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SAME-SEX KISS RTORED PIXAR’S ‘LIGHTYEAR’ FOLLOWG STAFF UPROAR OVER ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL (EXCLUSIVE)
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SAME-SEX KISS RTORED PIXAR’S ‘LIGHTYEAR’ FOLLOWG STAFF UPROAR OVER ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL (EXCLUSIVE)

After outrage over their tepid rponse to Florida's “Don't Say Gay” bills, the pany has offered this cmb. * pixar gay kissing scene *

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.

LIGHTYEAR: PIXAR RTOR SAME-SEX KISS FOLLOWG ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL BACKLASH

A same-sex kiss scene that had been cut out of Pixar's upg film Lightyear, has reportedly been restated after backlash about Pixar's parent pany Disney allegedly censorg gay affectn films. | Hollywood * pixar gay kissing scene *

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.

'LIGHTYEAR' STAR CHRIS EVANS LLS CRICS OF DISNEY PIXAR'S GAY KISSG SCENE ‘IDTS’

"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. On March 9, LGBTQ employe and alli at Pixar Animatn Studs sent a jot statement to Walt Disney Company learship claimg that Disney executiv had actively censored “overtly gay affectn” s feature films.

LIGHTYEAR GETS WARNG SIGN FOR GAY KISS SCENE AT OKLAHOMA THEATER, SPARKG BACKLASH

The stunng allegatn — ma as part of a larger prott over the pany’s lack of public rponse to Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill — did not clu which Pixar films had weathered the censorship, nor which specific creative cisns were cut or altered. Followg the uproar surroundg the Pixar employe’ statement and Disney CEO Bob Chapek’s handlg of the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, however, the kiss was restated to the movie last week. The most overtly LGBTQ project Pixar’s non is a 2020 short film, “Out, ” about a gay man stgglg wh g out to his parents — which the stud released on Disney Pl as part of s SparkShorts program.

DISNEY WILL RTORE GAY KISS TO LIGHTYEAR FOLLOWG “DON’T SAY GAY” BACKLASH

“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 statement says.

A first look at Disney and Pixar's "Lightyear" on Wednday nfirmed a same-sex kiss had been rtored followg recent kiss occurred the first 30 mut of the movie, which was shown to an dience Wednday at CemaCon, acrdg to kiss was reportedly removed and then restated after backlash over the lack of rponse om Disney over Florida's "Don't Say Gay" bill. A first look at Disney Pixar's "Lightyear" nfirmed that a same-sex kiss scene had been rtored to the film followg ntroversy over Disney's lack of rponse to Florida's "Don't Say Gay" bill. The moment occurs between the character Alisha Hawthorne (Uzo Aduba) and her partner the animated 'S SHORT FILM ‘OUT’ FEATURES FIRST GAY MAIN CHARACTERThe "Lightyear" character isn't the first LGBTQ-oriented character a Pixar most proment character is a cyclops police officer named Specter featured the animated film "Onward.

PIXAR'S LIGHTYEAR REPORTEDLY RTOR SAME-SEX KISS AFTER BACKLASH OVER CLAIMS THAT DISNEY CENSORS GAY ROMANCE FILMS

"CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER The move after a letter om Pixar employe acced Disney executiv of mandg cuts om "nearly every moment of overtly gay affectn, " acrdg to a letter sent to the pany by the employe. (Getty Imag)The rtoratn of the same-sex kiss after employe at Pixar acced Disney of censorg same-sex affectn Pixar executiv have wanted to cut "nearly every moment of overtly gay affectn… regardls of when there is prott om both the creative teams and executive learship at Pixar, " acrdg to a letter om the employe sent to Disney and obtaed by Variety.

'LIGHTYEAR': DISNEY RTOR SCRAPPED GAY KISS FOLLOWG BACKLASH

In the new Pixar animated film “Lightyear,” space ranger Buzz Lightyear works through a lot of character issu, though havg his bt iend’s back isn’t one of them: He not only knows and rpects his lbian manr Alisha’s sexualy but is exced to hear that she's found love while stuck on an alien pla.Many people the real world haven't been so supportive.A same-sex kiss "Lightyear" ( theaters Friday) between Alisha (voiced by Uzo Aduba) and her partner has ma ternatnal headl, as the Uned Arab Emirat this week banned the Disney movie om showg theaters bee of s cln and Disney self pulled the movie om Malaysian theaters after refg orrs for LGBTQ aspects to “be cut and muted."The scene ma wav earlier the U.S.: It was ially cut om the film, then rtored after ternal uproar when was revealed Disney had donated $200,000 to Republin policians who supported Florida's “Don’t Say Gay” bill, which forbids discsns of sexual orientatn elementary school classrooms.Review:Chris Evans' Buzz is more fantastic than plastic Pixar's spiffy 'Lightyear'“What this film do is handle love and those stori the way that they should be, that they are not the totaly of a person,” Aduba tells USA TODAY. We took out the kiss bee we were asked to and we replaced wh, as Ang puts , ‘the awkward handhold.' "'I love love, who don't?':Chris Evans on 'Lightyear,' playg bad guys and beg 'a romantic person'In March, the kiss was rtored after Pixar animators spoke out agast Disney an open letter obtaed by Variety, sayg executiv had mand cuts "om nearly every moment of overtly gay affectn." Filmmakers were glad to have "an opportuny to put back," Sman says.

DISNEY HAS S FIRST GAY KISS

“It's a small moment and is treated as jt an ditor of the relatnship," she says.Playg a character like Alisha a high-profile movie the wake of “Don’t Say Gay” and other siar legislatn “means everythg,” Aduba adds. ' | Cred: Pixar News that Disney had removed s first on-screen same-sex kiss me amid reports that the pany had donated large sums of money to Florida policians supportg the "Don't Say Gay" bill, which stat, part, that nversatns around sexual orientatn and genr inty "may not occur krgarten through gra 3. 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.