Experiences and Products.<\/p>\n<p>The company said the task force will seek out experts to develop a concrete plan to ensure Disney is \u201ca force for good\u201d for LGBTQ+ communities, especially children and family.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile,\u00a0Disney continues to do business in China despite the communist country\u2019s myriad human rights abuses from genocide of Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang to ethnic cleansing in Tibet.<\/p>\n<p><em><span>Follow Simon Kent on Twitter:<\/span> <a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SunSimonKent\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @SunSimonKent<\/a> <span>or e-mail to: skent@breitbart.com<\/span><br \/><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A groveling Disney CEO Bob Chapek on Monday told employees the company should have condemned Florida\u2019s Parental Rights in Education bill that blocked the teaching of sexuality and transgender ideology<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":82,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1393849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1393849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/82"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1393849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1393849\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1393849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1393849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1393849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}