Disney is trying to normalize Satanism in our beautiful, Christian America. Disney hires gay pedophiles who want to abuse your children.
And friends - it’s amazing how similar that (terrible, poorly written) rhetoric was to what people are saying these days. Out of curiosity, I ended up reading one of the books my grandmother kept leaving at our house. Apparently my grandmother had been upset about these days for years, but my parents had just kind of ignored her. That’s when I became aware of their unofficial “Gay Days” and how Christians would show up from all over the country to protest them every year. When we later moved to Florida, I realized just how many queer people work at Disney - because historically speaking, it’s been a company that has guaranteed them safety, non-discrimination, and equal rights. I can’t tell you how many books about the evils of Disney my grandmother tried to get my parents to read when I was a kid.
Protests, boycotts, sermons, the whole nine yards.
And they were certainly the first mainstream “family-friendly” company to do it. They weren’t the first company ever to do this, but they were super early. It put them on the exact same level as heterosexual married partners. In other words, it put long-term same-sex partners on a higher level than opposite-sex partners who just weren’t married yet. It straight-up said that non-same-sex partners would still need to be married to receive spousal benefits, but because same-sex partners couldn’t do that, proof that they lived together as an established couple would be enough. Like - it went further than just saying that any unmarried partners would be eligible for spousal benefits. It was a big deal when Disney announced that non-married queer partners would be getting the same benefits as the married heterosexual ones. I’m not sure how many people reading this right now remember the early 90s, but that was very much not industry standard. They’ve had policies assuring equal healthcare and partner benefits for queer employees since the early 90s. I know that Disney’s attempts at inclusion in their media have been the source of a lot of mockery, but what a lot of people don’t understand is that as far as actual company policy goes, Disney has actually been an industry leader for queer rights. See, I think some people think this weird fight between Disney and fundies is new. But they did let me watch Disney movies, which turned out to be a point of major contention between them and my other relatives. My parents were reasonably cool about some things, compared to the rest of my family, but they certainly had their issues. I was raised in the Bible Belt in a fairly fundie environment. I do feel like a lot of people who had normal childhoods are missing some context to all this. DeSantis memes as much as anyone, but like.
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