Disney, the media conglomerate with the audacity to plan slavery into a theme park, to build a rollercoaster inspired by the racist film Song of the South, and to defend the funding of politicians behind Florida’s homophobic “Don’t Say Gay” bill, now appears to be trying to kiss it better. In Pixar’s next film, Lightyear, a queer character named Hawthorne, voiced by Uzo Aduba, was originally depicted kissing a woman, according to a source close to production. The exclusively gay moment was reportedly axed from the spinoff of the Toy Story franchise, until Disney came under intense public scrutiny for donating to “Don’t Say Gay” proponents. Variety reports the kiss was reinstated last week.
On March 9, LGBTQ employees at Pixar Animation Studios accused Disney of censoring…
