Disney will be slammed at Wednesday's shareholder meeting over its pro-"transgender" employment practices.
Healthcare accountability group Do No Harm, which works to counteract DEI trends in medicine, and the National Legal and Policy Center (NLPC), an investor in The Walt Disney Company, will confront the multinational media corporation for allegedly discriminating against "de-transitioning" employees who are seeking reconstructive care in the aftermath of medical butchery.
"Disney pays for gender-transition treatments, but not de-transitioning care, and therefore, discriminates based on gender identity," NLPC explains in a video released ahead of Disney's annual meeting, where the conservative watchdog is set to submit a shareholder proposal demanding that the entertainment giant investigates its policies that allegedly exclude "de-transitioners."
@Disney #discriminates against #detrans - we will confront them at the company's annual meeting on April 3 ... #Disney #detransition #discrimination @WaltDisneyCo @donoharm @JanuaryDoNoHarm @ChoooCole @RobertIger -- WATCH BELOW: pic.twitter.com/491hBPpOhp
— NLPC (@NLPC) March 27, 2024
Do No Harm's Chloe Cole, a teenage "de-transitioner" who was placed on puberty blockers and testosterone at age 13, underwent a double mastectomy (surgical removal of both breasts) at 15 years old, and now is an ardent advocate against gender ideology testifying before legislative bodies nationwide about its harmful consequences, is slated to present the proposal.
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See ya soon, @Disney!! :) https://t.co/UOgHxsU5EU
— Chloe Cole ⭐️ (@ChoooCole) April 2, 2024
At the high-stakes shareholder talks, Cole will address Disney's leadership, including CEO Robert Iger, to tell her story of medical mutilation and recount the difficulties she faced finding healthcare and insurance coverage once she decided to "de-transition."
"Disney acts as if people like me don't exist," Cole declared via press statement. "I intend to make sure the board and Mr. Iger hear that the company's irrational gender ideology policies are actually destructive, and that I am a victim of policies like it. De-transitioners like me are not going away. With the numbers of LGBTQIA+ workers at the company who have sought ill-advised sex changes, you can bet that litigation over deception, and discriminatory benefits policies, won't be far behind," she said.
In a press release, NLPC's Corporate Integrity Project director Paul Chesser said Disney is "so proud" of its perfect score (earning a full 100 points since 2007) on the Corporate Equality Index, a woke scorecard designed by the far-left Human Rights Campaign (HRC) to track "LGBTQ+ inclusion" in workplaces across America. To receive "full credit" for "inclusive benefits," HRC's criteria requires a company's health insurance to cover sex-change procedures, Chesser explained. "Now we call upon Mr. Iger to lead the way for Corporate America to provide equal care for those who have suffered physical harm as a result, and who want bodily restoration. Besides the damage they have suffered, they are also discriminated against," Chesser commented.
For the 14th consecutive year, The Walt Disney Company has earned a perfect score of 100 on the 2020 Corporate Equality Index: https://t.co/l2SN2kLTcR pic.twitter.com/PJmY1doUMN
— The Walt Disney Company (@WaltDisneyCo) January 22, 2020
The proposal itself prompts Disney to issue a report by the end of 2024 explaining to shareholders why such a compensation gap exists at an "inclusive" company. According to NLPC, the proposal is supposed to serve a dual purpose of calling attention to the plight of "de-transitioners," who have suffered irreparable bodily harm at the hands of the deceptive "healthcare" industry, and taking a wrecking ball to the "equality" façade of woke corporations like the purportedly "tolerant" Walt Disney Company.
NLPC also filed a white paper with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over Disney's "one-sided" healthcare plan. NLPC cites the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission considering failure to provide equivalent pay and benefits based on categories such as "gender identity" and "sexual orientation" as a form of illegal discrimination. NLPC says the SEC agreed that "de-transitioners" fit under such protected classifications when determining unfairness in corporate compensation practices.
In an opposition statement, Disney's Board of Directors urged shareholders to "vote against" NLPC's proposal, alleging that the non-profit is attempting to "advance a limited agenda." The requested oversight report is "unnecessary given [...] our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion," Disney's board responded, adding: "The Company is deeply dedicated to promoting equity in its workforce." NLPC's proposal is "designed to serve the particular interests of the proponent," Disney's top brass alleged.
There’s room for everyone under the rainbow. 🌈 Happy #PrideMonth! pic.twitter.com/JvKE5WFbFu
— Disney (@Disney) June 1, 2021
As Chesser aptly put it in a New York Post piece, the meeting on Wednesday will determine if Disney "care[s] about more about the praise of transgender activists or the pain of its employees." Chesser said NLPC is challenging Disney to "stop ignoring the medical needs" of those who went under the knife for the "transgender" cause, a ruinous path that Disney publicly encourages. "[I]t's time Disney and every other company acknowledged their pain instead of blindly seeking activist praise," Chesser wrote.
Shareholders can ask questions during Disney's meeting, which will be held virtually. The annual conference comes at a crucial time for Disney, as the Burbank-based company faces a battle for board seats and tries to breathe fresh life into its dying brand.
Editor's Note: This story was updated with the video of Cole confronting Iger and the rest of Disney's board of directors.
Just got off the phone from the @Disney annual shareholders meeting.
— Chloe Cole ⭐️ (@ChoooCole) April 3, 2024
I needed to call out Bob Iger and the rest of the board’s hypocrisy and the dangerous lies they feed to us through the media.
Here is what I said: pic.twitter.com/OxQOgPNvoi
Cole dialed in and called out Iger directly: "I speak from personal experience as someone who was deceived and physically harmed at a young age by gender ideology, validated by the medical industry, and pushed by [...] corporations like Disney. Influenced by modern media and social networks, I began to transition to male at age 12. By age 16, after practitioners I trusted encouraged me to take puberty blockers and get a double mastectomy, I tried to come back to reality. But it was too late. My body has been irreversibly damaged, and years later, my chest is still in bandages. My doctors have abandoned me. New doctors look and shrug. As a result, I am suing those professionals who steered me into taking these destructive steps that have permanently scarred me. But Disney, and its arrogance, has responded to our proposal by stating I'm only trying to 'generate attention' for 'a limited agenda.' Mr. Iger, Disney under your watch is pushing the 'limited agenda' of gender ideology. Disney has become the Ursula that is stealing the voices of thousands of little Ariels across the world by telling us that we can be something that we can never become. The lawsuits are coming, sir. It's only a matter of time before current or past employees whose bodies and lives have been irreversibly harmed will show up at your door looking for justice and restitution. Please vote for Proposal 7."
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