Lightyear: Pixar rtor same-sex kiss followg ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill backlash | The Inpennt

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• DISNEY RTOR SAME-GENR ‘LIGHTYEAR’ KISS FOLLOWG “DON’T SAY GAY” BACKLASH
• LIGHTYEAR: PIXAR RTOR SAME-SEX KISS FOLLOWG ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL BACKLASH
• SAME-SEX KISS CUT OM LIGHTYEAR REPORTEDLY RTORED AFTER DISNEY'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' BACKLASH
• PIXAR RTOR A SAME-SEX KISS LIGHTYEAR AFTER DISNEY 'DON'T SAY GAY' BACKLASH
• DISNEY WILL RTORE GAY KISS TO LIGHTYEAR FOLLOWG “DON’T SAY GAY” BACKLASH

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

The now famo Lightyear kiss (which is, at bt, a quick peck) was only restated the film after an open letter March by “the LGBTQIA+ employe of Pixar, and their alli, ” which cricized Disney for btally cuttg “nearly every moment of overtly gay affectn … regardls of when there is prott om both the creative teams and executive learship at Pixar. Dpe nservative attempts to create a narrative around a supposed “gay agenda, ” Disney is simply tryg to avoid bad publicy - Disney’s agenda is to make money, whout alienatg their queer dience, as well as easily panicked suburban. Disney’s “gay agenda” certaly didn’t warrant a backlash, but a quick kiss that was never supposed to make the fal cut isn’t much to brag about eher.

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

This was amidst the pany’s disappotg rponse to Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill.

At the time, Disney held a virtual all-hands meetg where Latoya Ravene, one of the pany’s executive producers, fend the Moe Hoe, sayg everyone had been welg to her “not-at-all-secret gay agenda.

SAME-SEX KISS CUT OM LIGHTYEAR REPORTEDLY RTORED AFTER DISNEY'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' BACKLASH

In addn to Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill, which forbids tn on sexualy and genr inty krgarten through third gra classrooms and was signed by Governor Ron DeSantis late March, there are several other measur currently workg their way through state legislatur.

A movie wh a homosexual kissg scene would likely not pass a censorship review Indonia bee of a 2019 law that prohibs movi wh “vulgar sexual activy” or sexual ntent that is “viant” or “unreasonable, ” Mr. Rommy gay, lbian and transgenr people face persecutn across the Islamic world. ” It scribed the film as the “first mercial children’s animatn to feature overt homosexual pictns, ” and said that Disney had cled s suggtn of releasg two versns of the film, cludg an eded one for younger viewers.

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 .

PIXAR RTOR A SAME-SEX KISS LIGHTYEAR AFTER DISNEY '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. 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.

Followg a year marked by turmoil wh s LGBTQ+ fan base and employe, Disney is releasg s first-ever movie that shows a gay kiss. Lightyear is not the first Disney film to be censored other untri for s pictn of gay characters.

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

After ially refg to ment on Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill, the pany faced a wave of cricism om employe and nsumers. “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,” their letter read. Beyond qutng s public stance, fans and employe also cricized Disney for donatg to Florida policians who supported the “Don’t Say Gay” bill.