One of the world's biggest and most popular companies is Walt Disney. Many of us grew up
watching the Disney channel and being a member of the Mickey Mouse Club. Some of our
favorite movies and our children's favorite movies were/ are made by Disney. People travel
far and wide to visit Disney world in Florida. Disney's popularity has made it one of largest
companies and brands in in the United States.
When Disney speaks up the world listens so when it was made known that Governor Ron
DeSantis of Florida was passing a bill to prevent certain lessons being taught to children
Disney spoke against this bill. The bill is titled the "Parental Rights in Education" bill, but it
has been deemed the "Don't Say Gay Bill". The bill prevents education in relation to gender
and sexual identity in the lower levels of grade school. Some would say the bill is also giving
parents the right to control what their children should learn at a young age. Also, a lot of
people feel like the bill is discriminatory against the LGBTQIA community. Disney in
particular felt is if this rule should not apply to them because it is discriminating against a
community of people. The law states that this rule applies to everyone and there is no
company regardless of size that is exempt from the rules. Now, Disney is currently fighting
to prevent this bill from passing and applying to their company and plans to pursue legal
action if this bills harms in any way the LGBTQIA community. (Cole, 2022).
Currently, this bill has been signed and will go in effect as of July 2022. At this time grade
schools third grade and under will be prevented from teaching certain gender/ sexual
lessons or talk. Companies like Disney are still fighting to prevent the bill from being final
and or effecting their brand. The LGBTQIA community is still fighting this bill. Currently, in
the state of Florida there is no resolution where both sides are satisfied or have a resolution
and the future is to be determined on how it will turn out. (Cole, 2022).
Citation:
Cole, Devan (2022). DeSantis signs controversial bill restricting certain LGBTQ topics in the
classroom. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/28/politics/dont-say-gay-bill-desantis-
signs/index.html
