Walt Disney World to host world’s largest LGBTQ+ conference amid criticism from DeSantis

Disney celebrates equality. On 13.7.2019 Hundreds of Thousands celebrated the Pride ( Christopher Street Day ) in Munich. Several LGBTQ Groups participated. (Photo by Alexander Pohl/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Walt Disney World will host the world's "largest LGBTQ+" conference in September and again in 2024, a decision which was made in 2019, amid criticism from Florida Gov.

Ron DeSantis, who has taken aim at the company in recent months for its political standing. Disney will host the annual Out & Equal Workplace Summit, which is described as the "largest LGBTQ+ conference in the world" with more than 5,000 attendees, including executives and HR and DEI professionals and experts from the world's largest companies, who are "all working for LGBTQ+ equality," according to the organization's website. WOKENESS IS PUTTING COMPANIES LIKE DISNEY IN ‘TURMOIL,' HIGHLIGHTS HOLLYWOOD'S POLITICS PROBLEM, AUTHOR WARNS "Over more than 20 years, Summit has grown to become the preferred place to network and share strategies that create inclusive workplaces, where everyone belongs and where LGBTQ+ employees can be out and thrive," Out & Equal states on its website.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday signed a bill that gives him control of Walt Disney World’s self-governing district, punishing the company over its opposition to the so-called "Don’t Say Gay" law.The summit is sponsored and attended by companies like Apple, Walmart, Amazon, McDonald’s, Uber, Hilton, Boeing, Pfizer  and Google.

Several government agencies, including the State Department, the CIA and the FDA are also listed as partners. Last year's conference was held in Las Vegas and featured speakers who advocated on behalf of transgender youth, providing information on.