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Win or Lose voice actress Chanel Stewart is talk out after word hit that Disney had pulled a transgender plot line from the Pixar serial .
" Oh my God , it was softheaded . I wore it as a badge . I jade it with pride . I wore it with honor because it meant so much to me . The idea of authentically portraying a transgender teenage daughter made me really happy . I want to make this for transgender kids like me . " That was how 14 - year - quondam actressChanel Stewartfelt when she acquire that she had been pluck to sound a transgender teenager in Disney+ and Pixar Animation Studios’Win or Lose . That would change dramatically on Monday when Chanel and her mother , Keisha , were informed that the inspire series ' transgender storyline had been pulled .
" When it comes to animated subject matter for a new audience , we recognize that many parents would opt to hash out sure subject with their children on their own terms and timeline , " Disney shared in a program line toThe Hollywood Reporterwhen asked to reassert reports that the change was being made to the animated series . Though Stewart ’s character remains in the Pixar project , several lines of dialog reference sex personal identity have reportedly been edited out . " It ’s just that my fictitious character would now be a cis girl , a straight cis young lady . So yeah , that ’s all they really told me and that I was still a part of the show , " the now 18 - twelvemonth - older actress shared .
" It was upsetting because my daughter is transgendered , and this is her life history . I feel like it was very of import that we not veil that fact , " Keisha share only withDeadline Hollywood . " There may be some parents out there who are not ready to have that conversation , but this is the world that we live in , and everyone should be represent . Everyone deserves to be recognized . And it felt like it was just another setback for the LGBTQ residential area because it ’s very laborious on transgender teenagers … transgender people , period . Especially when you ’re unseasoned and you ’re attempt to figure out how to navigate this world that you exist in and be capable to grow into your own someone . "
" I was very disheartened . From the moment I got the script , I was excited to share my journey to help empower other trans youth . I knew this would be a very important conversation . Trans chronicle matter , and they deserve to be heard , ' Stewart share , adding that there is one matter that Disney definitely ca n’t take forth from here . " I ’m definitely one of the first [ transgender girl ] to do this ! It ’s a true honor to be a part of queer account . "
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