Disney Plus Pulling 'Love, Simon' Spinoff and Renaming It Has Social Media Fuming

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"[Disney+] really needs to get it together on their stance and support of the LGBTQ community," wrote one person. "Yesterday they touted Lena Waithe's [Onward] character for being their first openly gay character, but today [Love, Simon] isn't 'family friendly' for [Disney+] ?! Which is it?!"

"This so-called 'family-friendliness' is really one of the big issues I have with Disney," tweeted somebody else. "That the [Love, Simon] show will not be airing on Disney+ is a bad look for them. And their loss!"

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"Hey [Disney+], there are a hell of a lot more types of families out there than the kind that Uncle Walt found acceptable," added somebody else. "Do the right thing here."

"Disappointed the [Love, Simon] show is being shifted to Hulu (I'm not surprised though)," wrote another. "Disney Plus continuing down this road means everything is going to be one-note from them, sigh. The Simpsons has so many sexual innuendos yet that stays. Will definitely be watching [Love, Victor]."

"Not having the integrity or decency to tell a queer story under the [Dinsey] brand is unacceptable," added another. "[Disney+] would've been able to pave the way for long awaited CHANGE."

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"Due to 'adult themes,'" quoted another. "[Love, Victor] is also just not as catchy as [Love, Simon]. Still can't wait to start watching and loving this show, though!"

"Yes, let's move a new original drama series with a already established fanbase from a worldwide streaming service Disney+ which is already low on original content to U.S only Hulu. Makes sense," wrote another. "Why are you so homophobic [Disney+]?"

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"We have [Disney+] free for a year, but deeming a show 'family-unfriendly' because a character is gay is making my decision not to resubscribe easy," tweeted one subscriber. "Queer families are families."

"Learning that the [Love, Simon] series that was for [Disney+] was moved to [Hulu] because [Disney] doesn't have the balls to have a gay lead under their official brand just annoys me so much," wrote somebody else. "The platform really needs more variety in their content, and this series was a good step..."

"We watched bambis mother die and we watched the evil queen want snow whites heart ?? BUT GAY PEOPLE ISNT FAMILY FRIENDLY," asked another of the series.

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"So it's been moved to Hulu which will actually give the show more creative freedom and allow it to be more mature," wrote one. "But citing 'sexual exploration' as a reason for being inappropriate for family audiences is nothing but blatant homophobia."

"If you can watch [Love, Simon] and think it is anything other than absurdly pro-family...you're an idiot," tweeted another. "[Disney+]..the Love Simon series is part of why I subscribed. Fix this."

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"So not actually against the move," wrote somebody else. "[Hulu] gives it a lot more freedom to grow and the target audience is more in line with the wholesome end of [Freeform]. Only annoying factor is the decreased International footprint of Hulu for now."

"Hey [Disney] and [Disney+] - what EXACTLY is too adult about the [Love, Simon] spinoff series???" asked another.

"Ngl I am quite disappointed that the [Love, Simon] series isn't going to come to Disney+ I was looking forward to seeing if it was any good, Hulu isn't even availible here in the UK," added another.

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"[Love, Simon]… as in the 'i'm gay but not THAT gay' kid who has all the queer flamboyant charisma and energy of Nicolas Cage, was still too queer for Disney?" questioned another.

"Hi [Disney+] just wondering if this is true?" wrote another. "If so I think I'd like to cancel my subscriptions and get a refund please."