An heir to the Disney dynasty has come out as transgender amid the still-evolving furor over Florida’s “parental rights” legislation.
Charlee Disney is the child of Roy P. Disney, who is the son of Roy E. Disney and grandson of Roy O. Disney, who co-founded The Walt Disney Company with his brother, Walt, and delayed his retirement in the late 1960s to oversee the construction and opening of Disney World, which he renamed Walt Disney World as a tribute to his late brother, who died in 1966.
The Walt Disney Company has faced internal and external pressure from LGBT advocates who have urged executives at the family-focused entertainment brand to use Disney’s cultural capital to condemn the Florida legislation, given the company’s massive presence in Lake Buena Vista, where the four-park Walt Disney World Resort is located.
