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The Walt Disney Company has announced that a portion of the sales expected from their upcoming 2022 Pride Merch collection will be donated to an organization that has been promoting the teaching of LGBTQ curriculums in public schools for the last 20 years.
This intent to donate was announced by Disney in a recent update to their oPride Collectiono webpage made in service of updating customers on osome
of the organizationso that would receive a portion of the proceeds from
the entertainment conglomerateAs upcoming 2022 LGBTQ-themed merch
offerings.
Listed among these organizations is GLSEN (pronounced oglisteno), an LGBTQ-education advocacy group who has ocollaborated [with Disney] for
more than 20 years with support going towards various GLSEN programs.o
According to Disney, the group will use the money oto deepen the impact of student leadership programs and racial equity capacity-building across the GLSEN network.o
GLSEN also notes that some of the funds would also go towards supporting programs such as their National Student Council, a sponsored youth
leadership program committed to oelevating the voices of marginalized
groups within the LGBTQ communityo, and their Freedom Fellowship, which prioritize skill-building, studying [one of five] regionAs social justice movement history, and exploring organizing opportunities regionally that
can make schools a safer place for LGBTQ+ students.o
If youAve never heard of them, GLSEN u or the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network u is a lobbying firm that was founded in 1990 with the
goal of pushing for LGBTQ education in the U.S. public school system.
The organization is seen by some as one of the main groups responsible for such ideology becoming prevalent in K-12 education.
School advocacy group Parents Defending Education reports on their website that GLSENAs work has directly influenced oteacher trainingso, oschool
policy guideso, and ocurriculumo across schools nationwide.
As listed on GLSENAs official website, some of the groupAs lesson plans
are intended for students as young as kindergarten, ensuring they are
exposed to oexamples and use language that includes a variety of family structures including LGBTQ-headed familieso and encouraging them to
oaddress identity and reflections around gender stereotypeso.
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