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.
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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)
Disney fac scty after cuttg LGBTQ+ reprentatn Pixar's 'Turng Red,' g after ntroversial backg "Don't Say Gay" bill. * pixar gay scene *
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.
PIXAR’S ONWARD FALLY GETS THE “EXCLIVELY GAY MOMENT” RIGHT
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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.
DISNEY CUTS LGBTQ+ 'TURNG RED' SCEN AFTER BACKG "DON'T SAY GAY" BILL - INSI THE MAGIC
Accatn om Pixar employe after pany refed to take public stand agast ntroversial ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill * pixar gay scene *
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.
PIXAR SHORT ‘OUT’ FEATUR THE STUD’S FIRST GAY LEAD CHARACTER
The animated film follows a gay man’s journey to acceptance as he prepar to move to a cy wh his boyiend. * pixar gay scene *
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.
'LIGHTYEAR' STAR CHRIS EVANS LLS CRICS OF DISNEY PIXAR'S GAY KISSG SCENE ‘IDTS’
Pixar employe allege that Disney executiv have mand cuts om "nearly every moment of overtly gay affectn" their films. * pixar gay scene *
“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 ?
DISNEY ACCED OF REMOVG GAY NTENT OM PIXAR FILMS
Employe released a letter sayg that Disney cuts "nearly every moment of overtly gay affectn" om s movi. * pixar gay scene *
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 FILM ‘OUT’ FEATUR STUD’S FIRST GAY MA 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.
ONWARD’S OPENLY GAY CHARACTER STILL LEAV DISNEY BEHD S PETORS
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 .
LIGHTYEAR GETS WARNG SIGN FOR GAY KISS SCENE AT OKLAHOMA THEATER, SPARKG BACKLASH
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. : 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.