Post by account_disabled on Feb 25, 2024 6:27:26 GMT -5
The magic of Walt Disney Co. films has accompanied boys and girls around the world for generations and sought to "inspire a better world through the power of stories"; However, recently and before the premiere of a long-awaited film called Lightyear (2022), intolerance has become the worst enemy of Buzz Lightyear and the advancement of diversity and inclusion.
For some time now, the company has begun to reveal Cell Phone Number List efforts on the aforementioned topics, and proof of this is the premiere of the prequel to the acclaimed Pixar film Toy Story where the protagonist is astronaut Buzz Lightyear.
However, unlike the previous films, this premiere is generating controversy by having a lesbian kiss scene. Given this, viewers, Internet users and even governments have established a position, both for and against, intolerance being Buzz Lightyear's worst enemy.
What is the scenario of the LGBTQ+ community?
Buzz Lightyear, cowboy Woody's best friend, has been one of the characters that has accompanied millennials and Gen Z, generations that have left behind their stay in the closet to open up to diversity. So great is his openness that, according to data from a survey published by Gallup, 1 in 6 adults from Generation Z is LGBTQ+, and the trend could be increasing.
Such openness is trying to eradicate serious social problems such as discrimination towards the LGBTQ+ community, which is considered the most mistreated. To have a more complete scenario in this regard, CDMX alone is one of the places where the most murders are committed against members of this community and where there are the most complaints of discrimination, mistreatment and denial of care.
As if that were not enough, 92% of LGBTQ+ adolescents have had to hide their sexual orientation and/or gender identity from their family in our country. While in the rest of the world, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people are imprisoned in many places under laws that criminalize their sexual orientation or gender identity and make a kiss a crime. In fact, according to Amnesty International , they are tortured to extract confessions of "deviance" and raped to "cure" them of it.
Promoting acceptance and facing the current situation of said community is a task that also involves private initiative, especially companies with as much power of influence as Disney, the largest American media and entertainment conglomerate in the world. Company that has recently opted to integrate homosexual characters in its films, such as LeFou, the friend of the villain Gastón in Beauty and the Beast (2017), who although it is not expressly said, his sexual orientation is intuited.
However, the explicit kiss in the film Lightyear (2022) is taking a much firmer step in terms of inclusion, in addition to this, diversity is not only shown in such a scene, in fact, the co-protagonist of the film is a African American woman. But this bet is costing Disney being banned and even having financial losses.
Intolerance, Buzz Lightyear's worst enemy
According to Reuters , Disney has not obtained permission to show the film in 14 countries in the Middle East and Asia. In addition, the producer of Lightyear (2022) told the media that the authorities in China had requested cuts of the film, something that Disney refused to do, so it was assumed that the film would not be released there either. Likewise, this led the United Arab Emirates to ban it.
According to the country, the fictitious couple's relationship violated media content standards in their country, where homosexuality is considered a criminal offense, as in many Middle Eastern countries. For their part, representatives from other countries, including Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Indonesia, Malaysia and Lebanon, did not immediately respond to requests for comment on why they would not allow the film to be shown.
For some time now, the company has begun to reveal Cell Phone Number List efforts on the aforementioned topics, and proof of this is the premiere of the prequel to the acclaimed Pixar film Toy Story where the protagonist is astronaut Buzz Lightyear.
However, unlike the previous films, this premiere is generating controversy by having a lesbian kiss scene. Given this, viewers, Internet users and even governments have established a position, both for and against, intolerance being Buzz Lightyear's worst enemy.
What is the scenario of the LGBTQ+ community?
Buzz Lightyear, cowboy Woody's best friend, has been one of the characters that has accompanied millennials and Gen Z, generations that have left behind their stay in the closet to open up to diversity. So great is his openness that, according to data from a survey published by Gallup, 1 in 6 adults from Generation Z is LGBTQ+, and the trend could be increasing.
Such openness is trying to eradicate serious social problems such as discrimination towards the LGBTQ+ community, which is considered the most mistreated. To have a more complete scenario in this regard, CDMX alone is one of the places where the most murders are committed against members of this community and where there are the most complaints of discrimination, mistreatment and denial of care.
As if that were not enough, 92% of LGBTQ+ adolescents have had to hide their sexual orientation and/or gender identity from their family in our country. While in the rest of the world, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people are imprisoned in many places under laws that criminalize their sexual orientation or gender identity and make a kiss a crime. In fact, according to Amnesty International , they are tortured to extract confessions of "deviance" and raped to "cure" them of it.
Promoting acceptance and facing the current situation of said community is a task that also involves private initiative, especially companies with as much power of influence as Disney, the largest American media and entertainment conglomerate in the world. Company that has recently opted to integrate homosexual characters in its films, such as LeFou, the friend of the villain Gastón in Beauty and the Beast (2017), who although it is not expressly said, his sexual orientation is intuited.
However, the explicit kiss in the film Lightyear (2022) is taking a much firmer step in terms of inclusion, in addition to this, diversity is not only shown in such a scene, in fact, the co-protagonist of the film is a African American woman. But this bet is costing Disney being banned and even having financial losses.
Intolerance, Buzz Lightyear's worst enemy
According to Reuters , Disney has not obtained permission to show the film in 14 countries in the Middle East and Asia. In addition, the producer of Lightyear (2022) told the media that the authorities in China had requested cuts of the film, something that Disney refused to do, so it was assumed that the film would not be released there either. Likewise, this led the United Arab Emirates to ban it.
According to the country, the fictitious couple's relationship violated media content standards in their country, where homosexuality is considered a criminal offense, as in many Middle Eastern countries. For their part, representatives from other countries, including Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Indonesia, Malaysia and Lebanon, did not immediately respond to requests for comment on why they would not allow the film to be shown.