Tell Disney: Stop Supporting Anti-LGBTQ+ Legislation!

You’ll never guess who funded Florida’s horrific “Don’t Say Gay” bill, which would make it illegal to discuss LGBTQ+ issues, including history, in Florida classrooms. That funder is none other than Walt Disney Company. In the past two years, they have donated nearly $300,000 to supporters of the bill. That’s right; the beloved institution behind our childhood movie nights is bankrolling the very same politicians who want to make it illegal to teach our children accurate and complete history in schools. That's why we're asking you to join the fight and demand that Disney stop funding the legislators who voted for this bill and any legislators across the country who support similar legislation restricting what our children can be taught in schools. We’re also taking it a step further and demanding that Disney use its considerable wealth and power to stop Georgia’s new “Don’t Say Gay” bill.

We’ve held Disney accountable in the past by forcing Disney to stop funding supporters of the January 6th insurrection and stopped them from white-washing Princess Tiana. Now we’re pressuring them to stop empowering and emboldening bigots who put our children at risk. Just weeks before, Texas passed a controversial anti-trans bill that classifies lifesaving gender-affirming care as “child abuse.” We’ve seen this play out in states across the country with so-called “critical race theory,” with several states passing bills to make it illegal to teach accurate American history – including the history of historically-marginalized groups. Make no mistake; the “Don’t Say Gay” bill and anti-critical race theory legislation are essentially the same thing. They are a rejection of our country’s history and prevent our children from learning the whole truth. 

Disney CEO Bob Chapek said in a leaked internal memo that the company’s "entire leadership team unequivocally stand[s] in support of [its] LGBTQ+ employees, their families, and their communities.” Disney can say whatever they want; the money they send to these bigoted legislators is violence in action. Studies have shown that Black LGBTQ+ youth disproportionately experience mental health illnesses, lower access to medical care, higher levels of homelessness and confinement in the juvenile justice system, and higher rates of discrimination and violence. Our children deserve to know the true history of our country; by bending to the will of hatred, children across the country will continue to suffer. Everyone’s history is essential to the fabric of our country, and companies like Disney should denounce anti-Black and anti-LGBTQ+ legislation wherever it occurs, not fund it.

Join us in demanding that Disney stop funding hate bills and direct their political giving to candidates committed to making our country a more loving and inclusive place.