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Same-Sex Kiss Restored in Pixar’s ‘Lightyear’ Tracking Staff Uproar Over ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill (EXCLUSIVE)
On March 9, LGBTQ employees and allies at Pixar Animation Studios sent a joint remark to Walt Disney Organization leadership claiming that Disney executives had actively censored “overtly gay affection” in its feature films. The stunning allegation — made as part of a larger protest over the company’s lack of universal response to Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill — did not include which Pixar films had weathered the censorship, nor which specific creative decisions were cut or altered.
But in at least one case, the statement appears to have made a significant difference.
According to a cause close to the performance, Pixar’s next feature motion picture, “Lightyear” — starring Chris Evans as the putative real-life inspiration for the “Toy Story” character Buzz Lightyear — does movie a significant female nature, Hawthorne (voiced by Uzo Aduba), who is in a meaningful relationship with another woman. While the fact of that bond was never
One of my favorite photos from my childhood is a photo of my dad holding me next to a life size Woody on a trip to Disney Earth. Toy Story was my all-time favorite movie and, from what I can remember, the first film I would ever quote by heart. It’s one of those core memories I locked in at a very young age. Being the alike age as the film (27 years old), I grew up with its rising popularity. As I got older, Disney created merchandise, rides, even whole lands devoted to our beloved planet of toys. It was clear that other millennials were falling in adoration with these goofy, lovable, and sometimes egotistical characters just like I was.
From 1995 until now I’ve seen every iteration of Toy Story almost immediately after it was released. While I don’t quite think of Toy Story 2 or 3, I remember hysterically sobbing with my then-girlfriend during the last ten minutes of Toy Story 4, a story that quite clearly recognized that the generation who grew up with Buzz and Woody were now in the age of moving away from family, conclusion partners, and creating new family. Toy Story 4 was one of the first major Pixar films to cameo a queer couple.
The scene depicts Bonnie, the main
Pixar's 'Lightyear' was banned in 14 markets over a same-sex partnership, as Disney grapples with a history of stymieing LGBTQ visibility in its movies
Disney and Pixar's "Lightyear," which comes to theaters this weekend, has been banned in 14 Middle Eastern and Southeast Asian markets over a same-sex relationship and kiss between a female couple.
A Disney ambassador did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Insider. But a representative told the Wall Street Journal that the company "typically refuses to make cuts or changes that interfere with the integrity of a movie or that it views as inequitable."
The Hollywood Reporter reported in March that the gay kiss had been restored to "Lightyear" after being cut from the movie. Galyn Susman, a "Lightyear" producer, told The Mercury News in a recently published interview that Disney execs were "supportive" of the same-sex affair , but "there was definite pushback" to the kiss.
Rommy Fibri, the chairman of the Film Censorship Board in Indonesia — one of the countries that banned the movie — told The New York Times that "Lightyear's" same-sex relationship could violate a law that
Disney-Pixar’s latest animated escapade is about to hit our cinema screens. It’s the origin story of one of their most beloved characters – Toy Story’s Buzz Lightyear. In the lead-up to its release, online speculation soared after it was confirmed that Lightyear would include the company’s first same-sex brush . The film’s producer, Galyn Susman, stated that the female character Hawthorne, voiced by Uzo Aduba, is in a “meaningful” relationship with another woman and a kiss occurs between them.
In response, several countries – including the Joined Arab Emirates, Malaysia, Egypt and Indonesia – recently announced they would be banning Lightyear from cinemas due to its “violation of their country’s media content standard” (in short, the inclusion of LGBTQ+ themes).
Susman responded by saying that no scenes would be sever, adding: “It’s excellent we are a part of something that’s making steps forward in the social inclusion capacity, but it’s frustrating there are still places that aren’t where they should be.”
Disney’s complicated Homosexual history
While this may seem particularly steady in a Disney-Pixar animation, it isn’t the first moment online speculation has created a meaning of “q