Woke Disney agrees not to broadcast pro-LGBT children's content in the Middle East
"Available content must comply with local regulatory requirements," Disney says.
( LifeSiteNews ) - In recent months, far-left entertainment giant Disney has been bolder than ever in using its film and television production to promote LGBT "inclusion" around the world, with one notable exception: the Middle East.
Once a unifying cultural institution, Disney has in recent years regularly infused left-wing politics into the army of entertainment properties it owns, ranging from appeasing demands for LGBT "representation" in the Marvel Cinematic Universe to firing and publicly defaming the former conservative Star Wars actress. Gina Carano at the sale of LGBT "pride" merchandise.
This summer, Disney's "social justice" bias manifested itself in a homosexual kiss in the animated spin-off of Toy Story Lightyear , and a reference to a "man" who has his period in the animated series Baymax .
In the United States, criticism of the inclusion of such content in products intended for children has been widely ignored or denigrated. But Esquire reported that Disney had decided not to publish "culturally sensitive" content such as Lightyear or Baymax on the Middle East version of its Disney+ streaming service. However, LGBT-infused content aimed at a teenage or older audience, such as Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness , will continue to be published.
"Content offerings differ across our many Disney+ markets, depending on a number of factors.
The content available must comply with local regulatory requirements," the company said.
"Disney+ Middle East's content strategy therefore appears to follow the standard set by the UAE regulator," he added. Esquire , "which approved the release of adult-oriented films such as Doctor Strange 2 and Thor : Love and Thunder despite the cultural sensitivities, by adding an age limit that limits their attendance by a younger audience, while banning films such as Lightyear because they are focused
on the children's audience to begin with.
The news follows a double standard posted by most large companies during June's "Pride Month" and reflects a persistent tension in the dominant political strategy of so-called progressives to play on the perceived grievances of various groups based on ethnic, religious or sexual identity. , to the extent that the dominant values of these groups can sometimes conflict.
In the United States, for example, leftists regularly portray homosexuals, gender-confused people, and Muslims (among others) as permanent victims of institutionalized discrimination and deep-rooted cultural bigotry (despite the fact that the LGBT community enjoys such cultural dominance that most companies report loyalty to "pride" in the first place), but Muslim-majority countries in the Middle East are known for subject homosexuals to violence and abuse largely unknown in today's America.
In contrast, in the United States, the labels "homophobia" and "transphobia" are commonly used against people who simply have religious views on sexual morality incompatible with same-sex unions or who oppose the idea that gender is a malleable social construct while treating people attracted to the same or gender-confused with compassion and respect.
Such inconsistency is not new to Disney, which maintains relations with China's authoritarian communist regime despite its treatment of its Uighur Muslim population, many of whom have been placed in camps and subjected to torture, forced abortion and sterilization.
Once a unifying cultural institution, Disney has in recent years regularly infused left-wing politics into the army of entertainment properties it owns, ranging from appeasing demands for LGBT "representation" in the Marvel Cinematic Universe to firing and publicly defaming the former conservative Star Wars actress. Gina Carano at the sale of LGBT "pride" merchandise.
This summer, Disney's "social justice" bias manifested itself in a homosexual kiss in the animated spin-off of Toy Story Lightyear , and a reference to a "man" who has his period in the animated series Baymax .
In the United States, criticism of the inclusion of such content in products intended for children has been widely ignored or denigrated. But Esquire reported that Disney had decided not to publish "culturally sensitive" content such as Lightyear or Baymax on the Middle East version of its Disney+ streaming service. However, LGBT-infused content aimed at a teenage or older audience, such as Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness , will continue to be published.
"Content offerings differ across our many Disney+ markets, depending on a number of factors.
The content available must comply with local regulatory requirements," the company said.
"Disney+ Middle East's content strategy therefore appears to follow the standard set by the UAE regulator," he added. Esquire , "which approved the release of adult-oriented films such as Doctor Strange 2 and Thor : Love and Thunder despite the cultural sensitivities, by adding an age limit that limits their attendance by a younger audience, while banning films such as Lightyear because they are focused
on the children's audience to begin with.
The news follows a double standard posted by most large companies during June's "Pride Month" and reflects a persistent tension in the dominant political strategy of so-called progressives to play on the perceived grievances of various groups based on ethnic, religious or sexual identity. , to the extent that the dominant values of these groups can sometimes conflict.
In the United States, for example, leftists regularly portray homosexuals, gender-confused people, and Muslims (among others) as permanent victims of institutionalized discrimination and deep-rooted cultural bigotry (despite the fact that the LGBT community enjoys such cultural dominance that most companies report loyalty to "pride" in the first place), but Muslim-majority countries in the Middle East are known for subject homosexuals to violence and abuse largely unknown in today's America.
In contrast, in the United States, the labels "homophobia" and "transphobia" are commonly used against people who simply have religious views on sexual morality incompatible with same-sex unions or who oppose the idea that gender is a malleable social construct while treating people attracted to the same or gender-confused with compassion and respect.
Such inconsistency is not new to Disney, which maintains relations with China's authoritarian communist regime despite its treatment of its Uighur Muslim population, many of whom have been placed in camps and subjected to torture, forced abortion and sterilization.
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