Disney World to Host Major LGBT Summit Despite DeSantis' Opposition
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The Walt Disney World Resort will host the Out & Equal Workplace Summit, the "largest LGBTQ+ conference in the world," from Sept. 12-14. The conference brings together 5,000 attendees who are "ERG leaders and members, and HR and DEI professionals and experts – all working for LGBTQ+ equality." The event comes over a year after Disney spoke out against Florida's Parental Rights in Education law, which prevented classrooms from teaching about sexual orientation and gender identity. The law was dubbed the "Don't Say Gay" law by opponents, and Disney publicly opposed it, leading to a backlash from Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
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