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One Million Moms is calling for a boycott of Pixar's Toy Story 4 over what the conservative culture group admits is a "subtle" nod to the LGBTQ community.
In one scene Bonnie, Woody's modern owner, is dropped off at school for her first day of kindergarten. In the background, two women are shown dropping off another girl—and then later picking her up and giving her a hug.
No other clues are given about the women's relationship.
"The scene is subtle in order to desensitize children," One Million Moms wrote in a remark on its website. "But it is obvious that the child has two mothers, and they are parenting together."
The group called the scene "dangerous" and warns that parents may be "blindsided" by the "subtle but obvious promotion of the LGBTQ lifestyle."
"It has not been mentioned much in mainstream media, which could appear as acceptance when really it was because it happened so fast," the petition adds. "But the scene was included and intentionally not announced prior to the movie release in hopes it would be kept quiet to display as many children as possible."
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 emit, 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 smooch 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 concise, the inclusion of Gay themes).
Susman responded by saying that no scenes would be cut, adding: “It’s great 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 removed a same-sex kissing scene from the upcoming Toy Story installment Lightyear, but an uproar from artists at Emeryville-based Pixar got that homosexual kiss right advocate into the animated feature film.
Bay Area movie audiences sure love their Toy Story sequels, partially because the production team of this Disney franchise is Emeryville-based Pixar Studios. And this summer's runaway blockbuster family movie strike is guaranteed to be the fresh Toy Story prequel Lightyear, the latest Disney-Pixar addition to the popular animated franchise, which opens in theaters June 17, and is also playing at the Frameline Queer Film Festival two days later for a free Family Matinee screening at the Castro Theatre (RSVP is required).
Wait, why is a Toy Story movie playing at the Frameline festival? Because in a historic first, it depicts the first-ever same-sex kiss in a Disney animated film. The story of how that kiss got into the film — and then got back into the film after Disney’s censors cut it —
I'll admit it: I am a huge Pixar fan. In reality, I often defend the studio as being the last superb bastion of cinematic creativity in Hollywood today. Pixar films regularly feature smart, character-driven humor, robust visual storytelling that has obviously been crafted in the studio as opposed to the boardroom, and a bittersweet mixture of joy and pathos that never fails to make me flimsy in the knees. Even though I generally boycott the Los Angeles movie theater experience, I giddily make an annual exception for the latest Pixar emit. Their films are so damn good that even at their worst (i.e. Cars), they still manage to outshine nearly every computer animated film ever released by the competition. Needless to say, I found myself powerless to resist the lure of seeing Toy Story 3 on its opening weekend.
Unsurprisingly, the motion picture was charming, cinematic, and emotionally stirring. A few sequences felt a little visually overwhelming, some of the more delightful characters didn't seem to receive the screen time they merited (including newcomers Mr. Pricklepants, Chuckles the Clown,