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Why Democrats Lag Behind Disney In Retreating From Trans 'Culture War'

It's the parents, basically

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Dec 19, 2024
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A promotional image for Win or Lose, a new Pixar production for Disney+

The Pickles, a co-ed middle school softball team portrayed in the upcoming Disney+ streaming series by Pixar, will not include a transgender player, after all. A later episode of the new show Win or Lose, which is scheduled to premiere in February, was changed “several months ago” due to concern about parental blowback.

“When it comes to animated content for a younger audience, we recognize that many parents would prefer to discuss certain subjects with their children on their own terms and timeline,” a Disney spokesperson tells The Hollywood Reporter. While the character is still in the show, “a few lines of dialogue that referenced gender identity are being removed.”

Meanwhile, despite “the clear evidence that Democrats lost in no small part because of cultural issues,” the Democratic Party remains in utter denial that the blinkered demands of the transgender lobby are incredibly unpopular, Ruy Teixeira observes…

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