One consultant on the episode says the company is "asking someone to play someone they're not" by changing a character voiced by trans actress Chanel Stewart to cisgender.

Now, former Pixar employees, many of whom worked in some capacity on or adjacent to Win Or Lose, are speaking out about the decision, suggesting they’re disappointed, but not surprised, to see Disney cutting the storyline.

Former Pixar employees are dismayed that the studio cut a transgender storyline from the upcoming “Win or Lose” Disney+ series. Sarah Ligatich, a transgender former Pixar assistant editor who consulted on the “Win or Lose” episode,

Disney has decided to cut a transgender narrative from the animated show. The Hollywood Reporter shared the details of the decision, along with a response from Disney. “Win or Lose” is about the Pickles, a co-ed middle school softball team.

According to PEOPLE, citing reports from The Hollywood Reporter and Variety, Disney has pulled a transgender storyline ahead of the 2025 release of Pixar's first long-form series "Win or Lose."

Disney has continued to feature LGBTQ+ content in its more adult-focused fare, notably Marvel Television’s Agatha All Along, Searchlight Pictures’ All of Us Strangers , Next Goal Wins and Fire Island , and FX’s Pose, among others.

The forthcoming Pixar series Win or Lose has nixed a previously planned storyline involving a transgender character. According to The Hollywood Reporter, which was first to break the news, the Disney+ original has scrubbed “a few lines of dialogue” from an episode that referenced a character’s gender identity.

Disney and Pixar are once again in the spotlight, and not for the reasons they’d like. Former Pixar employees have spoken out about the removal of a trans-centered episode from the upcoming Disney+ series Win or Lose,