Several countries, including the United Arab Emirates, Malaysia and Indonesia, have banned the film or won’t be screening it because of the gay kiss. It’s an understatement to say that not everyone is happy about Pixar’s attempt to be more inclusive. That embarrassed the top brass enough for the scene to be put back in. Then a bunch of Pixar employees called the company out for its history of censoring “nearly every moment of overtly gay affection … regardless of when there is protest from both the creative teams and executive leadership at Pixar”.
At one stage it was taken out because of internal pushback. This scene, it should be noted, almost didn’t get included in the final cut. It’s been generating a lot of buzz because there is a brief scene in which two women in a “ meaningful” relationship kiss – making it the first same-sex kiss in a Pixar feature. The movie in question is Lightyear, a spin-off of Toy Story. Which is a lot for one 100-minute movie to do, I know, but the Pixar people are pretty crafty. Hide your kids! Hide your wife! I regret to inform you all that there is a dangerous new Disney-Pixar movie out that is intent on destroying your children’s innocence, turning your wife gay, and accelerating the already-rapid state of moral collapse in western civilization.
