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Robin Abcarian: Amid Florida's fight with Disney over trans rights, a Disney family member comes out as trans

Disney family member Charlee Corra at home with dog Roxee on Friday, April 8, 2022, in Studio City, California.

The Republican governor of Florida picked a fight with the Walt Disney Co. the week before last after Disney belatedly proclaimed its opposition to the state's new "Don't Say Gay" law.

It was curious to a lot of folks that Disney's new CEO, Bob Chapek, initially hadn't wanted to get involved. Disney has long been seen as being on the right side of such issues, and it was even the subject of by the religious right more than 25 years ago after Disney to the partners of

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