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topic is best left for parents to discuss with children themselves.
Pixars original animated series Win or Lose is scheduled to air its first
episode on February 19. The series follows a co-ed middle school softball
team preparing for their big championship game. Each of the eight episodes
follows one character and shows their point of view.
A rep from Disney confirmed with The Hollywood Reporter that the storyline
about a transgender-identified individual from one of the later episodes has
been removed. 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, the rep said.
The outlet noted that the character will still be in the show, but the lines
about gender identity have been taken out. The Disney rep declined to share
any more details about the decision or what exactly was changed.
The topic of LGBT themes in childrens content is nothing new for the
company. In June of 2022, Disney released the Toy Story spinoff Lightyear
and got a ton of negative press for the same-sex kiss included in the
animated childrens feature.
The film Onward (2020) also included an openly gay character. That movie,
which opened just prior to the COVID pandemic, only brought in $76 million at
the global box office, with some more conservative countries refusing to show
the movie at all.
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Currently, the issue of transgenderism, especially as it relates to children,
is an important topic of conversation. The Supreme Court recently heard oral
arguments in a case dealing with Tennessees law banning irreversible gender
transition procedures for children.
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (R) signed Senate Bill 1 into law in March 2023. The
bill bans doctors or health care providers from performing so-called
gender-affirming surgeries or hormonal procedures on minors, including
surgery, puberty blockers, and hormones.
The bill came about following a September 2022 investigation into Vanderbilt
University Medical Center (VUMC) by Daily Wire host Matt Walsh. He brought
attention to the issue by exposing VUMCs gender transition procedures for
children, including the fact that they called these procedures a big money
maker.
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