.WaltDisneyWorld Resort is set to host the Out & Equal Workplace Summit, a major LGBT conference, in September. The organization bills the conference as the 'largest LGBTQ+ conference in the world,' saying it brings 5,000 attendees.
The Out & Equal Workplace Summit will be hosted at the Central Florida resort, per the Tampa Bay Times, from Sept. 12-14.The Walt Disney Company is a partner of the organization, along with Apple, Bank of America, Pfizer, Visa, the State Department, and the Central Intelligence Agency, among others.
The Walt Disney World Resort hosts various conferences varying in topic throughout the year. The last time the workplace summit was hosted at the Walt Disney World Resort was in 2016 when it was held at the Walt Disney World Swan & Dolphin Resort.The 2016 conference came months after the Pulse shooting in Orlando, where a gunman killed 49 people at the gay nightclub.
Disney initially stayed quiet on the bill, with then-CEO Bob Chapek saying internally that a public statement would only be weaponized against the company. After pressure from some activists within the company, the company came out swinging against the bill when it was signed into law. Gov. Ron DeSantis responded to Disney's strong opposition by calling its claims about the bill"fundamentally dishonest" and said he would not bow down to the California-based company.
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