Trans actress Chanel Stewart ‘disheartened’ with Disney stripping her character of trans identity

Chanel Stewart/Win or Lose (Images: @chanelstewart on Instagram/Pixar/Disney+

Chanel Stewart, a teenage trans voice actress who was set to appear as a trans character in the upcoming Disney and Pixar animated series Win or Lose, has expressed her disappointment after the studio decided her character would no longer be trans.

Stewart, in an interview with Deadline, revealed she received word from the studio this week to inform her that although she and her character would remain in the show, it had been decided the character would instead be a cisgender girl.

“I was very disheartened,” Stewart told the publication. “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 stories

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