{"id":1394139,"date":"2022-03-22T13:16:11","date_gmt":"2022-03-22T17:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1394139"},"modified":"2022-03-22T13:16:21","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T17:16:21","slug":"disney-holds-emergency-town-hall-to-appease-lgbtq-employees-vows-to-fight-texas-transgender-measure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disney-holds-emergency-town-hall-to-appease-lgbtq-employees-vows-to-fight-texas-transgender-measure\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney Holds Emergency Town Hall to Appease LGBTQ Employees, Vows to Fight Texas Transgender Measure"},"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\">30<\/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-holds-emergency-town-hall-to-appease-lgbtq-employees-vows-to-fight-texas-transgender-measure%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=1394139&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--><p class=\"subheading\">The Walt Disney Co. has held an emergency town hall meeting in an effort to appease LGBTQ employees who are engaging in company-wide walkouts in protest of executive leadership, according to multiple reports.<\/p>\n<p>During the meeting Monday, Disney CEO Bob Chapek reiterated his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2022\/03\/12\/disney-ceo-bob-chapek-grovels-to-lgbtq-employees-i-let-you-down-i-am-sorry\/\">groveling apology<\/a> over his initial silence on Florida\u2019s Parental Rights in Education bill and promised the company will engage in more overt LGBTQ activism, including opposing Texas Gov. Gregg Abbott\u2019s (R) recent initiative concerning transgender procedures for children.<\/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>\u201cI and the leadership team are determined to use this moment as a catalyst for more meaningful and lasting change,\u201d Chapek said at the opening of the meeting, according to a <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\">report<\/a> from <em>The Wall Street Journal<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Disney also said it would create an internal LGBTQ task force that will\u00a0engage with LGBTQ employees, community partners, and content creators.<\/p>\n<p>During the meeting, Chapek told employees he made a mistake by not initially opposing the Florida bill, which would prevent the teaching of sexuality and transgender ideology to kids in kindergarten through third grade. He said he understood the pain the company\u2019s initial silence on the bill caused employees.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Democrats have smeared the legislation as the \u201cDon\u2019t Say Gay\u201d bill even thought the text doesn\u2019t mention \u201cgay.\u201d Despite an avalanche of negative media coverage, the Florida senate recently passed the bill, paving the way for Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) to sign it into law.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20316431\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1152963605.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Transgender boy Damian of New York takes part in the NYC Pride March as part of World Pride commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising on June 30, 2019 in New York City. (ANGELA WEISS\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>DeSantis\u00a0has slammed Disney for backtracking on its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2022\/03\/04\/leftists-fail-to-pressure-disney-to-condemn-florida-bill-barring-sexuality-teaching-for-young-students\/\">initial refusal to take sides on the Florida bill.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you have companies that have made a fortune off being family-friendly and catering to families and young kids, they should understand that parents of young kids do not want this injected into their kid\u2019s kindergarten classroom,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>During Monday\u2019s town hall, Chapek agreed that the company should stand up more for the LGBTQ community beyond Florida, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2022\/03\/disney-postpones-management-retreat-ceo-bob-chapek-continues-outreach-town-hall-florida-dont-say-gay-bill-lgbtq-1234983486\/\">report<\/a> from Deadline.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>In Texas, Gov. Abbott has\u00a0asked state agencies to investigate parents of children undergoing transgender procedures, including irreversible hormone treatment. A state appeals court has put in place a temporary injunction blocking the governor\u2019s measure.<\/p>\n<p>Disney will now aggressively oppose Abbott\u2019s initiative as part of its commitment to LGBTQ activism.<\/p>\n<p>The town hall meeting on Monday was held in lieu of a planned executive retreat. \u00a0\u00a0As Breitbart reported, Disney employees are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2022\/03\/16\/disney-employees-plan-walk-out-over-companys-response-to-floridas-dont-groom-kids-bill\/\">organizing a series of walkouts<\/a> to pressure executives into backing their radical LGBT agenda.<\/p>\n<p>The walkouts are happening <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2022\/03\/16\/ng-disney-ceo-bob-chapek-chose-to-be-joe-rogan-not-dave-chappelle-he-chose-poorly\/\">despite Chapek\u2019s earlier apology<\/a> for not opposing the Florida bill.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou needed me to be a stronger ally in the fight for equal rights and I let you down. I am sorry,\u201d he wrote in a company memo earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Follow David <\/em><em>Ng on Twitter\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HeyItsDavidNg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@HeyItsDavidNg<\/a>. Have a tip? Contact me at\u00a0<a class=\"c-link x5l\" href=\"mailto:dng@breitbart.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">dng@breitbart.com<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Walt Disney Co. has held an emergency town hall meeting in an effort to appease LGBTQ employees who are engaging in company-wide walkouts in protest of executive leadership, according<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"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-1394139","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\/1394139","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\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1394139"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1394139\/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=1394139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1394139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1394139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}