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4 weeks ago

Disney cuts transgender storyline from Pixar web series Win or Lose, leaves actor upset

Pixar Animation Studios has decided to scrap a storyline addressing a transgender character's gender identity in its original animated series Win or Lose. Disney decides to axe According to The Hollywood Reporter, the series will still feature a transgender character but the creators have removed references to their gender identity in the dialogue. A spokesperson for Disney confirmed that the …

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4 weeks ago

Disney removes transgender storyline from new Pixar series Win or Lose

The Independent

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Transgender actor reacts to Disney cutting storyline from Pixar’s Win or Lose

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4 weeks, 1 day ago

Disney Cuts Transgender Storyline From Pixar's 'Win Or Lose'

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING Disney has reportedly removed a storyline about a transgender character from the upcoming Pixar series “Win or Lose.” In a Tuesday article, The Hollywood Reporter confirmed the studio had cut the subplot from the animated sports show, which is set to debut on Disney+ on Feb. 19, 2025. A statement from a Disney spokesperson said, “When it …

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4 weeks, 2 days ago

Curated collection of queer stories celebrates love, identity

Deccan Chronicle

Following its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival, the queer film Queer, starring Daniel Craig and Drew Starkey, has been lauded for its heartfelt exploration of love, identity, and self-discovery. From Heer and Sumira’s bond that challenges the intricacies of transgender experiences to Adira’s reflection on how parental disconnection shaped her first love, this collection delves deep into the …

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4 weeks, 2 days ago

‘Win or Lose:’ Disney cuts transgender storyline from new animated series

CNN

New York CNN — Disney has cut a transgender storyline from its new animated series, “Win or Lose,” ahead of the show’s release. “When it comes to animated content for a younger audience, we recognize that many parents would prefer to discuss certain subjects with their children on their own terms and timeline,” Disney said in a statement. Asked whether …

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Disney decides against transgender arc in Pixar’s "Win or Lose" series

Salon

In 2021, there were rumblings online that Pixar was looking to cast actresses 12 to 17 who were “enthusiastic, outgoing, funny and energetic” and able to "authentically portray a 14-year-old transgender girl” named Jess for an upcoming animated project. A casting call sheet seeming to confirm this was shared by sites catered towards fans of animation like comicbook.com, which noted, …

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2 months, 4 weeks ago

Queer people deserve more than Netflix’s insipid Heartstopper

The Independent

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3 months ago

Disney under fire over raunchy show where characters joke about gay sex

Daily Mail

Disney has come under fire over a theme park show that it says is suitable for all ages even though it is littered with raunchy jokes about its characters using gay dating app Grindr and wanting to 'pound' each other. Disney has come under fire over a theme park show that it says is suitable for all ages even though …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Pixar’s Inside Out 2 was a slap in the face for LGBT+ Disney fans

The Independent

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

The Boyfriend: How TV shows are finally getting gay dating right

BBC

The Boyfriend: How TV shows are finally getting gay dating right Netflix An ultra-wholesome Japanese dating series on Netflix has hooked viewers globally. And the show is part of a wider shift, where a new wave of LGBTQ+ dating shows – like BBC Three's I Kissed a Boy and I Kissed a Girl in the UK – are showing viewers …

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6 months, 1 week ago

Screen Share | Queer films snubbed from glory

The Hindu

Now that Pride Month has wrapped up, corporate giants have shed their yassified rainbow exteriors and reverted to their standard-issue selves. So, in the spirit of authenticity, I thought it’d be fitting to recommend some truly unforgettable queer films that seemed to have been forgotten somewhere along the line, on the cusp of glory. It’s the most curious thing how …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

‘I hate the word representation’: Jaydeep Sarkar

The Hindu

Sridevi and Madhuri Dixit in the 90s defined queer. As someone recently told me, the best definition of being queer is ‘when you can be your absolute authentic self without having to fit the prescribed morals of society’. I’m always asked the question: ‘Is your next story a queer story?’ I feel it’s an unfair and unimaginative question. It can …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Pride Month 2024 | Queer artistes on the stories they want to see on-screen

The Hindu

For long, the plea from the LGBTQIA+ community to storytellers has been this: “Let us tell our stories since our lives are largely different from how cis-gender heterosexuals perceive us.” Over the years, queer narratives in Indian cinema have seen significant steps forward; yet, what is considered queer cinema remains limited, focusing only on a few queer identities, whereas the …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Inside Out 2’ is a blockbuster. It doesn’t solve the animation business’ biggest problem

