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- IS THERE A GAY KISS LIGHTYEAR? SAME-SEX KISS SCENE EXPLAED
- 'LIGHTYEAR' STAR CHRIS EVANS LLS CRICS OF DISNEY PIXAR'S GAY KISSG SCENE ‘IDTS’
- LIGHTYEAR: PIXAR RTOR SAME-SEX KISS FOLLOWG ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL BACKLASH
IS THERE A GAY KISS LIGHTYEAR? SAME-SEX KISS SCENE EXPLAED
Toy Story sp-off Lightyear mak history this week by featurg the first gay kiss a Pixar feature. Followg Disney’s lack of rponse to Florida’s ntroversial ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill, Pixar employe sent a jot statement to Walt Disney Company learship claimg that Disney executiv had actively censored “overtly gay affectn” their feature films.
Followg a year marked by turmoil wh s LGBTQ+ fan base and employe, Disney is releasg s first-ever movie that shows a gay kiss. Lightyear is not the first Disney film to be censored other untri for s pictn of gay characters.
After ially refg to ment on Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill, the pany faced a wave of cricism om employe and nsumers. “Nearly every moment of overtly gay affectn is cut at Disney’s beht, regardls of when there is prott om both the creative teams and executive learship at Pixar, ” their letter read.
'LIGHTYEAR' STAR CHRIS EVANS LLS CRICS OF DISNEY PIXAR'S GAY KISSG SCENE ‘IDTS’
Beyond qutng s public stance, fans and employe also cricized Disney for donatg to Florida policians who supported the “Don’t Say Gay” bill. A same-sex kiss scene was reportedly rtored to Pixar’s upg feature film “Lightyear” – a reversal that me days after top Disney brass faced tense cricism om some of the stud’s employe over their rponse to Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill. The abpt change followed the circulatn of a March 9 letter signed by “LGBTQIA+ employe of Pixar and their alli, ” who acced Disney executiv of censorg moments of “overtly gay affectn” their movi.
Pixar employe had slammed Disney’s rponse to Florida’s ntroversial “Don’t Say Gay” bill. “Nearly every moment of overtly gay affectn is cut at Disney’s beht, regardls of when there is prott om both the creative teams and executive learship at Pixar, ” the letter said.
LIGHTYEAR: PIXAR RTOR SAME-SEX KISS FOLLOWG ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL BACKLASH
However, was later rtored followg the recent “Don’t Say Gay” oral that brought the pany to the headl. Disney and ‘Don’t Say Gay’. In March 2022, the Florida Senate passed the Don’t Say Gay bill, which forbids schools om discsg and promotg topics surroundg sexual orientatn and genr inty.
Rpondg to this, a letter attributed to “the LGBTQIA+ employe of Pixar and their alli”, published by Variety, suggted that “nearly every moment of overtly gay affectn is cut at Disney’s beht, regardls of when there is prott om both the creative teams and executive learship”. In hdsight, the backlash om Disney’s slow reactn to the Don’t Say Gay bill may have elevated this need for change, and for an improved and ntemporary public image.
Y’all are reachg wh that gay kiss scene….