Pixar’s animated film ‘Lightyear’ banned in 14 countries over same-gender relationship characters
At least 14 countries, including China, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Egypt, Indonesia, Malaysia and Lebanon, have banned Disney Pixar’s soon-to-be-released animated film ‘Lightyear’ because it features characters in a same-gender relationship.
Chinese officials also expressed anger over the scenes and story of the animated adventure action film ‘Lightyear’ which will be released worldwide on June 16 and ordered to remove inappropriate scenes from the film team, to which the film team denied.
Chinese officials have not explicitly banned ‘Lightyear’, but have stated that it will not be allowed to be displayed in public due to the presence of homosexual scenes, which are against government policy.
Apart from China, the UAE government has also explicitly banned the screening of the film, declaring the scenes to be against government policy.
UAE officials did not explicitly oppose homosexuality in the film, but said it was against government policy and social values.
Other Middle Eastern countries, such as the Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Egypt, Indonesia and Malaysia, have also banned Lightyear screenings, although they have not explicitly announced a ban on the film.
Homosexuality is considered taboo in many countries, including China, and such trends are discouraged in dramas and movies.
In addition, like other Islamic countries, homosexuality is considered a sin in the Middle East and such tendencies are discouraged by declaring them against social values.
Even before ‘Lightyear’, several films have been banned in many conservative countries and Islamic countries, including China, for showing same-gender couples and other nude scenes.
Lightyear is a prequel to Disney Pixar’s most successful animated film, Toy Story, and features two women as a lesbian couple.
The film depicts scenes of kissing between the two women, which has led to bans in many countries.