LA Times

“Inside Out 2” is a bigger box office hit than even Pixar’s staunchest believers had dared to expect, turning down the anxiety dial for fans worried about the Walt Disney Co.-owned computer animation stalwart’s prospects and the state of theatrical box office in general. “There has been trouble getting new stuff established,” said Tom Sito, an animation professor at USC’s …

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6 months, 4 weeks ago

‘Queer Rhapsody,’ a new film series coming to five L.A. venues, arrives in a moment of need

LA Times

Martine McDonald, left, May Hong HaDuong and Moi Santos, the core creative team behind the new film series, at the Billy Wilder Theater in Westwood. And to be frank, people during Pride Month don’t necessarily want to be in a theater.” An image from Julia Fuhr Mann’s documentary “Life Is Not a Competition, but I’m Winning.” Along with HaDuong and …

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7 months ago

Class, The Married Woman, Haddi, Made In Heaven: The Queereality of OTT | Pride Month

Hindustan Times

Queer lives onscreen have come a long way in the Indian media, beginning from regressive sketches very early on to caricaturish portrayals and until recently, more nuanced characterisations. {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} A still from Made In Heaven 2 Representation versus nuance Giving a take on how OTT platforms approach queer stories, Manish Kalra, Chief Business Officer, ZEE5 India says, …

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7 months, 1 week ago

We’ve been telling the wrong story about queer people in Hollywood

LA Times

In the spring of 2012, as President Obama sought reelection to the White House, his right-hand man, Joe Biden, appeared with moderator David Gregory on “Meet the Press.” To the surprise of anyone familiar with the rhythms of the Sunday morning talk show — including, perhaps, Biden himself — the vice president made news, endorsing same-sex marriage when his own …

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8 months, 4 weeks ago

‘Going against the Mouse’: Disneyland performers advance unionization efforts

Live Mint

Mickey, Goofy and their friends at Disneyland are planning to join a union. The unionizing group, which calls itself “Magic United," on Tuesday notified Disney that it had the support of the majority of Disneyland’s 1,700 cast members—Disney’s term for its parks employees. “We support our cast members’ right to a confidential vote that recognizes their individual choices," said a …

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1 year ago

Netflix's toddler show 'CoComelon Lane’ under fire for LGBTQ+ themes

Hindustan Times

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1 year, 1 month ago

Breaking Boundaries: 7 Directors redefining queer narratives in cinema

Firstpost

Here is a look at the 7 directors who gave us must watch shows and films on the queer community In the realm of cinema, certain directors have played pivotal roles in shaping narratives that amplify the voices of the queer community. From heart-warming real life tales to intense dramas, here’s a list of seven directors whose works have significantly …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Rainbow Rishta director Jaydeep Sarkar: ‘I want queer actors to play straight roles’

Hindustan Times

Filmmaker and writer Jaydeep Sarkar has directed the documentary series Rainbow Rishta that released on Prime Video recently. Rainbow Rishta director Jaydeep Sarkar in an exclusive interview with Hindustan Times. Took me 30 years to come out Explaining why he decided to take up Rainbow Rishta, Jaydeep said, “Because I had not seen anything like this. We need queer writers.” …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Netflix’s Heartstopper is a sweet, queer coming-of-age drama – but are teens really this well behaved?

The Independent

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1 year, 6 months ago

'Be Her Or Be With Her': TV And Movie Characters That Led To People's Queer Awakening

Huff Post

Illustration: Chris McGonigal/HuffPost; Photos: ABC/Getty Images; Disney/Alamy; NBC/Everett Collection Many times, a queer awakening can begin with an on-screen crush. Fran Fine normalized living as your authentic self, and laughing at conformity while also inviting them to take a plate of brisket and join the fun.” ―Kennedy Garza Brown Wilson Cruz as Enrique “Rickie” Vasquez in “My So-Called Life” ABC …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Pride Month | Lesbians through the looking glass

The Hindu

At the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, Adèle Exarchopoulos and Léa Seydoux scripted history by winning the Palme d’Or alongside the director Abdellatif Kechiche for the French romantic drama Blue Is The Warmest Color. The author of the graphic novel that inspired the film, Jul Maroh, criticised the film’s portrayal of queer characters and noted, “It appears to me that this …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Pride Month | Queer cinema’s shackles in the mainstream

The Hindu

Queer cinema continues to be ‘othered’ into a sub-genre, with a sedate growth in mainstream cinema. “They thought that it was a joke because, in many Telugu films previously, queer ideas were used as jokes,” he says adding that it matters having producers like actor Nani and Prashanti Tipirneni, who prioritise content over earnings. “Whenever I pitch something, they say, …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Onir calls out Bollywood for being homophobic: Who are they to narrate our stories when they don’t support us?

