{"id":1414103,"date":"2022-04-01T00:14:55","date_gmt":"2022-04-01T04:14:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1414103"},"modified":"2022-04-01T00:14:57","modified_gmt":"2022-04-01T04:14:57","slug":"watch-disney-production-coordinator-touts-power-of-putting-transgender-queer-characters-in-show-for-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-disney-production-coordinator-touts-power-of-putting-transgender-queer-characters-in-show-for-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Disney Production Coordinator Touts &#039;Power&#039; of Putting Transgender, Queer Characters in Show for Children"},"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%2Fwatch-disney-production-coordinator-touts-power-of-putting-transgender-queer-characters-in-show-for-children%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=1414103&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 Disney production coordinator who works on an animated series for kids has revealed that he believes it is important to champion transgender, asexual, and other queer characters on the show.<\/p>\n<p>Allen March, who works on Disney-Marvel\u2019s <em>Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur<\/em>, spoke during a recent Disney internal meeting focused on the company\u2019s \u201cReimagine Tomorrow\u201d initiative dedicated to highlighting \u201cunderrepresented voices.\u201d<\/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>Leaked video of the virtual meeting was obtained by journalist Christopher Rufo, who has posted it to social media.<\/p>\n<p>March said the <em>Moon Girl<\/em> team has been \u201creally open to exploring queer stories,\u201d adding that he wants to emphasize transgender and queer characters to create a more authentic, contemporary New York setting for the series, which airs on the Disney Channel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEspecially with trans characters. You can\u2019t see if someone is trans,\u201d he said. \u201cThere\u2019s not one way to look trans. And so kind of the only way to have these canonical trans, canonical asexual characters, canonical bisexual characters is to give them stories where they can be their whole selves.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><em><strong>Watch below:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">SCOOP: Disney production coordinator Allen March says his team is committed to &#8220;exploring queer stories&#8221; and has created a &#8220;tracker&#8221; to make sure they are creating enough &#8220;gender nonconforming characters,&#8221; &#8220;canonical trans characters,&#8221; and &#8220;canonical bisexual characters.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ddSzw4aqQv\">pic.twitter.com\/ddSzw4aqQv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Christopher F. Rufo \u2694\ufe0f (@realchrisrufo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realchrisrufo\/status\/1508934581092765700?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 29, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>During the meeting, March also acknowledged that the media has a lot of power to influence children on \u201cwhat is normal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Children are \u201cgetting all this information from the media,\u201d he said, and \u201cthere\u2019s a lot of power to that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Watch below:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEW: Disney production coordinator Allen March, who says his team is committed to &#8220;exploring queer stories&#8221; and promoting &#8220;trans,&#8221; &#8220;bisexual,&#8221; and &#8220;gender nonconforming&#8221; characters, says kids are &#8220;getting all this information from the media&#8221; and &#8220;there&#8217;s a lot of power to that.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rgxXgcIEwA\">pic.twitter.com\/rgxXgcIEwA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Christopher F. Rufo \u2694\ufe0f (@realchrisrufo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realchrisrufo\/status\/1509597162631401500?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 31, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The leaked videos come as the Walt Disney Co. is contending with widespread backlash for vowing to fight Florida\u2019s Parental Rights in Education legislation, which Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/03\/28\/ron-desantis-signs-parental-rights-bill-law\/\">recently signed into law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The law forbids the teaching of sexual orientation and gender ideology to young children, in kindergarten through third grade.<\/p>\n<p>As Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2022\/03\/28\/disney-goes-full-groomer-vows-to-continue-fighting-floridas-parental-rights-law\/\">reported<\/a>, Disney has promised to help fight the law in courts and in the legislature, saying that its goal is to see the law overturned.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/clips\/2022\/03\/29\/desantis-disney-only-opposes-fl-education-law-because-the-woke-mob-came-after-them\/https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/clips\/2022\/03\/29\/desantis-disney-only-opposes-fl-education-law-because-the-woke-mob-came-after-them\/https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/clips\/2022\/03\/29\/desantis-disney-only-opposes-fl-education-law-because-the-woke-mob-came-after-them\/\">blasted<\/a> Disney leadership, saying the company isn\u2019t going to succeed in imposing \u201cCalifornia values\u201d to overturn a law that is \u201csupported by a strong majority\u201d of people in Florida.<\/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>. 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