Disney-Pixar movie Onward banned in Middle Eastern countries due to gay character Specter. Image via Indiewire.
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Disney-Pixar film Onward banned in the Middle East due to homosexual references

Disney-Pixar's latest animated hit Onward has been banned from theaters in several Middle Eastern countries including Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia due to its containing open references to a character, the police officer Specter, having lesbian parents. Specter, played by Lena Waithe, has been welcomed as the first openly gay character in a Disney-Pixar film.

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