Disney World hosts LGBTQ+ conference amid DeSantis crackdown on rights
by Maya Yang from US news | The Guardian on (#6A3Z5)
Hosting of Out and Equal Workplace summit is seen as response to governor's fight against LGBTQ+ rights in Florida
Disney is pushing back against Florida's rightwing Republican governor Ron DeSantis's crackdown on LGBTQ+ rights by hosting a major LGBTQ+ conference.
The Out & Equal Workplace summit has touted itself as the largest LGBTQ+ conference in the world" and draws more than 5,000 attendees annually. For the next two years, the Out & Equal non-profit which focuses on LGBTQ+ workplace equality will be held at Walt Disney World in Orlando, the Miami Herald reports.
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