The secret - and not so secret - gay Disney characters

Contents:

• WHY SO MANY DISNEY VILLAS SOUND 'GAY'
• "THE LN KG" CHARACTER OFTEN NSIRED A GAY IN CROSSWORD CLUE
• YEP, TIMON HAS A “GAY SENSIBILY” THE “LN KG” REMAKEBILLY EICHNER EXPLAS HOW HIS VOL PERFORMANCE PAYS TRIBUTE TO NATHAN {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY BRANDON VOSSJULY 20, 2019/9:45 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:5000PX;WIDTH:3467PX;}CHRIS JACKSON/GETTY IMAGLONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 14: BILLY EICHNER TTENDS "THE LN KG" EUROPEAN PREMIERE AT LEICTER SQUARE ON JULY 14, 2019 LONDON, ENGLAND. (PHOTO BY CHRIS JACKSON/GETTY IMAG)BY BRANDON VOSSJULY 20, 2019 / 9:45 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"YEP, TIMON HAS A “GAY SENSIBILY” THE “LN KG” REMAKE","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-07-20T13:45:35.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-07-20T13:45:35.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"BRANDON VOSS","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WOOF! OR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER MEERKATS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IF YOU'VE ALREADY SEEN DISNEY'S NEW LIVE-ACTN/CGI REMAKE OF THE LN KG, YOU MAY HAVE FELT A CERTA KSHIP WH TIMON, THE WISECRACKG MEERKAT VOICED BY EMMY-NOMATED BILLY ON THE STREET STAR BILLY EICHNER. BROADWAY IN NATHAN LANE FAMOLY VOICED TIMON THE ORIGAL 1994 ANIMATED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I’M GLAD THAT [DIRECTOR] JON FAVRE KEPT THE TRADN OF TIMON BEG PLAYED BY A GAY ACTOR, WH A CERTA TYPE OF EDIC SENSIBILY, ALIVE," EICHNER RECENTLY TOLD BUZZFEED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I DIDN’T THK ABOUT HIM BEG GAY SO MUCH AS I THOUGHT, WELL, I’M GAY, AND I HAVE WHAT SOME MAY NSIR A GAY SENSIBILY, AND I’M GOG TO BRG THAT TO THE TABLE, JT THE WAY THAT NATHAN DID," THE AMERIN HORROR STORY ALUM ADD. "I’M CERTALY NOT GOG TO SHY AWAY OM . IN FACT, I LEAN TO MORE MY PERFORMANC THAN I EVEN DO MY EVERYDAY LIFE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS TRYG TO FD THE GAY CHARACTER ANIMATED MOVI," EICHNER NTUED, REFERENCG GAY-D CHARACTERS LIKE SR THE ORIGAL LN KG. "I THK THE WAY TO RRECT THAT IS TO ACTUALLY PUT GAY CHARACTERS ANIMATED MOVI. I’M ACTUALLY THE VERY EARLY DAYS OF WORKG ON A PROJECT LIKE THAT. ONE OF THE LAST ONTIERS FOR LGBT REPRENTATN IS ANIMATED FAY FILMS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A WORLD WHERE WE DON’T HAVE TO ARGUE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHETHER WHAT’S HIS NAME  BETY AND THE BEAST IS GAY OR NOT. I DON’T WANT TO BE SUBTLE OR A QUTN MARK. IT JT SHOULD BE GAY," CLARED THE PETE BUTTIGIEG SUPPORTER, WHO IS WRG AND STARRG A GAY ROM- FOR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I’M NOT SAYG THAT CHARACTER’S GAY, BUT THE NEW MOVI THAT ARE MA, THERE SHOULD JT BE EXISTG OPENLY LGBT CHARACTERS SO THAT WE DON’T HAVE TO KEEP ARGUG ABOUT BERT AND ERNIE. I DON’T RE IF BERT AND ERNIE ARE GAY. I WANT TO SEE ACTUAL GAY PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT A MYSTERY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DPE TIMON'S GAY SENSIBILY, DON'T BE TOO QUICK TO ROMANTILLY PAIR HIM WH PAL PUMBAA, THE WARTHOG VOICED BY SETH ROGEN THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I MEAN, HE’S A RTOON MEERKAT," EICHNER SAID. "I’M NOT EVEN SURE HOW OLD HE’S SUPPOSED TO BE. TIMON AND PUMBAA ARE DIFFERENT SPECI—I DON’T EVEN THK THAT’S ETHILLY RRECT, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY WOULD BE A UPLE SOME WAY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LANE MEMORABLY JOKED ABOUT EICHNER FOLLOWG HIS MEERKAT PAW-STEPS LAST YEAR ON THE LATE SHOW WH STEPHEN COLBERT: “HAKUNA FUCK’ MATATA. HOWEVER, NOW THAT GAY RIGHTS HAVE E SO FAR, THIS VERSN TIMON N FALLY MARRY PUMBAA AND LIVE OPENLY THE SERENGETI. BELIEVE ME, ONCE YOU’VE HAD WARTHOG, YOU NEVER GO BACK.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• THE SECRET - AND NOT SO SECRET - GAY DISNEY CHARACTERS
• BILLY EICHNER DENI THAT TIMON & PUMBAA ARE A GAY COUPLE
• 'THE LN KG' CHARACTER OFTEN CONSIRED A GAY IN CROSSWORD CLUE

WHY SO MANY DISNEY VILLAS SOUND 'GAY'

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Here, CBR looks at 15 characters Disney and Pixar movi who are nfirmed as gay, or are believed to be by the fan muny.

