Transgender actor reacts to Disney cutting storyline from Pixar’s Win or Lose
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Chanel Stewart says she was ‘disheartened’ by the decision. Chanel Stewart, the transgender actor whose storyline has been cut from Pixar’s upcoming series Win or Lose, has said she is “disheartened” by Disney’s decision. The animated show, which is set to arrive on Disney+ on February 19, 2025, follows a co-ed middle school softball team.
“I was very disheartened,” said Stewart. “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 matter, and they deserve to be heard.”.
Stewart was initially cast in the show after responding to a Pixar casting call in 2020 that said the studio was looking for an authentic 14-year-old transgender girl to voice a transgender teenager in an upcoming animated series. “I was exactly what they wanted to a T, and that’s why it felt so right. It felt just so right,” said Stewart. “I immediately asked my mom if I could do it, because I just felt like if I don’t do this, it wouldn’t make sense. You know what I mean?”.
It has been reported that while her character is still a part of the show, any lines of dialogue that refer to her gender identity have now been removed. “It’s just that my character would now be a cis girl, a straight cis girl,” explained Stewart. “So yeah, that’s all they really told me and that I was still a part of the show.”.
