Florida Dems Call Off Conference At Disney Resort

Florida Politics reports:

The Florida Democratic Party late Tuesday announced it has postponed the annual Leadership Blue conference after numerous members threatened to boycott the weekend-long event.

The party received fierce pushback from its LGBTQ+ Caucus in light of The Walt Disney Company’s prior financial contributions to lawmakers who sponsored a controversial bill, HB 1557, which critics have dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill.

“We have heard the feedback regarding our Leadership Blue weekend, including conflicts with Pride Month, Juneteenth and Father’s Day events, all of which we intended to honor,” Party Chair Manny Diaz said in a news release. “Our timing was not ideal.”

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The latest: .@lgbtqdems prez @StephenGaskill succesfully lobbies @FlaDems to pull annual conference from @WaltDisneyWorld following “Don’t Say Gay” pushback.

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— Phil Ammann ?⌨️? (@PhilAmmann) March 23, 2022

The Leadership Blue event was scheduled at Disney’s Coronado Springs resort, but will be moved after criticism from the Florida Democrats LGBTQ+ Caucus https://t.co/16q6MKCCrS

— PNJ (@pnj) March 23, 2022

While they made mistakes early, Disney is trying to do the right thing — in the face of Governor DeSantis’ attacks on our LGBTQ+ community.

But given the timing and conversation going on right now at Disney, it’s prudent the party consider other options. https://t.co/hzJDNuW48C

— Charlie Crist (@CharlieCrist) March 22, 2022