Lightyears behind…Many muslim countries won’t be screening the new children’s cartoon Lightyear

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Thanks to Daniel See article from theguardian.com

Lightyear is a 2022 US children’s cartoon drama by Angus MacLane Starring Chris Evans, (voice), Keke Palmer, (voice), Dale Soules and (voice) The story of Buzz Lightyear and his adventures to infinity and beyond. There are no censorship issues with this release in the west but the film has been banned in many muslim countries.In particular the film won’t be in theaters in Bahrain, Egypt, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Indonesia and Malaysia. The issue is the presence of a gay kiss and openly LGBTQ characters in the film. The film was originally passed by the United Arab Emirates film censors, but the film’s licence was revoked after complaints on social media.Lightyear has not been officially banned in Saudi Arabia but will not be screening due to the assumption that it would be banned were it to be submitted.