{"id":423897,"date":"2022-03-30T17:38:45","date_gmt":"2022-03-30T14:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/disney-executive-wants-more-lgbtqia-minority-character\/"},"modified":"2022-03-30T17:38:45","modified_gmt":"2022-03-30T14:38:45","slug":"disney-executive-wants-more-lgbtqia-minority-character","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/disney-executive-wants-more-lgbtqia-minority-character\/","title":{"rendered":"#Disney executive wants more LGBTQIA, minority character"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3d568021148\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: 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title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">General<\/a> Entertainment Content, said the company must do more to make its content more inclusive in a company-wide Zoom call Monday that was later <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realchrisrufo\/status\/1508926408332034049\">posted to Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m here as a mother of two queer children, actually,\u201d Burke said on the call. \u201cOne transgender child and one pansexual child, and also as a leader.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Burke said she supports featuring \u201cmany, many\u201d characters who are LGBTQIA, which stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (or questioning), intersex, and\u00a0asexual\u00a0(or\u00a0allies).<\/p>\n<p>By the end of the year, Burke said she wants at least half of the entertainment giant\u2019s characters to be LGBTQIA or racial minorities.<\/p>\n<p>The Disney honcho said she had been dismayed to learn from a colleague that the company only had a \u201chandful\u201d of queer lead characters in its content.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"643\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/disney-exec-wants-half-characters-LGBTQ-ethnic-minorities-09.jpeg?w=1024\" alt=\"Disney has reportedly reinstated a gay kiss in its upcoming Toy Story spinoff.\" class=\"wp-image-21713619\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/disney-exec-wants-half-characters-LGBTQ-ethnic-minorities-09.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/disney-exec-wants-half-characters-LGBTQ-ethnic-minorities-09.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/disney-exec-wants-half-characters-LGBTQ-ethnic-minorities-09.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Disney has reportedly reinstated a gay kiss in its upcoming \u201cToy Story\u201d spinoff, \u201cLightyear\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Disney\/ Pixar<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"702\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/disney-exec-wants-half-characters-LGBTQ-ethnic-minorities-11.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"The diversity plan comes amid Gov. DeSantis's new &quot;Don't Say Gay&quot; policy.\" class=\"wp-image-21713624\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/disney-exec-wants-half-characters-LGBTQ-ethnic-minorities-11.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/disney-exec-wants-half-characters-LGBTQ-ethnic-minorities-11.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/disney-exec-wants-half-characters-LGBTQ-ethnic-minorities-11.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Diney\u2019s diversity plan comes surrounding the controversy over Gov. DeSantis\u2019s new \u201cDon\u2019t Say Gay\u201d policy.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Walt Disney Co.\/courtesy Evere<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAnd I went, \u2018What? That can\u2019t be true,\u2019\u201d Burke said. \u201cAnd I realized it actually is true. We have many, many, many LGBTQIA characters in our stories and yet we don\u2019t have enough leads and narratives in which gay characters just get to be characters and not have to be about gay stories.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> The call was part of Disney\u2019s \u201cReimagine Tomorrow\u201d campaign, according to the video posted on <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> Tuesday.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>The new diversity push comes as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed Florida HB 1557 into law Monday despite claims its discriminatory. The legislation bans Florida teachers from discussing LGBTQ topics like sexual orientation or gender identity with students unless they\u2019re in the fourth grade or higher.<\/p>\n<p>Disney has denounced the new law and vowed to fight to repeal it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur goal as a company is for this law to be repealed by the legislature or struck down in the courts, and we remain committed to supporting the national and state organizations working to achieve that,\u201d Disney said in a statement Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The statement came after some Disney employees staged walkouts and held protests against the \u201cDon\u2019t Say Gay\u201d bill that\u2019s now law in the Sunshine State.<\/p>\n<p>Burke, meanwhile, got emotional at one point Monday while touting the new push to include more LGBTQIA and minority characters in Disney\u2019s content.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1013\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/disney-exec-wants-half-characters-LGBTQ-ethnic-minorities-07.jpeg?w=1024\" alt=\"Disney previously expressed remorse over the new law.\" class=\"wp-image-21713641\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/disney-exec-wants-half-characters-LGBTQ-ethnic-minorities-07.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/disney-exec-wants-half-characters-LGBTQ-ethnic-minorities-07.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/disney-exec-wants-half-characters-LGBTQ-ethnic-minorities-07.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Disney previously expressed remorse over the new law.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI hope this is a moment where, \u2026 the tears, sorry, are coming \u2026 we just don\u2019t allow each other to go backwards,\u201d Burke told Disney colleagues on the call.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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