Saudi Arabian officials Dr. Strange demands removal of LGBTQ references, but Disney refuses.
Days before his release, Dr. Strange came to the fore because of his LGBTQ references. It was on the agenda that Doctor Strange 2 was banned in Saudi Arabia due to its LGBT+ content. However, Nawaf Alsabhan, the head of the Saudi Arabian Cinema Classification team, told The Guardian that “only 12 seconds” of the film was requested to be removed, but Disney did not accept this.
Dr. Strange LGBTQ references give movie a headache in the Arabian Peninsula
Alsabhan stated that in the scene where they demanded it be removed from the movie, it would not be appropriate to broadcast because the gay character of the movie, America Chavez, “has two mothers”. Alsabhan:
“The whole point is that he mentions that he has two mothers. And it’s not easy to broadcast such a scene in the Middle East.” used expressions.
Alsabhan’s statement: “We conveyed our request to the distributor in this regard, the distributor conveyed it to Disney, and Disney stated that they would not take such an action.” continued as.
Nawaf Alsabhan also denied the claim that the film was banned in Saudi Arabia;
“We will not ban the movie because there is no reason to ban it. All we want is a simple arrangement. They have not accepted it until now, but we did not close the door, we will keep trying,” he said.
Disney previously refused to remove gay references from The Eternals, and the film was banned in the Arabian Peninsula.