Employees of Disney have walked out of the company’s headquarters in protest of the entertainment giant’s delayed response to the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill with parents accusing the company of not supporting the LGBTQIA community.
The move follows a townhall meeting where Disney CEO Bob Chapek said the company would endeavour to include more LGBTQIA-friendly content for its young viewers.
The company on Friday announced that it would be reinstating a kissing scene between two female characters in the upcoming film ‘Lightyear’ in response to accusations from Pixar employees that the company was intentionally excluding gay characters from content.
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