Hindustan Times

Filmmaker Onir recently attended Kashish International Queer Film Festival, and he was left utterly disappointed to see that no one from the industry, who are so called “allies of the community”, came to show support. “Who are they to sit in those creative spaces and decide what stories about us need to be told, if they can’t support us when …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Pride Month | The ‘Bury Your Gays’ trope, and why it’s time for the industry to let it go

The Hindu

Villanelle from Killing Eve, Lexa from The 100, Rose from Jane the Virgin, Martha from Children’s Hour, Andrew Beckett from Philadelphia, Tara Maclay from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Denise Cloyd from Walking Dead, Oberyn Martell from The Game of Thrones, and Edward Meechum from House of Cards have two things in common— they were queer and now are dead. The …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Nearly half UK adults believe LGBTQ+ representation important in storytelling – study

The Independent

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1 year, 7 months ago

'The Ultimatum: Queer Love' Operates On A Weirdly Straight Timeline

Huff Post

“The Ultimatum: Queer Love” has become a bonafide cultural zeitgeist — partly because We the People are basically starving for queer drama, and we will take what we can get, even when what we get is overproduced and underwhelming. But the weird thing is that even when it’s cheesy, “The Ultimatum” is really making me think about how important it …

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1 year, 7 months ago

How do heterosexual celebrities become LGBTQ+ icons?

The Independent

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1 year, 8 months ago

Disneyland to dress Minnie and Mickey in Pride outfits

The Telegraph

Disney will dress Mickey and Minnie Mouse in rainbow colours at its first ever “Pride Nite” as the company escalates its war with Ron DeSantis over Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill. According to Disney, its favourite characters, including Mickey and Minnie Mouse, will wear special rainbow costumes at the June 13 event in its California theme park to celebrate LGBTQ …

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1 year, 9 months ago

'The Owl House' ending is another blow to LGBTQ people on TV

LA Times

From the very first episode of “The Owl House,” its central message has been clear: Embrace your inner weirdo. And though Disney had long been criticized as behind the curve compared with other studios and platforms when it came to LGBTQ representation — the company’s own employees pointed to this track record when calling out the company’s lackluster initial response …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Florida teen debuts trans visibility film as bans spread

Associated Press

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A Florida teenager has documented how it feels to be young and transgender for a film set to debut at a festival as transgender people around the world celebrate visibility and lawmakers across the country look to restrict their rights and care. Carys Mullins, 19, who is gender non-conforming and uses she and they pronouns, said …

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1 year, 11 months ago

To Play, Or Not To Play: How the ‘Hogwarts Legacy’ game has divided JK Rowling fans

Firstpost

JK Rowling, the author of the famed Harry Potter series, has stirred controversy over her controversial remarks on the transgender community in the past. The conversation among fans and gamers as Hogwarts Legacy approached its official release date Friday has been dominated not by talk about spell casting or Hippogriff taming, but by JK Rowling’s remarks on transgender issues. On …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Across vast Muslim world, LGBTQ people remain marginalized

Associated Press

YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia — On the outskirts of Yogyakarta, an Indonesian city that’s home to many universities, is a small boarding school with a mission that seems out of place in a nation with more Muslim citizens than any other. Earlier this year, Indonesian Vice President Ma’ruf Amin, in a speech to Muslim teachers, said LGBTQ people were engaged in “deviant …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Strictly 2022: Fleur East says Little Mermaid performance for Movie Week will show power of ‘representation’

The Independent

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2 years, 3 months ago

'Bros' movie box office: It's OK to let gay art bomb

LA Times

I didn’t want to write this piece. It’s not just straight people who failed to show up for Eichner’s rom-com “Bros” on opening weekend who might be feeling the pinch. As Variety pointed out in its autopsy of the film’s box office flop, its dreadful $4.8-million take “means many LGBTQ viewers didn’t show up to see the comedy in theaters …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Netflix is slammed by viewers after adding LGBTQ tag to Jeffrey Dahmer series

