Some Disney employees have organized a walkout demanding the company take more of a stand for LGBTQ people, saying CEO Bob Chapek took too long to condemn a bill passed by the Florida legislature.
, and vowed Disney would contribute millions of dollars more to LGBTQ causes. The CEO also said he would meet with DeSantis to express his and Disney's opposition to the legislation.
DeSantis fired back in a speech the next day, telling a group of supporters, "You have companies, like Disney, that are going to … criticize parents' rights, they're going to criticize the fact that we don't want trangenderism in kindergarten, in first-grade classrooms."
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