The dispute is the latt salvo fired by staff amid a row about the entertament giant's stance on gay rights as Florida attempt to pass a law that's been rid as the 'Don't Say Gay' bill.
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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
- ‘IDTS’: ACTOR CHRIS EVANS SLAMS CRICS WHO DON’T WANT GAY KISS IN ‘TOY STORY’ SPOFF
- DISNEY RESTAT GAY KISSG SCENE BETWEEN TWO FEMALE CHARACTERS ON PIXAR'S 'TOY STORY' SPOFF
- GAY KISS-INCLUD WOKE ‘TOY STORY’ SPOFF ‘LIGHTYEAR’ STGGL AT BOX OFFICE
SAME-SEX KISS IN TOY STORY'S LIGHTYEAR MOVIE RTORED AFTER STAFF UPROAR OVER "DON'T SAY GAY" BILL
Toy Story prequel Lightyear 'had same-sex kiss cut and then rtored by Disney' amid Don't Say Gay backlash * toy story gay kiss *
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.
TOY STORY SP-OFF LIGHTYEAR ‘HAD SAME-SEX KISS CUT AND THEN RTORED BY DISNEY’ AFTER DON’T SAY GAY BACKLASH
"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. The move followed a a strongly-word letter to Walt Disney CEO Bob Chapek om Pixar's LGBTQIA+ employe and their alli sent objectg to his cisn not to ph back more forcefully agast Florida's ntroversial "Don't Say Gay" bill. Acrdg to Variety, the film has been banned the Gulf natns of Sdi Arabia, the Uned Arab Emirat and Kuwa, where homosexual nduct is still illegal.
Adam* said was dangero to e out as gay his home untry and feared beg forced to an arranged marriage wh a said he was "so lucky" to wed his soulmate, Ray, Manchter and wish everyone uld marry who they love. There are more than 60 untri wh laws that crimalise same-sex sexual acts acrdg to the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn, cludg Sdi Arabia.
'Authentilly myself'Ray said he had also stggled growg up gay the 1970s and 80s England, which was "tough" said his relig school "dmmed to you, 'you are gog to hell'" Adam returned home to Sdi Arabia, spe beg more than 3, 000 apart and later rtricted by the Covid-19 panmic, they kept touch daily and the romance years ago, Ray proposed on a vio ll and after succsfully applyg for a UK fiancé visa, Adam moved to Manchter December 2022. Adam said he had been aaid to even wear lours his home untry so the first thg he did when he moved was start to "grow my mullet, got my ears pierced and booked appotments for tattoos" relled how, ntrast, one of his gay iends Sdi had been forced to marry a woman, addg: "It has ed not only his life but the life of his wife.
‘IDTS’: ACTOR CHRIS EVANS SLAMS CRICS WHO DON’T WANT GAY KISS IN ‘TOY STORY’ SPOFF
The uple, who live London, said a "really betiful memory" was on the way home when one of their sons shouted out of the black b wdow to Trafalgar Square, "My dads jt got married" and cheered "Yay, gay marriage". 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.
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’. A kiss between the two had origally been removed – but followg recent uproar om staff claimg that Disney executiv had actively censored “overtly gay affectn” s feature films, the cisn has reportedly been reversed, acrdg to Variety.
DISNEY RESTAT GAY KISSG SCENE BETWEEN TWO FEMALE CHARACTERS ON PIXAR'S 'TOY STORY' SPOFF
“We at Pixar have personally wnsed betiful stori, full of diverse characters, e back om Disney rporate reviews shaved down to cmbs of what they once were, ” read a jot statement om ternal ntroversy follows a recent “Don’t Say Gay” le passed by the Florida Senate, which was also addrsed the spoke of Disney’s mishandlg of the bill that seeks to ban teachg of sexual inty and genr orientatn early-gra tn as well as “a manner that is not age-appropriate or velopmentally appropriate for stunts” ially remaed quiet on the bill, however, cid to take a stance once was revealed that every polician who sponsored had received donatns om the stud.
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.
GAY KISS-INCLUD WOKE ‘TOY STORY’ SPOFF ‘LIGHTYEAR’ STGGL AT BOX OFFICE
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.