{"id":1409209,"date":"2022-03-30T08:00:10","date_gmt":"2022-03-30T12:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1409209"},"modified":"2022-03-30T08:00:31","modified_gmt":"2022-03-30T12:00:31","slug":"disney-president-vows-to-make-half-of-characters-lgbtqia-or-racial-minorities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disney-president-vows-to-make-half-of-characters-lgbtqia-or-racial-minorities\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney President Vows to Make Half of Characters \u201cLGBTQIA\u201d or Racial Minorities"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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-president-vows-to-make-half-of-characters-lgbtqia-or-racial-minorities%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=1409209&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--><h2>Disney president who is the &#8216;mother of a transgender and a pansexual child&#8217; says she wants at least half of ALL future characters to be LGBTQIA or racial minorities: Theme parks are now banned from saying &#8216;hello boys and girls&#8217;<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"mol-bullets-with-font\">\n<li class><strong>\u00a0Karey Burke said at an all-hands meeting that she spoke as a mother and a corporate leader advocating for more inclusive Disney characters<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class><strong>She defended company for its LGBTQIA characters, but promised to bring more<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class><strong>Her comments came after\u00a0Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signing the &#8216;Don&#8217;t say gay&#8217; bill into law<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class><strong>\u00a0Disney\u00a0television animation executive producer Latoya Raveneau said everyone supported her &#8216;not-at-all secret gay agenda&#8217;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class><strong>\u00a0Disney partner Nadine Smith, co-founder of Equality Florida said the goal of the Republican bill was to take children from their parents<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class><strong>Disney theme parks no longer assume that little girls want to be called &#8216;princess&#8217;<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/home\/search.html?s=&#038;authornamef=Janon+Fisher+For+Dailymail.Com\" class=\"author\" rel=\"nofollow\">Janon Fisher For Dailymail.Com<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"><span class=\"article-timestamp article-timestamp-published\"> <span class=\"article-timestamp-label\">Published:<\/span> <time datetime=\"2022-03-30T02:51:34+0100\"> 21:51 EDT, 29 March 2022 <\/time> <\/span> | <span class=\"article-timestamp article-timestamp-updated\"> <span class=\"article-timestamp-label\">Updated:<\/span> <time datetime=\"2022-03-30T12:51:54+0100\"> 07:51 EDT, 30 March 2022 <\/time> <\/span> <\/p>\n<div class=\"adHolder column-content cleared\">\n<div id=\"para_top\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/mol-fe\/static\/mol-fe-async-bundle\/6.26.0\/articleDefer.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>    <link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/17.13.0\/registration--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>   <link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/mol-fe\/static\/mol-fe-sync-bundle\/6.5.1\/desktop.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/> <link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/17.14.3\/all--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/><link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/17.14.3\/all1--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>  <link rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" media=\"screen\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/mol-fe\/static\/mol-fe-fff\/1.7.0\/styles\/fff.css\" \/>\n<link rel=\"preload\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/videoplayer\/6.13.0\/styles\/mol-fe-videoplayer.min.css\" \/>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">A Disney executive in charge of content vowed to up the ante on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/gender-ideology\/index.html\" id=\"mol-ed7b85c0-afcb-11ec-b1f3-f3f88649c1cc\">gender<\/a>\u00a0politics during an all-hands meeting, promising that at least half of the characters in its productions will be LGBTQIA or from racial minorities by the end of the year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">General entertainment president Karey Burke said during a company-wide Zoom call that Disney must do more to be more inclusive, as she vowed that\u00a050 per cent of characters and content would be from underrepresented groups.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Meanwhile, Disney&#8217;s diversity and inclusion chief Vivain said that they no longer address theme park visitors as &#8216;ladies and gentleman, boys and girls&#8217; but instead as &#8216;dreamers&#8217; and &#8216;friends&#8217;.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Burke choked up during Monday, saying the issue hit close to home because of her children.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;I&#8217;m here as the mother of two queer children, actually, one <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/transgender-issues\/index.html\" id=\"mol-ed7f2f40-afcb-11ec-b1f3-f3f88649c1cc\">transgender<\/a> child and one pansexual child, and also as a leader,&#8217; she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">During the same all-hands meeting, television animation executive producer Latoya Raveneau gushed about Disney&#8217;s inclusivity and boasted about &#8216;adding queerness&#8217; to shows and productions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Our leadership over there has been so welcoming to my not-so-secret gay agenda,&#8217; she said. &#8216;Wherever I could I was adding queerness. No one would stop me and no one was trying to stop me.