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“Lightyear,” released durg Pri month, featur a gay kiss—but crics qutn the pany’s mment to LGBTQ rights.

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OKLAHOMA MOVIE THEATER POSTS 'WARNG' SIGN ABOUT 'LIGHTYEAR' GAY KISS, LOL CALLS THE MOVE 'BIGOTED'

Me unr fire for s ial silence regardg a Florida bill rtrictg classroom discsn of sexual orientatn and genr inty — dubbed “Don’t Say Gay” by crics. Durg the tumult, Pixar employe lled out Disney executiv for cuttg “nearly every moment of overtly gay affectn” om the animatn stud’s films. Homosexualy is nsired crimal many Middle Eastern untri.

But she said filmmakers would not make chang to the has rejected other on-screen pictns of homosexualy the past. KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s film censors said Friday that was Disney’s cisn to ax the animated film “Lightyear” om the untry’s cemas after refg to cut scen promotg homosexualy. Many Mlims nsir gays and lbians to be sful and many Mlim-majory natns crimalize same-sex relatnships.

LIGHTYEAR’S ANTI-GAY CRICS N BUZZ OFF, SAYS CHRIS EVANS

"The irony of stuff like Lightyear is that Disney will put the tit amount of gay ntent a movie so that n easily pulled if Cha wants , but keepg gets them acced of beg jt as woke as if the entire story was about queerns, " he wrote on you're gog to be a pany that mak diverse ntent, you gotta m to that. You n't half ass for the ternatnal market the hop that some token gay kiss will w you Amerin woke cred. More:Disney CEO fally speaks out on 'Don't Say Gay.

' But where's the gay Disney fairy tale? The same-sex kiss first ma headl last month, when Pixar animators spoke out agast Disney an open letter obtaed by Variety, sayg that rporate executiv had mand cuts "om nearly every moment of overtly gay affectn. But was later rtored light of Disney's "Don't Say Gay" ntroversy, when was revealed the pany had donated roughly $200, 000 to Republin policians who supported the bill, which forbids discsns of sexual orient elementary school classrooms.

"Other live-actn Disney films have relegated queer characters to the background, like a blk-and-you'll-miss- kiss between two women "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, " or the "exclively gay moment" of Josh Gad's LeFou dancg wh another man "Bety and the Beast. 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.

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Lightyear’s anti-gay crics n buzz off, says Chris Evans | Pixar | The Guardian .

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