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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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But she said filmmakers would not make chang to the has rejected other on-screen pictns of homosexualy the past. 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.

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It’s not the first time that Disney has faced LGBTQ backlash Courty of PixarFollowg 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 live-actn Bety and the Beast, which showed two male characters dancg, was banned Kuwa when me out 2017. 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.

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”Beyond qutng s public stance, fans and employe also cricized Disney for donatg to Florida policians who supported the “Don’t Say Gay” bill. 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 is not the first Disney film to be censored other untri for s pictn of gay characters. Beyond qutng s public stance, fans and employe also cricized Disney for donatg to Florida policians who supported the “Don’t Say Gay” bill.

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The film had cut a lbian kiss scene, but after Disney faced backlash for not opposg Ron DeSantis’s bill to keep talks of sexualy out of elementary classrooms– famoly dubbed the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill– Disney employe ed the axed scene as fuel for accatns that the pany wasn’t dog enough to be an ally to the LGBTQ+ muny. ”MacLane also posted photos of Pri flags and shared posts of Disney employe walkg out to mand more actn om Disney rponse to the 'Don’t Say Gay' to stand solidary wh my LGBTQIA+ lleagu today. At that same meetg, Disney’s executive producer spoke about her “not-at-all secret gay agenda” for future Disney productns.

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