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https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/elio-pixar-america-ferrera-director-queer-2-1236301860/

The movie was going to be about a confused gay boy struggling with his identity and people in-house started to tone it down upon rewrites when it tested poorly with audiences. They figured the reason was about all the backlash Disney has been getting with woke stuff, so they made these changes before Disney had a chance to tell them to.