Controversial measure would bar schools from instructing younger students on sexual orientation or gender identity.
Employees at Disney-owned ESPN continue to stand with their Disney coworkers in protesting the Florida legislation, having staged numerous walkouts over the past week. Several ESPN announcers also have observed moments of silence on-air during game coverage, in protest of the bill. The first to do so were ESPN commentators Carolyn Peck and Courtney Lyle during the Women's NCAA Tournament.
Disney, whose movies and properties shaped generations of children around the world, has spoken out several times in recent years about contentious social and political situations. Republican lawmakers pushing the Florida legislation had argued that parents, not teachers, should be the ones talking to their children about gender issues during their early formative years.
Disney has long been influential in Florida politics, tending to be conservative and supporting Republicans who have been in control of Tallahassee, the state capital, for two decades, but also being more open on social issues, said Patricia Campos-Medina, co-director of the Worker Institute at Cornell University."That's why people felt surprised that they wanted to say quiet on this issue," she said.
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