“Lightyear,” released durg Pri month, featur a gay kiss—but crics qutn the pany’s mment to LGBTQ rights.
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- 'LIGHTYEAR' STAR CHRIS EVANS LLS CRICS OF DISNEY PIXAR'S GAY KISSG SCENE ‘IDTS’
- CHRIS EVANS FENDS BUZZ LIGHTYEAR SP-OFF AGAST ANTI-GAY CRICS - LLG THEM 'IDTS'
'LIGHTYEAR' STAR CHRIS EVANS LLS CRICS OF DISNEY PIXAR'S GAY KISSG SCENE ‘IDTS’
Me unr fire for s ial silence regardg a Florida bill rtrictg classroom discsn of sexual orientatn and genr inty — dubbed “Don’t Say Gay” by crics. Durg the tumult, Pixar employe lled out Disney executiv for cuttg “nearly every moment of overtly gay affectn” om the animatn stud’s films.
Homosexualy is nsired crimal many Middle Eastern untri. But she said filmmakers would not make chang to the has rejected other on-screen pictns of homosexualy the past.
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CHRIS EVANS FENDS BUZZ LIGHTYEAR SP-OFF AGAST ANTI-GAY CRICS - LLG THEM 'IDTS'
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.