Their kiss was briefly featured in the background of a busy scene. Their characters are barely background, and it wasn't even clear they were a couple until they kissed in the film's final moments. D'Acy and Tyce were very minor characters and totally new additions to the franchise. On the other end of the spectrum, The Rise of Skywalker's gay kiss also came under criticism for not going far enough. As more Hollywood films have begun to feature more well-rounded LGBTQ representation, such Rocketmanand Booksmart, it will become increasingly harder for locations such as Dubai and Singapore to show American films in their entirety, or even at all. Thanks to these existing laws on LGBTQ acts, Dubai and Singapore commonly censor anything related to LGBTQ relationships in films, so it's no surprise Disney cut the kiss. Dubai cut the kiss too, as all homosexual relationships are against the law in United Arab Emirates. Female homosexual acts are legal, but the The Rise of Skywalker's gay kiss was removed anyway, so that the film could maintain its PG-13 rating. In Singapore, male homosexual acts are technically illegal. Disney actually removed the kiss from The Rise of Skywalker in nations with strict laws surrounding homosexual relationships.
