United Arab Emirates: the film "Buzz Lightyear" banned because of a lesbian kiss

The Pixar studio animated film “Buzz Lightyear” was censored in the United Arab Emirates because of a lesbian kiss, Monday June 13, 2022. © Pixar/AP

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In the United Arab Emirates, authorities announced on Monday that the animated film 

has not obtained the necessary authorizations to be screened in its cinemas.

This film is the first from Pixar studios to contain a kissing scene between two people of the same sex.

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With our correspondent in Dubai,

It was in a tweet accompanied by the poster of the film which notably features the

that the news was announced.

According to the Media Regulatory Bureau, an agency under the UAE Ministry of Culture and Youth, the animated film

"

 ".

Even if the targeted scene(s) have not been mentioned, this feature film will therefore not be shown in United Arab Emirates screening rooms from Thursday, June 16, as was supposed to be the case.

An online campaign against the film

Last weekend, a campaign calling for a ban on the screening of the film in the Emirates had sprung up on social media.

Internet users then denounced a kissing scene between two women.

They considered this scene contrary to their culture and their religion.

At the end of 2021, the authorities of the United Arab Emirates announced that they would

.

A new category “

” had thus been created.

►Also read: A documentary about a censored homosexual couple in Kenya

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