UAE bans Disney-Pixar film over same-sex relationship characters

FILE PHOTO: Cast member Chris Evans attends the Out-of-This-World Premiere of Disney and Pixar’s Lightyear at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, California, U.S., June 8, 2022. REUTERS/Aude Guerrucci

The United Arab Emirates on Monday banned Walt Disney-Pixar's animated feature film "Lightyear" from screening in cinemas because it features characters in a same-sex relationship.

The film would not be licensed for screening in the country as it violated the nation's media content standard, the Ministry of Youth and Culture's media regulatory office wrote on Twitter.