#pixar
#Pixar’s ‘Lightyear’ banned over same sex #kiss in #SaudiArabia, #UAE
source: https://aljazeera.co.in/politics/pixars-lightyear-banned-over-same-sex-kiss-in-saudi-arabia-uae/
This movie has now become the latest in a growing list of major #Disney features including ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’ and ‘Eternals’, that have been faced issues in Gulf countries due to scenes involving #LGBTQ references or issues, which often fall foul of censors for theatrical releases due to #homosexuality being officially illegal across the region, as per The #Hollywood Reporter.
The kiss scene: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/p2psoNuStZI
#censorship #movie #entertainment #law #politics #HumanRights #equality #news #Lightyear
I was at work, looked over at a co-worker's monitor, it showed a browser opened to the Apple homepage featuring a large B&W photograph of Steve Jobs.
I knew instantly.
Bit of an asshole. Don't care for much of what he made. But he did do much, and with somewhat less harm than others in the field.
Today's homepage also memorialises him, I've just noticed.