Disney has add back the queer kiss om the upg film Lightyear, followg the backlash they received for supportg the Don't Say Gay bill.
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- 'LIGHTYEAR': DISNEY RTOR SCRAPPED GAY KISS FOLLOWG BACKLASH
- SAME-SEX KISS RTORED PIXAR’S ‘LIGHTYEAR’ FOLLOWG STAFF UPROAR OVER ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL (EXCLUSIVE)
'LIGHTYEAR': DISNEY RTOR SCRAPPED GAY KISS FOLLOWG BACKLASH
When do the gay kiss happen the kids movie Lightyear? Go to askgaybros. 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. 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.
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 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. Followg severe backlash om Pixar employe over Disney CEO Bob Chapek's ntroversial ments over the “Don’t Say Gay” bill last week, seems like the Mickey Moe pany cid to rensir some past cisns that ma the creative team at Pixar creasgly trated.
In an angry public letter signed by the LGBTQIA+ employe and their alli at Pixar, was revealed by the team that every ia, arc, or scene Pixar movi that featured “overt gay affectn” was signifintly watered down, modified or jt flat-out cut om the story. 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.