Gay kiss restored in Pixar film after employees blow the whistle on Disney censorship

A title teaser of the upcoming Pixar movie Lightyear
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In the middle of Disney’s implosion after the company was busted donating to the sponsors of Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill and subsequently refused to condemn the atrocious anti-LGBTQ legislation, Pixar employees joined the chorus of employees condemning the company.

They alleged that Disney censors had cut any content that had a nod to LGBTQ people, including a same-sex kiss in the upcoming Toy Story prequel, Lightyear. Now executives have announced the affection will be restored to the movie before release.

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A statement from “the LGBTQIA+ Employees of Pixar & Their Allies” opened by expressing the group’s anger that Disney had donated to the GOP backers of the “Don’t Say Gay Bill,” as well as their anger over an internal memo from CEO Bob Chapek, in which he claimed to stand with the company’s LGBTQ employees but refused to speak out publicly against the bill.

“We hoped our company would show up for us,” the statement said. “But it didn’t.”

In the internal memo to employees, Chapek emphasized that Disney’s diverse content is…

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