Same-Sex Kiss In Toy Story's Lightyear Movie Rtored After Staff Uproar Over "Don't Say Gay" Bill - GameSpot

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• SAME-SEX KISS IN TOY STORY'S LIGHTYEAR MOVIE RTORED AFTER STAFF UPROAR OVER "DON'T SAY GAY" BILL
• 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
• DISNEY’S ‘TOY STORY’ PREQUEL WILL NOW FEATURE SAME-SEX KISS AFTER PHBACK OVER FLA.’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL

SAME-SEX KISS IN TOY STORY'S LIGHTYEAR MOVIE RTORED AFTER STAFF UPROAR OVER "DON'T SAY GAY" BILL

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

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. 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 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.

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

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

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.

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

DISNEY’S ‘TOY STORY’ PREQUEL WILL NOW FEATURE SAME-SEX KISS AFTER PHBACK OVER FLA.’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL

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.

In regards to Disney's fancial volvement wh legislators behd the 'Don't Say Gay' bill, we hoped that our pany would show up for . 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. Beyond the 'spirg ntent' that we aren't even allowed to create, we require are llg on Disney learship to immediately whdraw all fancial support om the legislators behd the 'Don't Say Gay' bill, to fully nounce this legislatn publicly, and to make amends for their fancial volvement.