Same-Sex Kiss ‘Lightyear’ Rtored to Pixar Film’s Fal Cut After ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Outrage

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• SAME-SEX KISS RTORED PIXAR’S ‘LIGHTYEAR’ FOLLOWG STAFF UPROAR OVER ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL (EXCLUSIVE)
• LIGHTYEAR: PIXAR RTOR SAME-SEX KISS FOLLOWG ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL BACKLASH
• DISNEY RTOR SAME-GENR ‘LIGHTYEAR’ KISS FOLLOWG “DON’T SAY GAY” BACKLASH
• SAME-SEX KISS ‘LIGHTYEAR’ RTORED TO PIXAR FILM’S FAL CUT AFTER ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ OUTRAGE
• DISNEY WILL RTORE GAY KISS TO LIGHTYEAR FOLLOWG “DON’T SAY GAY” BACKLASH
• 'LIGHTYEAR': DISNEY RTOR SCRAPPED GAY KISS FOLLOWG BACKLASH
• 'LIGHTYEAR' STAR CHRIS EVANS RPONDS TO CRICS OF THE PIXAR MOVIE'S GAY KISS SCENE: 'THOSE PEOPLE ARE IDTS'
• LIGHTYEAR GETS WARNG SIGN FOR GAY KISS SCENE AT OKLAHOMA THEATER, SPARKG BACKLASH

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

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. ' | 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. 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.

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.

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

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. “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.

The move followed a a strongly-word letter to Walt Disney CEO Bob Chapek om Pixar's LGBTQIA+ employe and their alli sent objectg to his cisn not to ph back more forcefully agast Florida's ntroversial "Don't Say Gay" bill.Hawthorne (voiced by Uzo Aduba) will reportedly share a same-sex kiss the Pixar animated feature Lightyear. Acrdg to Variety, the film has been banned the Gulf natns of Sdi Arabia, the Uned Arab Emirat and Kuwa, where homosexual nduct is still illegal. : 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 Chris Evans' Buzz is more fantastic than plastic Pixar's spiffy 'Lightyear'The iendship between Buzz Lightyear (voiced by Chris Evans) and his manr Alisha Hawthorne (Uzo Aduba) is at the heart of "Lightyear.

DISNEY RTOR SAME-GENR ‘LIGHTYEAR’ KISS FOLLOWG “DON’T SAY GAY” BACKLASH

': 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. Playg a character like Alisha a high-profile movie the wake of “Don’t Say Gay” and other siar legislatn “means everythg, ” Aduba adds.

SAME-SEX KISS ‘LIGHTYEAR’ RTORED TO PIXAR FILM’S FAL CUT AFTER ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ OUTRAGE

S., but was restated after was revealed Disney had donated $200, 000 to some Republin policians who supported Florida's ntroversial "Don't Say Gay" bill, which forbids discsns of sexual orientatn Florida add that playg the character Alisha the wake of the "Don't Say Gay" bill "means everythg. Backlash ntu over Disney's rporate rponse to the "Don't Say Gay" bill Florida. Expertise News Disney's Pixar has rtored a same-sex kiss to s Buzz Lightyear orig story after employe protted the removal of gay storyl om Pixar films, a report Friday said.

The kiss was subsequently restated after employee prott amid the backlash agast Disney learship not immediately nmng the so-lled Don't Say Gay bill Florida.

"However, a letter sent by Pixar employe to Disney learship last week reportedly said openly gay storyl and moments have been cut om Pixar films by Disney.

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. "Pixar's 2020 film Onward featured the stud's first openly gay character, but the moment passed quickly and didn't feature her and her partner on screen together. Pixar also released a SparkShorts animated short lled Out about a gay uple backlash om wh the pany, Chapek wrote a letter to employe last week sayg: "It is clear that this is not jt an issue about a bill Florida, but stead yet another challenge to basic human rights.

