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Pixar’s ‘Lightyear’ Restores Same-Sex Kiss After Backlash Over Disney’s Response To Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill

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Pixar’s forthcoming Toy Story prequel Lightyear has put a same-sex kiss back following an internal backlash to Disney’s handling of Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” legislation.A source familiar with the production confirmed the change to Deadline.

Variety was the first to report the move.The embrace is between Hawthorne, a character voiced by Uzo Aduba, and another woman.

The characters’ relationship itself was never called into question during production, the source said, but a kiss between the characters was excised before being restored last week.

Pixar was one of the loudest voices criticizing Disney CEO Bob Chapek’s handling of the Florida bill, and said in a letter leaked to the press that the company had suppressed same-sex elements in Pixar projects.Florida Gov.

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