‘Onward’ Banned in Several Middle East Countries Due to Lesbian Reference
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variety.comSeveral Middle East markets have banned Disney/Pixar’s family adventure movie “Onward” due to the film’s reference to a lesbian relationship.
The movie centers on a pair of teenage elf brothers — voiced by Chris Pratt and Tom Holland — on a quest to resurrect their dead father, who had arranged for them to receive a magic staff with a spell that will bring him back for only 24 hours so his sons can meet him.
In the film, the brothers disguise themselves as their mother’s centaur boyfriend, Officer Bronco, and get into a conversation about parenting with a purple cyclops officer named Specter, voiced by Lena Waithe, who says, “It’s not easy being a new parent – my girlfriend’s daughter got me pulling my hair out, okay?” Kuwait, Oman, Qatar
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