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Videos from the meeting were leaked to conservative journalist <a class rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realchrisrufo\">Christopher Rufo<\/a>\u00a0of the Manhattan Institute&#8217;s City Journal, who first reported them on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The Mickey Mouse company has been roiled by protests, counter-protests and walkouts after Florida Gov. Ronald DeSantis signed the so-called &#8216;Don&#8217;t Say Gay&#8217; bill into law.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The legislature bans teaching kids lessons on sexuality, gender identity and sexual orientation &#8216;in a manner that is not age appropriate.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Disney employees walked out of the company headquarters last week to protest the slow response to the Florida law.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Parents hit the company from the other side for what they said was pandering to liberal politics.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\">  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Disney has reportedly reinstated a gay kiss in its upcoming Toy Story spinoff amid the criticism.\u00a0Hawthorne (voiced by Uzo Aduba), a character in the film Lightyear, has a relationship with another female character in the film<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-9325311218d6037c\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/55978311-10666065-Disney_president_Kary_Burke_said_that_her_own_children_identify_-m-3_1648603831151.jpg\" height=\"356\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Disney president Kary Burke said that her own children identify as &#039;pansexual&#039; and &#039;transgender&#039;\" class=\"nothing\" \/> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Disney president Kary Burke said that her own children identify as &#8216;pansexual&#8217; and &#8216;transgender&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-3ed14c47eac0a51\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/55978309-10666065-Disney_s_diversity_and_inclusion_chief_Vivain_Ware_said_that_the-m-2_1648603809496.jpg\" height=\"349\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Disney&#039;s diversity and inclusion chief Vivain Ware said that they no longer address the visitors as &#039;ladies and gentleman, boys and girls,&#039; they now say &#039;Dreamers of all ages&#039;\" class=\"nothing\" \/> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Disney&#8217;s diversity and inclusion chief Vivain Ware said that they no longer address the visitors as &#8216;ladies and gentleman, boys and girls,&#8217; they now say &#8216;Dreamers of all ages&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Meanwhile, the animation and live-action movie company announced that it would increase the number of gay characters in its films.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;I have heard so much from so many of my colleagues over the past few weeks in open forums, through emails and phone conversations,&#8217; Burke said. &#8216;I feel a responsibility to speak not just for my self but also for [my kids].&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">She defended 20th Century Fox as &#8216;the home of really incredible, groundbreaking LGBTQIA stories over the years.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">But she said that it hasn&#8217;t been inclusive enough.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;One of our execs stood up and said, &#8216;You know we only have a handful of queer leads in our content,&#8217; Burke said.\u00a0&#8216;I went, &#8216;What? That can&#8217;t be true. And then I realized it is true.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The company has launched a campaign called &#8216;Reimagine Tomorrow&#8217; with the goal to represent more minority groups.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;By 2022, 50% of regular and recurring characters across Disney General Entertainment scripted content will come from underrepresented groups,&#8217; according to the &#8216;Reimagine&#8217; promotional material.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mol-img-group floatRHS\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-a3132f485b7391d5\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/55980545-10666065-image-a-5_1648604348965.jpg\" height=\"204\" width=\"306\" alt=\"Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the &#039;Don&#039;t say gay&#039; bill into law on Monday\" class=\"nothing\" \/> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the &#8216;Don&#8217;t say gay&#8217; bill into law on Monday<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Last Friday, Disney CEO Bob Chapek promised to work to overturn the law and apologized to the LGBTQIA community for not being &#8216;a stronger ally in the fight for equal rights.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">DeSantis said the company was overstepping its authority.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The animation company also invited Nadine Smith, the co-founder of Equality Florida, who said that there&#8217;s been a strong anti-gay movement in the Sunshine State for a long time and the ultimate goal is to take kids away from their parents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;When they can erase you, when they can criminalize your existence, when they can demonize who you are, the next step is to criminalize you and take your kids,&#8217; she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"mol-embed\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">SCOOP: Disney diversity and inclusion manager Vivian Ware says the company has eliminated all mentions of &#8220;ladies,&#8221; &#8220;gentlemen,&#8221; &#8220;boys,&#8221; and &#8220;girls&#8221; in its theme parks in order to create &#8220;that magical moment&#8221; for children who do not identify with traditional gender roles. <a rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OWsGTUoeCA\">pic.twitter.com\/OWsGTUoeCA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Christopher F. Rufo \u2694\ufe0f (@realchrisrufo) <a rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realchrisrufo\/status\/1508937431520890888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 29, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Last Friday the company also announced that it would reinstate a kissing scene between two women in &#8216;Lightyear&#8217; an upcoming film spun off the popular &#8216;Toy Story&#8217; franchise.