Gay scene in lightyear
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 kiss. 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 United 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 cut, 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 LGBTQ+ history
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Disney restores same-sex kiss scene in 'Lightyear' amid backlash
Disney has restored a same-sex kiss scene in 'Toy Story' prequel 'Lightyear'. The moment was earlier cut from the moment earlier.
In March, several reports stated that LGBT and ally employees at Pixar had sent a letter to Disney voicing their protest around the company's decision to censor ‘overtly gay affection’ in its films including a same-sex kiss in the upcoming animated film 'Lightyear'.
The film tells the story of the real-life Buzz Lightyear (voiced by Chris Evans) that inspired the TV shows and toys introduced in Toy Story.
One scene in the upcoming film sees Buzz’s commander Alicia Hawthorne – voiced by Uzo Aduba – share a kiss with her partner, another woman.
The scene was initially censored but later restored following a backlash from employees stemming from Florida's controversial Don't Say Gay bill.
In the past, Disney has featured extremely mild LGBT+ representation in their animation films- mostly in blink-and-you’ll-miss-it background
Parental Warning: ‘Lightyear’ Includes Same-Sex Kiss, Relationship
Lightyear went to infinity — and then way beyond the limits of a family-friendly film.
Disney and Pixar have received substantial attention over the past months after employees alleged that corporate executives cut “nearly every moment of overtly gay affection” in recent films, “regardless of when there is protest from both the creative teams and executive leadership at Pixar.”
More noun ensued when Disney CEO Bob Chapek did not immediately respond to Gov. Ron DeSantis’ controversial “Parental Rights in Education” bill, or, as many called it, the “Don’t Say Gay” bill.
Once Chapek responded, he admitted that he was against the bill and said he knew that “many are upset that we didn’t speak out against the bill.”
Disney then vowed to enlarge the number of “LGBTQ” characters in future productions, and it seems Lightyear is just the beginning.
Lightyear is a spin-off of the Toy Story series, providing space ranger Buzz Lightyear’s origin story. After exploring a hostile planet,
Fuel bills are through the roof and times are hard. Are you going to spend roughly £30 taking your kids to watch Lightyear at the cinema, or wait until it lands on Disney+ sometime in August? Of course, you may contain already cancelled your Disney+ subscription after recent controversies surrounding their progressive agenda. If that’s you, Lightyear is not going to change your mind.
This is the movie that famously contains Disney’s first same-sex kiss. But gay relationships is not what the movie is really about. Lightyear is not about how our masculine, muscle-bound hero Buzz Lightyear needs to be more liberal and learn to accept people as they are. When his best friend, Alisha Hawthorne, kisses her wife, it is brief and Buzz doesn’t bat an eyelid. The story quickly moves on.
Imitating culture
Yet conservative Christian commentators have been very angry about the inclusion of any same-sex attraction in a children’s film, no matter how short or incidental to the storyline. In response, liberal commentators have made fun of their consternation, unable or unwilling to see