Now it's LGBTQIA. E-I-E-I-O. Can you spell inclusiveness
without gagging it it?
If I ever spend another dime on anything 'Disney, knee-cap me, please. Old Walt is probably spinning in his grave...
A Disney executive vowed more inclusivity in its productions - as the entertainment giant works to make underrepresented groups, such as racial minorities and the LGBTQ community, account for at least 50 percent of its regular characters by the end of the year.
Karey Burke, president of Disney’s General Entertainment Content, said the company must do more to make its content more inclusive in a company-wide Zoom call Monday that was later posted to Twitter.
“I’m here as a mother of two queer children, actually,” Burke said on the call. “One transgender child and one pansexual child, and also as a leader.”
Burke said she supports featuring “many, many” characters who are LGBTQIA, which stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (or questioning), intersex, and asexual (or allies).
The call was part of Disney’s “Reimagine Tomorrow” campaign, according to the video posted on Twitter Tuesday. Its website promises that 50 percent of regular and recurring characters across the Disney universe will come from “underrepresented groups.”
The Disney honcho said she had been dismayed to learn from a colleague that the company only had a “handful” of queer lead characters in its content. The statement came after some Disney employees staged walkouts and held protests against the “Don’t Say Gay” bill that’s now law in the Sunshine State
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For the record, I don't mind - or care - if someone
is gay or not, but I will say this:
Being gay is for adults - it's not child's play.
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