The children's film "Lightyear" is banned in Arab countries - because of a kiss

Created: 06/14/2022, 02:49 p.m

By: Janine Napirca

Pixar's Toy Story spinoff Lightyear won't air in some countries because it features two women kissing.

Children and families in

,

,

and

will probably never know why a Buzz Lightyear action figure is being created in the first place.

Pixar's

since 2006

, is being pulled off the air

because of a same-sex kiss, according to

Disney previously self-censored the woman kiss in the Pixar film Lightyear

As per the report, Disney previously edited the kiss between two homosexual characters from the Pixar film itself.

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"Overtly gay affection" should be censored, according to the report.

Only because of an open letter from the Pixar animators did Disney put the kissing scene back into Lightyear.

United Arab Emirates tolerated lesbian kissing in Toy Story spinoff Lightyear - until social media complained about "insulting Islam".

Variety

believes that "Lightyear" was never submitted to the Saudi censorship board in the first place, knowing it wouldn't pass anyway.

In the United Arab Emirates, the "Toy Story" prequel "Lightyear" was first approved and now banned.

According to the report, protests had been heard on social media that the

.

Children in some Arab countries may not be able to enjoy the Disney Pixar film Lightyear.

© picture alliance/dpa/Disney/Pixar

In the

, films that deal with or contain

are generally cut to comply with censorship regulations.

The Southeast Asian country of Malaysia, which is becoming less and less aligned with Western values, has rejected all films containing "homosexual and unnatural sex," according to the report.

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It's not the first time films have been banned from showing in Saudi Arabia.

also

contains a homosexual character,

a transsexual.

was also not allowed to be shown because Disney reportedly refused to cut a same-sex kiss from the film.

Malaysia recently reportedly faced similar problems over gay scenes in

and the Elton John biopic

.