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“Even if creating LGBTQIA+ content was the answer to fixing the discriminatory legislation in the world, we are being barred from creating it.”
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“We at Pixar have personally witnessed beautiful stories, full of diverse characters, come back from Disney corporate reviews shaved down to crumbs of what they once were,” the letter states. The statement from the Pixar employees is a response to a company-wide memo sent by Disney CEO Bob Chapek, in which Chapek said that the “biggest impact we can have in creating a more inclusive world is through the inspiring content we produce.”īut the Pixar employees behind the letter say they’ve felt stifled and stymied in their attempts to include more inclusive content in their films. In a statement attributed to “the LGBTQIA+ employees of Pixar, and their allies” obtained by Variety, the employees allege that corporate executives at Disney, Pixar’s parent company, have axed “nearly every moment of overtly gay affection” they’ve tried to insert into their work, “regardless of when there is protest from both the creative teams and executive leadership at Pixar.”ĭisney is currently receiving harsh backlash from the LGBTQIA+ community for its initial response to Florida’s controversial “Don’t Say Gay” bill, as well as the studio’s reported financial support for all of the bill’s sponsors and cosponsors. Pixar employees are speaking out about alleged censorship they faced when attempting to include moments of same-sex sentiment in their films.