Marvel Studios’ Victoria Alonso said she recently had a 45-minute meeting with Disney boss Bob Chapek on anti-LGBTQ legislation in Florida, Texas and Arizona. She revealed details of their conversation as she received the GLAAD Media Award for Best Picture. eternal Saturday night in Los Angeles.
“If you are a member of the LGBTQIA community and you work for the Walt Disney Company, the last two or three weeks have been a sad one. “I asked Mr. Chapek for the courage to sit for 45 minutes,” he said, standing next to Chloe Zhao and Nate Moore.
He continued: “I asked them to shop around and really, if what we sell is family entertainment, we’re not choosing which family. Family is this whole room. The family is a family in Texas, Arizona, Florida and my family, my home. So once again, Mr. Chapek: Respect, if we sell a family, take a stand against all these incredibly outdated laws. Support the family. Stop saying you will be forgiven, no one will tolerate it, let me tell you. It will tolerate heat in Florida, humidity in Arizona or Florida, and drought in Arizona and Texas. And you will tolerate tantrums in a two-year-old. But you won’t take us. We deserve the right to live, to be loved and to have. The most important thing is that we deserve a history of ancestry. “
He also passionately shared how everyone can play a role in bringing about change.
“I urge you all to stop being silent, silence is death,” he said. “Silence is poison. But if you don’t stand up, if you don’t fight, if you don’t give money, if you don’t vote, then let’s just have a party and we’ll be gay. Fight, Fight, Fight! As long as I stay at Marvel Studios, I will fight for the representation of all of us. “
The GLAAD Media Awards raised over $ 2.8 million through GLAAD’s defense efforts.
Highlights from the night celebration will be streamed via Hulu on April 16.
Source: Deadline
