Disney CEO Bob Chapek is facing a major test of his leadership, after the company’s botched response to an anti-gay bill in Florida sparked a staff revolt among LGBTQ employees and their supporters
is facing a major test of his leadership, after the company’s botched response to an anti-gay bill in Florida sparked a staff revolt among LGBTQ employees and their supporters., saying he should have been “a stronger ally.” But for some employees, who found the company’s silence on the bill profoundly alarming, the statement came too late.Variety
For Chapek, the apology capped a full week of attempted damage control. On Monday, he explained in an internal memo that the company had not condemned the bill because it might be “counterproductive.” By Wednesday, Chapek was. But the opposition came a day after the Florida state senate passed the bill, and weeks after the controversy first erupted.
Disney has a “Pride” channel on Slack for LGBTQ employees and allies, which has tripled in size to more than 2,000 members in recent days. As Chapek was speaking on Wednesday, employees were responding with short bursts of outrage. Many of Disney’s LGBTQ employees have been urging the company to cut off donations to lawmakers who supported the bill, which opponents have dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” legislation. The bill would prohibit classroom discussion of sexual orientation or gender identity in kindergarten through third grade, and require that all such discussions in later grades be “age appropriate or developmentally appropriate.” Parents would also be given the power to sue over alleged violations.
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