“Lightyear”, the animated film based on the “Toy Story” franchise series, has been banned in UAE cinemas, the country’s media regulator announced on Monday. .
The Disney-Pixar movie about “Toy Story” character Buzz Lightyear contains a scene that includes a kiss between people of the same sex.
The film was banned for “violating the country’s media content standards,” the office said on Twitter, sharing an image of the main character Buzz Lightyear covered with a “No” symbol.
Prohibition of LGBTQ content
The UAE government agency did not declare a specific violation of its content standards, but an Arabic hashtag “‘Lightyear’ banned in the UAE”, in publications complaining that the film contains portraits of LGBTQ relations, tended to Twitter.
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PremiumThe film, which is expected to be released later this week, includes a scene of two female characters kissing.
The scene was initially removed from the film, but was later restored following complaints from Disney and Pixar employees, according to US media.
Monday’s announcement came just six months after the UAE said it would stop censoring films and use an over-21-year-old rating for content that ranks for audiences. mature.
The United Arab Emirates is considered more liberal than other countries in the region that often censor or edit scenes that they consider controversial in films.
Saudi Arabia, for example, recently banned the screening of Disney’s “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” because of its “LGBTQ references.”
