The story is about a young man named Greg, who was afraid to tell his parents that he was gay and worried that they would see pictures of him and his girlfriend when they came to help him move.
Thanks to the magic of the purple rainbow cat and the pink dog, Greg switched bodies with his dog right in the middle of his parents’ visit.
There is a strange license, as you would expect, but the story focuses on the pain that Greg and his mother experienced.
Pixar is owned by Disney and the short one, which is just under 10 minutes, debuted on Friday on the Disney + streaming service.
It was written and directed by Steven Clay Hunter, who worked on many Pixar films, including “Toy Story 4” and “Finding Dory,” as part of SparkShorts Pixar series, which is designed to find new storytellers and experiment with different techniques.
People share their reactions Twitter with the hashtag #PixarOut. Many say they cried watching it and hoped it was there when they grew up. Some people post that they think it’s not an appropriate message for children.
A study released last year by the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) found just that 18.4% of the main films released in 2018 include LGBTQ characters. There was no Disney release that year that had the LGBTQ character, according to GLAAD.
Disney has included the LGBTQ couple in some of his best-selling films – best friend Gaston LeFou is described as gay in the live-action version of “Beauty and the Beast,” and there was a brief kiss between two female rebel fighters in “Star Wars: The Rising Skywalker.”
The Pixar feature film “Onward,” released earlier this year, also includes a cyclist, a unicorn police officer, who talks about his girlfriend.
A character also came out as gay on the Disney Channel series “Andi Mack,” which ran for three seasons before ending last year.
