Anti-DEI Disney Investors Press Vote on Abandoning LGBTQ Index

Walt Disney Co. shareholders are poised to vote on a proposal asking the entertainment giant to abandon the Human Rights Campaign rating that spotlights corporate LGBTQ practices.

The investor proposal, which will be presented Thursday at Disney’s annual meeting by the National Center for Public Policy Research, said the company should follow the lead of Lowe’s Cos. Inc., Ford Motor Co., and Harley-Davidson Inc. and leave the Corporate Equality Index, which ranks firms according to their benefits for LGBTQ employees. Those companies quit the index following pressure from conservative influencer Robby Starbuck, who has been targeting companies ...