The Walt Disney Co. is helping staff members and their children with sex-change and “gender affirmation” procedures through the business’s benefits program, an internal video suggests. And all of this is funded of course through the dollars spent by millions of unknowing parents around the world.
Disney’s “benefits team” is offering resources and guides to employees transitioning to the opposite gender, as well as information for staff members’ kids who are transitioning, according to a video shared by Manhattan Institute senior fellow Christopher Rufo.
“The other big area is gender identity and expression, so doing all of this work to ensure that our employees and cast can express their gender here authentically and proudly at the company,” a man said in the video. The video was reportedly from an internal company meeting, according to Rufo, and the backdrop displayed the phrases “The Walt Disney Company” and “Reimagine Tomorrow.”
NEW: Disney has adopted a benefits program to assist employees and their minor children with "gender affirmation procedures." This type of treatment typically includes puberty blockers, breast removal, and genital surgeries for "kids who are transitioning." pic.twitter.com/a2zSSboe0S
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) April 7, 2022
“So, you know, coming up with guides on how to change your photo, information about pronouns, working with our benefits team to give information about gender affirmation procedures both for our employees who are transitioning and trans, but also our employees who have kids who are transitioning,” the man in the video continued.
A question-and-answer document on Disney’s gender-affirmation coverage shared online by Fidelity Investments, which manages Disney’s benefits program, appears to verify this policy.
Disney covers”Gender Affirmation treatments” for both grownups and teenagers through Cigna, a medical insurance company. The company covers puberty-suppressing hormonal agents for minors under the direction of an endocrinologist, according to the Fidelity file.
For those over 18, the company covers genital implants or prosthesis, breast enhancement or reduction, facial feminization surgeries, vocal surgical treatment and speech treatment, trachea shaving, chest contouring, hair elimination, hair transplantation, and chest contouring, according to the Fidelity file.
Because of state law, Disney also covers mastectomies and genital surgical treatments for California staff members, the file described.
Disney has been subjected to unprecedented criticism after Rufo dripped other videos on March 30 that purportedly revealed Disney employees and corporate leaders’ coordinated efforts to inject “queerness” into kids’ shows, add more gay and transgender characters, and promote what one employee supposedly called a”not-at-all-secret gay program.”
Disney and Cigna did not immediately respond to reporters’ requests for comment.
H/T The Daily Caller
