Disney restat gay kissg scene between two female characters on Pixar's 'Toy Story' spoff | Daily Mail Onle

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• BUZZ LIGHTYEAR, IL BAC GAY RESERO DOPO LE PROTTE NTRO LEGGE DON'T SAY GAY
• DISNEY RESTAT GAY KISSG SCENE BETWEEN TWO FEMALE CHARACTERS ON PIXAR'S 'TOY STORY' SPOFF
• TOY STORY 4 BEG BOYTTED OVER SUBTLE GAY BACKGROUND CHARACTERS

BUZZ LIGHTYEAR, IL BAC GAY RESERO DOPO LE PROTTE NTRO LEGGE DON'T SAY GAY

More:Disney CEO fally speaks out on 'Don't Say Gay.' But where's the gay Disney fairy tale?The film begs wh Buzz and fellow space ranger Alisha landg on a strange pla, where they face off agast wged aliens and an octop-like creature. 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." Acrdg to SlashFilm, "Lightyear" producer Galyn Sman nfirmed that Alisha's kiss was ially cut om the movie. 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.

In recent years, the Moe Hoe has received blowback for s feeble attempts at LGBTQ+ reprentatn: a lbian p Pixar's "Onward" who briefly mentns her wife, and a lbian uple strollg outsi together "Fdg Dory."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." "Beg able to put back the kiss was important to ," Sman told journalists at a Q&A panel for "Lightyear" earlier this month. Lightyear - La vera storia di Buzz nterrà un bac gay, il primo di un film Pixar. La relazne gay di cui si parla è quella a il personagg femmile Hawthorne, doppiato origale da Uzo Aduba, e un'altra donna.

La protta i dipennti è andata ad unirsi a quella ntro la proposta di legge ormai romata Don't Say Gay, da po approvata Florida, che non permetterebbe discsni sull'intà e l'orientamento ssuale alcune scuole. The Toy Story sp-off is due to h theaters on June 17.Variety has nfirmed that Lightyear featur a "signifint female character, Hawthorne, who is a meangful relatnship wh another woman." Reportedly, the relatnship was never ntentn for censorship, but the kiss was heavily bated ternally--and until this report had been removed.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.

DISNEY RESTAT GAY KISSG SCENE BETWEEN TWO FEMALE CHARACTERS ON PIXAR'S 'TOY STORY' SPOFF

Disney removed a same-sex kissg scene om the upg Toy Story stallment Lightyear, but an uproar om artists at Emeryville-based Pixar got that gay kiss right back to the animated feature film.

The story of how that kiss got to the film — and then got back to the film after Disney’s censors cut — is s own Toy Story story about the advancg anti-gay and anti-trans legislatn ntemporary Ameri, and how Pixar’s employe were termed to not let those efforts dilute the story they hoped to tell. But we do know that Variety reported on March 9 that LGBTQ employe at Emeryville-based Pixar sent an angry statement to Disney cryg that the pany has cut “nearly every moment of overtly gay affectn” om the films Pixar has ntext, this was jt days after Disney CEO Bob Chapek was wily cricized by Disney employe for the pany’s silence on Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill, a stance he reerated an ternal meetg wh Disney LGBTQ employe.

TOY STORY 4 BEG BOYTTED OVER SUBTLE GAY BACKGROUND CHARACTERS

“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, ” Variety n argue whether this really is Disney’s first same-sex kiss. Disney is reportedly puttg a kissg scene between two women back to their upg 'Toy Story' spoff 'Lightyear' after Pixar employe acced the parent pany of cuttg gay characters om films.

The dispute is the latt salvo fired by staff amid a row about the entertament giant's stance on gay rights as policians Florida attempt to pass a law that's bee rid as the 'Don't Say Gay' bill. ' The letter claims that 'nearly every moment of overtly gay affectn' had been cut, spe 'prott om both the creative teams and executive learship.

' The Pixar staff also mand that Disney whdraw fancial support of all legislatur who supported the 'Don't Say Gay' bill and that Disney 'take a cisive public stand' agast the legislatn and bills like elsewhere the is noted for only featurg a ty number of LGBTQ characters their most famo to date is Specter, a cyclops police officer 2020 fantasy film Onward, voiced by Lena Wahe. Demonstrators are seen si the Florida State Capal Tallahassee on Monday, the day before the bill passed Specter, top right, is one of the few gay characters Pixar films - but her sexualy is only mentned passg Bucky and Pronk Oryx-Antlerson, om the 2016 Disney animated feature film Zootopia, were 'outed' by the actors who voiced them. 'The same year, Pixar released a short film, Out, on Disney+, about a gay man who stggl wh g out to his lists curate the number of gay characters Disney: Fans pot out that the actors who voiced Bucky and Pronk Oryx-Antlerson the 2016 animated feature film Zootopia said the characters were a gay uple, and Disney did not ny also note that Fdg Dory and Toy Story 4 both featured, briefly, lbian mothers - but their characters were so mor they were not named.