LGBTQ fans are calling Disney out for celebrating Pride. Here’s why.

Disney Pride – Pride in London 2019
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The Walt Disney Company is one of the largest and most influential entities in the world. Yet, as the corporation has begun celebrating Pride Month, it has been met with a heavy load of criticism from fans, employees, and activists, mainly from accusations that Disney is actually harming the LGBTQ community.

Many of the issues stem from the fact that Disney has censored or allegedly removed content about LGBTQ characters, especially in Disney content made available outside of the United States.

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On the very first day of Pride Month, right as the company launched a Disney Pride collection and Disney properties began making Pride Month posts, Disney was hit with a lawsuit from an executive accusing them of discriminating on the basis of someone’s sexual orientation.

Joel Hopkins, the current Vice President of Production Finance for the production company ABC Signature who is gay and has been with Disney for 27 years, claims he has been…

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