Disney Pixar's Onward Banned in Some Countries Because of Lesbian Character

With the Coronavirus scaring people away from gathering in theaters, Disney Pixar's Onward had admittedly underperformed upon release. What's weird is, some countries are banning the screening of the film because of just one character.

According to The Playlist, Onward has been banned in Middle Eastern countries like Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia; and it's also been censored for the Russian release. The reason was that one character, Lena Waithe's Specter, has a throwaway line that alludes to her sexuality. And the line in question? "It's not easy being a new parent – my girlfriend's daughter got me pulling my hair out, okay?"

via: Disney Pixar

The line was apparently enough to get the Middle Eastern countries in a tiff, and Onward didn't get a release date in those areas. As for Russian censorship, they changed the line "girlfriend" to "partner" and didn't specify which gender.

If anything, it's a silly reason to ban the film, and a lot of other people think that everyone should be open to these kinds of characterizations. If it's so hard to swallow LGBTQ messages that are more in-your-face, then at least they should be open to these lines that integrate these members of society in a normal setting.

At least that's my opinion.

Two teenage elf brothers, Ian and Barley Lightfoot go on a journey to discover if there is still a little magic left out there in order to spend one last day with their father, who died when they were too young to remember him.

Disney Pixar's Onward is now in theaters.

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