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The character, played by Josh Gad, is part of a 'watershed moment' for Disney. Director Bill Condon said: 'It is an exclively gay moment a Disney movie'. Gaston is played by Le Evans.

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DISNEY BREAKS NEW GROUND WH GAY SCENE 'BETY AND THE BEAST'

Bob Chapek mentned Disney creatg "spirg" queer ntent when addrsg the pany’s supposed support of the ntroversial "Don’t Say Gay" bill. Here are all Disney’s official gay moments om movi and TV seri. * gay scene disney *

When news outlets reported that The Walt Disney Company donated money to legislators who supported Florida’s ntroversial “Don’t Say Gay” bill, Disney CEO Bob Chapek sent an ternal memo to the pany sayg Disney would still “unequivolly” support s LGBTQ employe. In 2017, director Bill Condon, who is gay himself, told Attu Magaze that his versn of Bety and the Beast, Gaston’s henchman LeFou (Josh Gad) would have a csh on Gaston (Le Evans). “It is a nice, exclively gay moment a Disney movie, ” he said.

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Two years after g out, Cys also beme the first Disney character to say the words “I’m gay” out loud, when Cys sually told another iend about his sexualy. “It was important to as we did four of the films, we wanted a gay character somewhere them.

Abrams said that of urse gay characters would be g to Star Wars. “When I talk about clivy, ’s not excludg gay characters.

Out om director Steven Clay Hunter, who wanted to make a film about his own experienc as a gay man.

DISNEY PUTS ‘GAY SCENE’ BETY AND THE BEAST

Vtage-store owner Artie do not mentn his sexualy Cella, but John McCrea, the openly gay actor who plays him, says he read the character as queer and portrayed him as such. More:Disney CEO fally speaks out on 'Don't Say Gay.

' But where's the gay Disney fairy tale? The same-sex kiss first ma headl last month, when Pixar animators spoke out agast Disney an open letter obtaed by Variety, sayg that rporate executiv had mand cuts "om nearly every moment of overtly gay affectn. But was later rtored light of Disney's "Don't Say Gay" ntroversy, when was revealed the pany had donated roughly $200, 000 to Republin policians who supported the bill, which forbids discsns of sexual orient elementary school classrooms.

"Other live-actn Disney films have relegated queer characters to the background, like a blk-and-you'll-miss- kiss between two women "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, " or the "exclively gay moment" of Josh Gad's LeFou dancg wh another man "Bety and the Beast. Updated on June 7th, 2022 by Danielle Bnti: In the wake of Florida's extremely ntroversial "Don't Say Gay" bill and the strong cricism that me om wh The Walt Disney Company for not speakg up, seems like Disney is fally unrstandg out important LGBTQ+ reprentatn is for s fans and s st members.

IT'S NOT JT FROZEN: MOST DISNEY MOVI ARE PRO-GAY

While the word "gay" never is spoken  Better Nate Than Ever, the notn that Nate is gay is hted at relentlsly. Phastos is a geni and ventor turned superhero who also happens to be openly gay. Artie Cella is an openly gay character who teracts wh the ma character throughout the new movie that foc on Cella Vil om 101 Dalmatians.

Artie is able to be his thentic self and actor John McCrea is happy wh his portrayal of Artie and believ him to be a gay character, but Disney yet aga ma the mistake of not fully lvg to Artie beg an openly gay character.

Orka and Flix Star Wars Ristance are two openly gay characters who aren't human and are actually two different speci but are openly a relatnship the seri. Jungle Cise hasn't technilly been released yet, but Disney has been clear that one of the major characters the movie, McGregor Houghton, will be gay. There's been a lot of ntroversy surroundg the announcement of Houghton beg a gay character.

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Disney Breaks New Ground Wh Gay Scene 'Bety and the Beast' .

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