Disney Pulls Transgender Story Line From New Series
Pixar, a division of Walt Disney Studios, removed a transgender story line from its animated series “Win or Lose,” which is set to start streaming in February, Disney said on Tuesday.
The series follows a middle school coed softball team in the week leading up to the championship game, and each episode is told from the perspective of a different character.
The transgender character will remain in the show, Disney said, but a few lines of dialogue focused on her gender, a plot point that appeared near the end of the eight-episode series, have been edited out. “When it comes to animated content for a younger audience,” Disney said in a statement, “we recognize that many parents would prefer to discuss certain subjects with their children on their own terms and timeline.” The decision to remove the story arc was made over the summer, Disney said.
The change was reported earlier by The Hollywood Reporter. Disney has frequently drawn the ire of conservative groups over its inclusion of L.G.B.T.Q.
