Pixar's Lightyear Rtor Same-Sex Kiss After Don't Say Gay Uproar - Variety

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• SAME-SEX KISS RTORED PIXAR’S ‘LIGHTYEAR’ FOLLOWG STAFF UPROAR OVER ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL (EXCLUSIVE)
• PIXAR’S ONWARD FALLY GETS THE “EXCLIVELY GAY MOMENT” RIGHT
• DISNEY CUTS LGBTQ+ 'TURNG RED' SCEN AFTER BACKG "DON'T SAY GAY" BILL - INSI THE MAGIC
• PIXAR SHORT ‘OUT’ FEATUR THE STUD’S FIRST GAY LEAD CHARACTER
• 'LIGHTYEAR' STAR CHRIS EVANS LLS CRICS OF DISNEY PIXAR'S GAY KISSG SCENE ‘IDTS’
• DISNEY ACCED OF REMOVG GAY NTENT OM PIXAR FILMS
• PIXAR SHORT FILM ‘OUT’ FEATUR STUD’S FIRST GAY MA CHARACTER
• ONWARD’S OPENLY GAY CHARACTER STILL LEAV DISNEY BEHD S PETORS
• LIGHTYEAR GETS WARNG SIGN FOR GAY KISS SCENE AT OKLAHOMA THEATER, SPARKG BACKLASH

SAME-SEX KISS RTORED PIXAR’S ‘LIGHTYEAR’ FOLLOWG STAFF UPROAR OVER ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL (EXCLUSIVE)

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.

PIXAR’S ONWARD FALLY GETS THE “EXCLIVELY GAY MOMENT” RIGHT

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. On March 9, LGBTQ employe and alli at Pixar Animatn Studs sent a jot statement to Walt Disney Company learship claimg that Disney executiv had actively censored “overtly gay affectn” s feature films.

The stunng allegatn — ma as part of a larger prott over the pany’s lack of public rponse to Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill — did not clu which Pixar films had weathered the censorship, nor which specific creative cisns were cut or altered. 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. The most overtly LGBTQ project Pixar’s non is a 2020 short film, “Out, ” about a gay man stgglg wh g out to his parents — which the stud released on Disney Pl as part of s SparkShorts program.

DISNEY CUTS LGBTQ+ 'TURNG RED' SCEN AFTER BACKG "DON'T SAY GAY" BILL - INSI THE MAGIC

“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, ” the statement says.

From the “exclively gay moment” the live-actn Bety and the Beast to a kiss between two mor female characters last year’s The Rise of Skywalker, each baby step has been preced by a flotilla of verage proclaimg the advance—and each has been followed by the evable sense of nfn and betrayal when viewers see the movie and realize, That’s ? The makers of Star Trek Beyond were eager to make sure you knew that s versn of Sulu was gay, even though they eded out the only physil sign of his affectns.

PIXAR SHORT ‘OUT’ FEATUR THE STUD’S FIRST GAY LEAD CHARACTER

(See: the gay bt iend nnumerable’90s rom-s. Or would Lawrence have been trotted out for a seri of fensive terviews explag that her character really was gay, but movi are plited and you have to serve the story—and who knows, maybe they’ll clu the leted scen.

It’s important not to make too much of Onward’s exclively gay moment—or even to make too much of the movie not makg too much of . After all, children’s animated movi, pecially those om gay filmmakers—cludg ParaNorman and the How to Tra Your Dragon films—have been quietly cludg moments like this for years, whout anyone pattg themselv on the back.

'LIGHTYEAR' STAR CHRIS EVANS LLS CRICS OF DISNEY PIXAR'S GAY KISSG SCENE ‘IDTS’

: It was ially cut om the film, then rtored after ternal uproar when was revealed Disney had donated $200, 000 to Republin policians who supported Florida's “Don’t Say Gay” bill, which forbids discsns of sexual orientatn elementary school Evans' Buzz is more fantastic than plastic Pixar's spiffy 'Lightyear'“What this film do is handle love and those stori the way that they should be, that they are not the totaly of a person, ” Aduba tells USA TODAY. ':Chris Evans on 'Lightyear, ' playg bad guys and beg 'a romantic person'In March, the kiss was rtored after Pixar animators spoke out agast Disney  an open letter obtaed by Variety, sayg executiv had mand cuts "om nearly every moment of overtly gay affectn. Playg a character like Alisha a high-profile movie the wake of “Don’t Say Gay” and other siar legislatn “means everythg, ” Aduba adds.

