Riz Ahmed, Eugene Lee Yang, and the filmmakers behd 'Nimona' open up about the film's gay kiss and queer reprentatn animatn.
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- STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER’S GAY CHARACTERS EXPLAED
- 'THAT '90S SHOW' VIEWERS TORN OVER GAY REPRENTATN NETFLIX SPOFF
STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER’S GAY CHARACTERS EXPLAED
* gay character kiss *
More:Disney CEO fally speaks out on 'Don't Say Gay. ' But where's the gay Disney fairy tale?
'THAT '90S SHOW' VIEWERS TORN OVER GAY REPRENTATN NETFLIX SPOFF
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker se two gay characters share a kiss, markg a tone anchise history. Here's what that moment means. * gay character kiss *
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. 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.