Toy Story prequel Lightyear 'had same-sex kiss cut and then rtored by Disney' amid Don't Say Gay backlash
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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
- TOY STORY 4 BEG BOYTTED OVER SUBTLE GAY BACKGROUND CHARACTERS
SAME-SEX KISS IN TOY STORY'S LIGHTYEAR MOVIE RTORED AFTER STAFF UPROAR OVER "DON'T SAY GAY" BILL
And the live-actn Bety and the Beast, Gaston's flunky LeFou is seen dancg wh another man a scene director Bill Condon scribed as a "exclively gay moment. "Jack Whehall will play Disney's first openly gay character the upg movie Jungle Cise, based on the popular theme park ri.
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.
TOY STORY SP-OFF LIGHTYEAR ‘HAD SAME-SEX KISS CUT AND THEN RTORED BY DISNEY’ AFTER DON’T SAY GAY BACKLASH
— Profsor Snape (@egggaysby) June 21, 2019. A year later, 2017, Disney’s live-actn remake of Bety And The Beast was surround by hype after was promised would feature an “exclively gay moment” – which end up beg LeFou dancg wh another man at the end of the film. 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.
Much like the micro-send “Poprn” am dropped surreptly to 1950s movi to subnscly persua theater patrons to make a vis to the ncsn stand, seems that subtle same-sex domtic moments are beg dropped to children’s vios an effort to ndn kids to accept homosexual behavr as normal — and even warm and zy. In a high-five to Pixar and Disney, the pani rponsible for Toy Story 4, the edors at the UK’s Gay Tim reported that while the latt stallment of the adventur of Woody, Buzz Lightyear, and the rt of the Toy Story gang is “every b as magil and visually imprsive as we knew would be, one thg we didn’t expect to see was LGBTQ characters, no matter how signifint to the overall story they were. The pro-homosexual news se go on to expla that at the very start of the film, “when Woody’s new owner Bonnie go for her first day of krgarten, there’s a blk-and-you’ll-miss- scene where one child is dropped off by two moms.
The example of pro-homosexual reprentatn was so small that not even the eagle-eyed reviewers at MovieGui ught . 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.
TOY STORY 4 BEG BOYTTED OVER SUBTLE GAY BACKGROUND CHARACTERS
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’. If One Milln Moms is mad now bee of a uple of background gay characters, jt wa till they fd out where Disney may be head next.
Characters like Capta Hook and Shere Khan e affectatns that uld be read as gay. (Image cred: Walt Disney Studs)Disney’s “First Gay Moment” It would not be until 2017 that we got anythg remblg an overt reference to anythg other than a straight character a movie om Disney.