Many people have drawn a parison to a scene om the s The Other Two, which featur fake Disney executiv troducg their first gay character to a everyone is makg jok onle, as numero social media ers ngratulated nonbary voice actor Kai Ava Hser, who announced they would be voicg the groundbreakg character the new movie. "The goo is homosexual, isn't that credible? " The scene and storyle of a gay actor voicg a gay "glob" featur The Other Two's Season 3 Episo 6 "Brooke, and We Are Not Jokg, Go to Space.

A first look at Disney and Pixar's "Lightyear" on Wednday nfirmed a same-sex kiss had been rtored followg recent kiss occurred the first 30 mut of the movie, which was shown to an dience Wednday at CemaCon, acrdg to kiss was reportedly removed and then restated after backlash over the lack of rponse om Disney over Florida's "Don't Say Gay" bill. A first look at Disney Pixar's "Lightyear" nfirmed that a same-sex kiss scene had been rtored to the film followg ntroversy over Disney's lack of rponse to Florida's "Don't Say Gay" bill.

DISNEY ACCED OF REMOVG GAY NTENT OM PIXAR FILMS

The moment occurs between the character Alisha Hawthorne (Uzo Aduba) and her partner the animated 'S SHORT FILM ‘OUT’ FEATURES FIRST GAY MAIN CHARACTERThe "Lightyear" character isn't the first LGBTQ-oriented character a Pixar most proment character is a cyclops police officer named Specter featured the animated film "Onward. "CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER The move after a letter om Pixar employe acced Disney executiv of mandg cuts om "nearly every moment of overtly gay affectn, " acrdg to a letter sent to the pany by the employe. (Getty Imag)The rtoratn of the same-sex kiss after employe at Pixar acced Disney of censorg same-sex affectn Pixar executiv have wanted to cut "nearly every moment of overtly gay affectn… regardls of when there is prott om both the creative teams and executive learship at Pixar, " acrdg to a letter om the employe sent to Disney and obtaed by Variety.

PIXAR SHORT FILM ‘OUT’ FEATUR STUD’S FIRST GAY MA CHARACTER

' | Cred: Pixar News that Disney had removed s first on-screen same-sex kiss me amid reports that the pany had donated large sums of money to Florida policians supportg the "Don't Say Gay" bill, which stat, part, that nversatns around sexual orientatn and genr inty "may not occur krgarten through gra 3. But the rponse om fans over Pixar’s Turng Red reportedly cuttg and snuffg out any LGBTQ reprentatn is addg fire to Disney’s ongog “Don’t Say Gay” backlash. Related: “Gay Htg” ‘Turng Red’ Offends Fans, Pixar Animators “Conmn” Bob Chapek.

ONWARD’S OPENLY GAY CHARACTER STILL LEAV DISNEY BEHD S PETORS

Nohels, fans noticed awkwardly placed moments Turng Red, g them to ll out Disney to “release the Gay Cut”:. RELEASE THE GAY CUT!!!! THE FACT THAT THERE W E R E GAY SCENES IN TURNING RED AND THEY DIDNT RELEASE THEM IS?!!?!!?

Turng Red’s ntroversy at a time when The Walt Disney Company is unr attack om the media, public, and even the Florida State Government over their reported support and then nunciatn of the Florida legislature’s “Dont Say Gay” bill. Related: Disney Is Unr Fire After Releasg Statement on “Don’t Say Gay” Bill.

LIGHTYEAR GETS WARNG SIGN FOR GAY KISS SCENE AT OKLAHOMA THEATER, SPARKG BACKLASH

Dpe Disney boastg s clivy their theme parks and var products, the Orlando Sentel reports that Disney had helped fund the supporters of this “Don’t Say Gay, ” only to have CEO Bob Chapek quickly make a public apology on behalf of the pany when the reports me to light.

Pixar’s new short film “Out” is remiscent of classic Disney body-swap edi like “Freaky Friday” and the “Shaggy Dog” movi, but ’s also a first for the stud, bee s ma character is gay. The story revolv around a young man named Greg, who’s aaid to tell his parents that he’s gay and is worried that they will see a picture of him and his boyiend when they e help him move.