Daily Mail

Netflix has been slammed by viewers after adding an LGBTQ tag to the new Jeffrey Dahmer series, who have raged: 'this is not the representation we're looking for'. Outrage: Netflix has been slammed by viewers after adding an LGBTQ+ tag to the new Jeffrey Dahmer series, who have raged: 'this is not the representation we're looking for' Many hit out …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Queens of the Metaverse: Queer visibility is vital in all forms of entertainment – from reality TV to the metaverse

The Independent

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2 years, 6 months ago

‘There aren’t enough stories about us,’ says filmmaker Onir on his new book, I Am Onir and I Am Gay

The Hindu

In their trailblazing memoir Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir, Nigerian writer Akwaeke Emezi notes that “speaking to other people… requires channelling who or what I am into language they can understand. Very empowering!” While today’s generation has access to popular culture with increasing queer representation, Onir finds there’s only a “marginal increase”. Moreover, even if he does give someone …

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2 years, 6 months ago

Queer Screenwriters On Why Inclusive Coming-Of-Age Stories Are Needed Now More Than Ever

Huff Post

In recent years, we’ve seen new takes on the classic genre of the teen coming-of-age rom-com, flipping the script on what were once traditionally cisgender, heterosexual narratives. People can’t say gay in schools, there are all these attacks on trans youth,” said screenwriter and director Natalie Jasmine Harris, whose short film “Pure” premiered on HBO Max. Khalea Ross Robinson “I …

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2 years, 6 months ago

Queer as Folk blew my closeted teenage mind in the Nineties – and the new reboot reaches even deeper

The Independent

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2 years, 6 months ago

Pride month reading list | 7 queer-themed books that you must read

Firstpost

Back in 2016, I used to take the Delhi Metro for my daily commute to the office. As sodomy and equivalent discriminatory laws across the world get increasingly decriminalised, and, back home, ever since Section 377 was read down on 6 September 2018, it’s heartening to see the publishing industry’s newfound interest in publishing works by LGBTQIA+ writers and/or queer-themed …

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2 years, 6 months ago

How Disney star Dove Cameron became ‘the bad girl next door’

LA Times

“I’ve gone from the girl next door to the bad girl next door.” With a laugh — and an almost audible eye-roll — that’s how Dove Cameron describes the journey she’s been on with “Boyfriend,” the sly, smoky electro-pop single that’s made her one of 2022’s breakout music acts after nearly a decade of acting work in the Disney Channel …

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2 years, 6 months ago

Pixar’s Lightyear just got cancelled by the anti-cancel culture right

The Independent

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2 years, 6 months ago

Malaysia film censors say Disney refused to cut gay scenes in ‘‘Lightyear’‘

The Hindu

“Lightyear” includes a female character voiced by actress Uzo Aduba briefly kissing her female partner in one scene, which led to a ban in UAE Malaysia’s film censors on Friday said it was Disney’s decision to ax the animated film “Lightyear” from the country’s cinemas after refusing to cut scenes promoting homosexuality. Scenes and dialogues that it “found to contain …

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2 years, 6 months ago

Disney refused to cut gay scenes in ‘Lightyear,’ Malaysia’s censors say

LA Times

Malaysia’s film censors said Friday that it was Disney’s decision to ax the animated film “Lightyear” from the country’s cinemas after refusing to cut scenes promoting homosexuality. Scenes and dialogues that it “found to contain elements promoting the LGBT lifestyle which violate key aspects of the Guidelines on the Film Censorship” were ordered to “be cut and muted,” the board …

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2 years, 6 months ago

Disney’s ‘Lightyear’ banned in Muslim world for lesbian kiss

Associated Press

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Authorities across much of the Muslim world have barred Disney’s latest animated film “Lightyear” from being played at cinemas after the inclusion of a brief kiss between a lesbian couple, the company said Thursday as the movie premiered. Thirteen nations and the Palestinian territory barred the Pixar film that has actor Chris Evans voicing the …

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2 years, 7 months ago

This Pride Month, watch these multifaceted and enlightening stories that go beyond tokenism

Firstpost

The history of Pride Month can be traced to ‘The Stonewall Uprising’ in 1969 when a series of demonstrations by gay communities challenged a police raid at the Stonewall Inn in Manhattan, New York. In India, every year since 2010, the annual KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival has proudly screened gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer films from around …

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