A disturbing transgender bathroom scene edited out by Disney Pixar from its new children’s softball cartoon has been leaked online.
The early view of the clip from Win or Lose shows a female high school student, played by trans actress Chanel Stewart, standing outside a public restroom on a softball field as she looks at the male and female symbols above the doors.
She is seen confused and angry about which bathroom to use before a second character directs her to the women’s bathroom.
Once inside, she looks in the mirror and her face begins to distort and distort in the style of a surreal painting, before the character’s reflection turns into a giant blue man.
She is seen angry and calls her father, who comforts her and says she will always be welcome on the team.
The terrifying scene was shared online by furious transgender activists after Disney Pixar confirmed it had been cut from the show amid fears it was unsuitable for children.
“When it comes to animated content for younger audiences, we recognize that many parents prefer to discuss certain topics with their children on their own terms and timeline,” Disney said in a statement. The Hollywood Reporter.
It is believed that the revamped show will make no mention of the character’s gender identity and she will be presented as a biological female.
Stewart told Term she was “very discouraged” by Disney’s decision to sidestep the transgender issue.
“From the moment I received the script, I was excited to share my journey to help empower other trans youth. “I knew this was going to be a very important conversation,” she said. “Trans stories are important and deserve to be heard.”
The scene with the ax sees the character struggling as they decide which bathroom to go to
Disney has created a storyline exploring the fears of a transgender character in their new series Win or Lose, which follows a co-ed high school softball team
Win or Lose follows a co-ed team of high school students, the Pickles, as they prepare for their championship match and each episode focuses on one character’s life outside the game.
Stewart, 18, said her mother received a call Monday informing her that Pixar had lost her storyline.
“It was upsetting because my daughter is transgender and this is her life. I thought it was really important that we not hide that fact,” Stewart’s mother Keisha told Deadline.
“There may be parents who aren’t ready for that conversation, but this is the world we live in and everyone should be represented.
‘Everyone deserves to be recognised.
“And it felt like it was just another setback for the LGBTQ community, because it’s really hard for transgender teens… transgender people, period.”
Disney told Stewart that even if the storyline was cut, she is “still a big part of the show.”
When the character talks to her parent on the phone, her face becomes surreally distorted
The character sees the male sign in the mirror after entering the women’s bathroom
Chanel Stewart, the trans actress who plays the transgender character, said she was ‘very discouraged’ by Disney’s decision to make her character cisgender
Wil or Lose premieres on Disney+ on February 29.
The latest news about Disney’s editing of LGBTQ content comes after the company came under fire after people who worked on the Disney Channel animated series Moon Girl And Devil Dinosaur claimed on social media that an episode prominently featuring a transgender character was dropped by the studio.
However, Disney denied that the episode was “banned” and said the decision not to release it was not related to the transgender character.
Notably, the studio offered claimed that the decision was made more than a year earlier, mirroring the Win Or Lose source’s claim that the dialogue about the transgender character had been edited months earlier.
The Disney+ series was originally scheduled to release in December 2023, but was delayed a year to December 2024.
The series then swapped its release date with another Pixar series, Dream Productions, for a February 19 release date, although it is unknown if the edited episode played a role in these delays.
The animated series was created, written and directed by Carrie Hobson and Michael Yates, who also serve as executive producers, along with David Lally, Pixar Chief Creative Officer Pete Docter, Andrew Stanton and Lindsey Collins.
Trump made opposition to transgender surgeries for children and trans women’s participation in women’s sports a successful part of his campaign message.
The Walt Disney Company faced a damaging clash with Florida’s Republican Governor Ron DeSantis in 2022 over his so-called “Don’t Say Gay” bill, which banned the teaching of transgender issues in classrooms.
Disney was pressured to oppose the measure, which ultimately led to DeSantis revoking the company’s self-governing status at the hugely profitable Walt Disney World theme park in Orlando.
The two sides later made peace and reached an agreement.
Disney sparked even more outrage in 2022 after general entertainment president Karey Burke announced plans to put as many LGBTQIA characters into shows as possible.
Burke choked up during a Zoom call as she described herself as the mother of “a transgender child and a pansexual child.”