'LIGHTYEAR': DISNEY RTOR SCRAPPED GAY KISS FOLLOWG BACKLASH

"The recent statements and lack of actn by TWDC [The Walt Disney Company] learship regardg the 'Don't Say Gay or Trans' bill have utterly failed to match the magnu of the threat to LGBTQIA+ safety reprented by this legislatn, " some Disney employe said. Get our ee weekly email for all the latt cematic news om our film cric Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cematic email for eePixar has reportedly rtored a same-sex kiss shared between two characters the forthg Lightyear, after staff released an open letter cricisg Disney’s rponse to Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” new animated film featur Chris Evans as the voice of Buzz Lightyear and seeks to tell the orig story of the beloved Toy Story character and his journey to fy and an exclive report by Variety, a source close to the productn has nfirmed that a kiss between proment female character Hawthorne (voiced by Uzo Aduba) and her female partner was restated last week.

While the nature of the characters’ relatnship hadn’t been qutned by productn, their kiss had reportedly been news follows the release of an open letter on 9 March by Pixar staff and LGBTQ alli cricisg Disney for havg same-sex reprentatn s films “shaved down to cmbs” the letter, staff further lled on Disney to “immediately whdraw all fancial support om the legislators behd the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill” a handful of LGBTQ characters have been rporated Pixar’s feature films.

Notably, 2020 film Onward, the ma character Specter mak a reference to her film featur Chris Evans as the voice of Buzz Lightyear (YouTube)The same year, the stud released short film Out, about a closeted gay man’s stggle to e out to his rponse to the Pixar staff letter, Out director Steven Hunt told Variety: “I stand by my lleagu. 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.

'LIGHTYEAR' STAR CHRIS EVANS RPONDS TO CRICS OF THE PIXAR MOVIE'S GAY KISS SCENE: 'THOSE PEOPLE ARE IDTS'

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

(Disney/Pixar)There's lots of buzz over a particular scene Lightyear, and now the filmmakers and star are ready to addrs the Variety reported March, a same-sex kiss om Pixar’s upg Toy Story spoff was ially cut om the animated feature, only to be rtored after LGBTQ employe and alli at the Disney-owned pany sent a jot statement to stud executiv prottg the censorship of “overtly gay affectn. ”The stud’s about-face me as Disney was unr creased scty om s workforce over the rporatn’s perceived lax rponse to Florida’s ntroversial so-lled “Don’t Say Gay” bill. Related vio: Pixar restat 'Lightyear' same-sex kiss after backlash over Disney's rponse to Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' bill “We always tend for that relatnship to be there, ” Lightyear director Ang MacLane (Fdg Dory) tells Yahoo Entertament regards to the marriage between Alisha Hawthorne (Uzo Aduba) — bt iend and fellow Space Ranger to Buzz Lightyear (Chris Evans) — and the wife she grows old wh.

Followg the ternal backlash around Disney’s prev public silence on Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill, the cisn was ma last week to add the kiss back . “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. Lu is another notable Pixar film that has had many discsns around s possible LGBTQ reprentatn, wh director Enri Casarosa statg that the team nsirg makg the leads gay, but cid to stead foc on the relatnship as a “pre-romance, ” after basg on a personal iendship dynamic when he was growg up.

Disney and Pixar’s “Lightyear, ” out this June, has rtored to the film what would be the animatn stud’s first same-sex kiss a feature film, between a character lled Hawthorne (voiced by Uzo Aduba) and her dividual wh knowledge of the film’s productn said that the same-sex relatnship was always a part of the movie and never up for bate, but the kiss self was ultimately removed as part of the creative procs terms of nversatns about the dividual says light of the current environment across Disney, a cisn was ma last week to rtore the kiss to the fished news after a letter released by Pixar employe the wake of Disney’s rponse to the “Don’t Say Gay” legislatn acced the stud of barrg them om creatg or showg displays of LGBTQ+ timacy and ntent their stori. There is a gay character 2020’s “Onward” who discs her girliend, but the character only mentns her partner; you never see them together or any kd of romantic settg. ) that walks by the background of “Fdg Dory;” and there is a clearly gay-d character their most recent release, “Turng Red” (now on Disney+).