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Disney said their sensitivity to nonbinary people is nothing new they are working on eliminating gendered pronouns in their theme parks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Last summer we removed all gendered greetings in relationship to our live spiels,&#8217; Diversity and Inclusion Vivian Ware said at Monday&#8217;s town hall.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;We no longer say &#8216;Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls,&#8217; she said. &#8216;We&#8217;ve provided training to all our cast members so now they know it&#8217;s &#8216;Hello, everyone or hello, friends&#8217;<\/p>\n<div class=\"mol-embed\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">SCOOP: I&#8217;ve obtained video from inside Disney&#8217;s all-hands meeting about the Florida parental rights bill, in which executive producer Latoya Raveneau says her team has implemented a &#8220;not-at-all-secret gay agenda&#8221; and is regularly &#8220;adding queerness&#8221; to children&#8217;s programming. <a rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eJnZMpKIXT\">pic.twitter.com\/eJnZMpKIXT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Christopher F. Rufo \u2694\ufe0f (@realchrisrufo) <a rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realchrisrufo\/status\/1508912865293619202?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 29, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-d3bcd4bf4fecb9b0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/55661219-10666065-Disney_expressed_support_for_the_demonstration_in_a_Facebook_pos-a-3_1648641069447.jpg\" height=\"623\" width=\"630\" alt=\"Disney expressed support for the demonstration in a Facebook post Tuesday morning\" class=\"nothing\" \/> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Disney expressed support for the demonstration in a Facebook post Tuesday morning<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-94b3a5bd2f5c4c17\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/55979349-10666065-Scar_from_the_Lion_King_has_been_speculated_to_be_a_queer_charac-a-14_1648611092411.jpg\" height=\"612\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Scar from the Lion King has been speculated to be a queer character\" class=\"nothing\" \/> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Scar from the Lion King has been speculated to be a queer character<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-54a65c2abde5097d\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/55979371-10666065-Ursula_of_The_Little_Mermaid_has_also_said_to_be_gender_nonconfo-a-14_1648630045096.jpg\" height=\"357\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Ursula of &#039;The Little Mermaid&#039; has also said to be gender nonconforming\" class=\"nothing\" \/> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Ursula of &#8216;The Little Mermaid&#8217; has also said to be gender nonconforming<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">When they brought the fireworks show back to the Magic Kingdom theme park in Buena Vista, Florida, they addressed the crowd as &#8216;Dreamers of all ages.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;We want to create that magic moment with our guests,&#8217; she said. &#8216;We don&#8217;t want to just assume because someone might be, in our interpretation, presenting as female, that they may not want to be called &#8216;princess.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Disney&#8217;s sudden sexual awakening, may be a bit of rebranding.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The internet is awash with stories about gay characters in their animated films.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Governor Ratcliffe from &#8216;Pocahontas&#8217;, Ursula of &#8216;The Little Mermaid,&#8217; and Scar from &#8216;The Lion King&#8217; have all been speculated to be queer or queer-coded.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Le Fou, the bumbling sidekick in &#8216;Beauty and the Beast&#8217; is said to be the first openly gay character.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">In 2021, <a class rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/danidiplacido\/2021\/05\/24\/how-many-times-is-disney-going-to-introduce-their-first-gay-character\/?sh=308441525204\">Forbes<\/a>\u00a0complained in a headline &#8216;How Many Times Is Disney Going To Introduce Its \u2018First\u2019 Gay Character?&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"adHolder watermark\" id=\"inread_player\"><span class=\"mol-ads-label-container\"><span class=\"mol-ads-label\">Advertisement<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Disney president who is the &#8216;mother of a transgender and a pansexual child&#8217; says she wants at least half of ALL future characters to be LGBTQIA or racial minorities: Theme<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":498,"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-1409209","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\/1409209","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\/498"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1409209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1409209\/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=1409209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1409209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1409209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}