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• TOY STORY SP-OFF LIGHTYEAR ‘HAD SAME-SEX KISS CUT AND THEN RTORED BY DISNEY’ AFTER DON’T SAY GAY BACKLASH
• 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

TOY STORY SP-OFF LIGHTYEAR ‘HAD SAME-SEX KISS CUT AND THEN RTORED BY DISNEY’ AFTER DON’T SAY GAY BACKLASH

More:Disney CEO fally speaks out on 'Don't Say Gay. ' But where's the gay Disney fairy tale?

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

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.

Chris Evans will voice Buzz the new prequel (Picture: Disney)Disney has reportedly rtored a scene featurg a same-sex kiss to the Toy Story sp-off Lightyear, followg the outrage about Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill. LGBT employe and alli at Pixar are said to have sent a letter to Disney boss claimg that the pany had censored ‘overtly gay affectn’ s films. Controversial anti-LGBT legislatn, also known as the Don’t Say Gay bill, was recently passed Florida, g outrage.

TOY STORY 4 BEG BOYTTED OVER SUBTLE GAY BACKGROUND CHARACTERS

MORE: Gabrielle Unn slams Disney over ntroversial ‘don’t say gay’ bill: ‘The damage is done’. 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.