Deceptive Disney Nose Dives Deeper

Disney loves to wear its rainbow flag on its sleeve—until the culture-war winds start howling. In December 2024, The Hollywood Reporter revealed that Pixar quietly excised every line of dialogue identifying Kai as transgender from its upcoming Disney+ series Win or Lose—even though the character remains voiced by a trans actress, Chanel Stewart. The studio’s excuse?

“Many parents would prefer to discuss certain subjects with their children on their own terms and timeline.” Translation: we’ll virtue-signal inclusion in press releases…just don’t make us actually show it on screen when real viewers might notice.

Trans actress Chanel Stewart, who had been bursting with pride to play a teenage trailblazer, blasted the decision as “upsetting” and “disheartening,” pointing out that “trans stories matter…and deserve to be heard.” Yet Disney hedged: drop the woke subplot, keep the character in silhouette, and hope nobody files a petition. The result is a half-hearted nod to diversity—a cis-friendly cameo masquerading as progress.

This Woke™ Two-Step—announce bold inclusion, then stealth-edit it away—has become Disney’s signature dance. Win or Lose will premiere in February 2025 with a character who “hovers when happy” but only half-hovers when it comes to actual representation.

In the end, Disney preaches diversity…so long as it never actually upsets anyone’s comfort zone. The magic of making millions depends on keeping parents calm, even if it means erasing the very stories Disney claims to champion.