Toy Story prequel Lightyear 'had same-sex kiss cut and then rtored by Disney' amid Don't Say Gay backlash
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- DISNEY SPOFF WILL NOW FEATURE GAY KISS AFTER LGBT EMPLOYEE OUTRAGE
- TOY STORY SP-OFF LIGHTYEAR ‘HAD SAME-SEX KISS CUT AND THEN RTORED BY DISNEY’ AFTER DON’T SAY GAY BACKLASH
- SAME-SEX KISS IN TOY STORY'S LIGHTYEAR MOVIE RTORED AFTER STAFF UPROAR OVER "DON'T SAY GAY" BILL
DISNEY SPOFF WILL NOW FEATURE GAY KISS AFTER LGBT EMPLOYEE OUTRAGE
After prott om LGBTQ+ employe, Disney restat a gay kissg scene to children's animated film "Lightyear." * toy story spin off gay kiss *
A spoff om the popular Disney Pixar children’s film “Toy Story” will reportedly clu a gay kiss shared by two animated female characters. The report followg an uproar om LGBTQ employe who ripped Walt Disney Company executiv for censorg “overtly gay affectn” a letter that was part of a prott for the pany not takg a firmer stance agast Florida’s so-lled “Don’t Say Gay Bill” that would prohib teachg Krgarten through third-gra children about “sexual orientatn” or “genr inty. Generally speakg, G or PG-rated animated films such as “Lightyear” have remaed mostly off-lims to portrayg gay or lbian relatnships, although adult films as early as “South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut” 1999 ntaed blatant LGBTQ ntent.
But the employe vehemently disagreed, claimg, “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. BREAKING: Today’s statement by @Disney CEO Bob Chapek agast the “Don’t Say Gay” bill has failed to satisfy many Disney employe.
TOY STORY SP-OFF LIGHTYEAR ‘HAD SAME-SEX KISS CUT AND THEN RTORED BY DISNEY’ AFTER DON’T SAY GAY BACKLASH
Although the gay rights activists received only a “kiss” for their efforts, many hoped the scene would play a bigger role the children’s movie. A kiss between the two had origally been removed – but followg recent uproar om staff claimg that Disney executiv had actively censored “overtly gay affectn” s feature films, the cisn has reportedly been reversed, acrdg to Variety. “We at Pixar have personally wnsed betiful stori, full of diverse characters, e back om Disney rporate reviews shaved down to cmbs of what they once were, ” read a jot statement om ternal ntroversy follows a recent “Don’t Say Gay” le passed by the Florida Senate, which was also addrsed the spoke of Disney’s mishandlg of the bill that seeks to ban teachg of sexual inty and genr orientatn early-gra tn as well as “a manner that is not age-appropriate or velopmentally appropriate for stunts” ially remaed quiet on the bill, however, cid to take a stance once was revealed that every polician who sponsored had received donatns om the stud.
SAME-SEX KISS IN TOY STORY'S LIGHTYEAR MOVIE RTORED AFTER STAFF UPROAR OVER "DON'T SAY GAY" BILL
Chris Evans will voice Buzz the new prequel (Picture: Disney)Disney has reportedly rtored a scene featurg a same-sex kiss to the Toy Story sp-off Lightyear, followg the outrage about Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill. LGBT employe and alli at Pixar are said to have sent a letter to Disney boss claimg that the pany had censored ‘overtly gay affectn’ s films. Controversial anti-LGBT legislatn, also known as the Don’t Say Gay bill, was recently passed Florida, g outrage.
MORE: Gabrielle Unn slams Disney over ntroversial ‘don’t say gay’ bill: ‘The damage is done’. However, as Disney has faced creasg phback, scty, and cricism for s rponse to Florida's jt-passed Parental Rights Edutn Bill--wily known as the "Don't Say Gay" bill--the Lightyear edg cisn has been reversed an apparent urse rrectn.
The scene pictg a lbian space ranger named Alisha and her partner sharg a brief kiss had origally been cut by Disney, but was restated after Pixar animators penned an open letter cricisg the pany for censorg “overtly gay affectn” s films. Malaysia has the past banned screengs of Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore and Rocket Man over the cln of scen suggtg gay relatnships.