"THE LN KG" CHARACTER OFTEN NSIRED A GAY IN CROSSWORD CLUE

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YEP, TIMON HAS A “GAY SENSIBILY” THE “LN KG” REMAKEBILLY EICHNER EXPLAS HOW HIS VOL PERFORMANCE PAYS TRIBUTE TO NATHAN {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY BRANDON VOSSJULY 20, 2019/9:45 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:5000PX;WIDTH:3467PX;}CHRIS JACKSON/GETTY IMAGLONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 14: BILLY EICHNER TTENDS "THE LN KG" EUROPEAN PREMIERE AT LEICTER SQUARE ON JULY 14, 2019 LONDON, ENGLAND. 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OR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER MEERKATS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IF YOU'VE ALREADY SEEN DISNEY'S NEW LIVE-ACTN/CGI REMAKE OF THE LN KG, YOU MAY HAVE FELT A CERTA KSHIP WH TIMON, THE WISECRACKG MEERKAT VOICED BY EMMY-NOMATED BILLY ON THE STREET STAR BILLY EICHNER. BROADWAY IN NATHAN LANE FAMOLY VOICED TIMON THE ORIGAL 1994 ANIMATED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I’M GLAD THAT [DIRECTOR] JON FAVRE KEPT THE TRADN OF TIMON BEG PLAYED BY A GAY ACTOR, WH A CERTA TYPE OF EDIC SENSIBILY, ALIVE," EICHNER RECENTLY TOLD BUZZFEED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I DIDN’T THK ABOUT HIM BEG GAY SO MUCH AS I THOUGHT, WELL, I’M GAY, AND I HAVE WHAT SOME MAY NSIR A GAY SENSIBILY, AND I’M GOG TO BRG THAT TO THE TABLE, JT THE WAY THAT NATHAN DID," THE AMERIN HORROR STORY ALUM ADD. "I’M CERTALY NOT GOG TO SHY AWAY OM . IN FACT, I LEAN TO MORE MY PERFORMANC THAN I EVEN DO MY EVERYDAY LIFE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS TRYG TO FD THE GAY CHARACTER ANIMATED MOVI," EICHNER NTUED, REFERENCG GAY-D CHARACTERS LIKE SR THE ORIGAL LN KG. "I THK THE WAY TO RRECT THAT IS TO ACTUALLY PUT GAY CHARACTERS ANIMATED MOVI. I’M ACTUALLY THE VERY EARLY DAYS OF WORKG ON A PROJECT LIKE THAT. ONE OF THE LAST ONTIERS FOR LGBT REPRENTATN IS ANIMATED FAY FILMS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A WORLD WHERE WE DON’T HAVE TO ARGUE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHETHER WHAT’S HIS NAME  BETY AND THE BEAST IS GAY OR NOT. I DON’T WANT TO BE SUBTLE OR A QUTN MARK. IT JT SHOULD BE GAY," CLARED THE PETE BUTTIGIEG SUPPORTER, WHO IS WRG AND STARRG A GAY ROM- FOR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I’M NOT SAYG THAT CHARACTER’S GAY, BUT THE NEW MOVI THAT ARE MA, THERE SHOULD JT BE EXISTG OPENLY LGBT CHARACTERS SO THAT WE DON’T HAVE TO KEEP ARGUG ABOUT BERT AND ERNIE. I DON’T RE IF BERT AND ERNIE ARE GAY. I WANT TO SEE ACTUAL GAY PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT A MYSTERY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DPE TIMON'S GAY SENSIBILY, DON'T BE TOO QUICK TO ROMANTILLY PAIR HIM WH PAL PUMBAA, THE WARTHOG VOICED BY SETH ROGEN THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I MEAN, HE’S A RTOON MEERKAT," EICHNER SAID. "I’M NOT EVEN SURE HOW OLD HE’S SUPPOSED TO BE. TIMON AND PUMBAA ARE DIFFERENT SPECI—I DON’T EVEN THK THAT’S ETHILLY RRECT, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY WOULD BE A UPLE SOME WAY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LANE MEMORABLY JOKED ABOUT EICHNER FOLLOWG HIS MEERKAT PAW-STEPS LAST YEAR ON THE LATE SHOW WH STEPHEN COLBERT: “HAKUNA FUCK’ MATATA. HOWEVER, NOW THAT GAY RIGHTS HAVE E SO FAR, THIS VERSN TIMON N FALLY MARRY PUMBAA AND LIVE OPENLY THE SERENGETI. BELIEVE ME, ONCE YOU’VE HAD WARTHOG, YOU NEVER GO BACK.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

But is a nice, exclively gay moment a Disney movie. Clearg up any doubt about their relatnship, Zootopia -director Jared Bh tweeted, "They are a gay married uple.

But they don't yell at each other bee they're gay, they yell bee they're real. The hoopla over the "exclively gay moment" the live-actn versn of Bety and the Beast (2017) -- LeFou dancg wh a man while sgg Gaston's prais -- spurred several piec potg out there was another gay uple the film.

That Ken, "is picted as a closeted gay fashnista, wh a fondns for wrhg sparkly purple k wh curly-Q flourish.

THE SECRET - AND NOT SO SECRET - GAY DISNEY CHARACTERS

Pairg homophobia wh misogyny, the jok about Ken suggt that the worst thgs a boy n be are eher a girl or a homosexual. In the magaze Ltle Whe Li, Henry Bevan wr, "If Jam Woods' Has wasn't by takg over the world, he'd be the gay bt iend a romantic edy. The lead animator on Jafar was Andreas Deja, who is openly gay, and has worked on Hercul, Lilo and Stch, Gaston Bety and the Beast and Sr The Ln Kg.

BILLY EICHNER DENI THAT TIMON & PUMBAA ARE A GAY COUPLE

In Tker Bell and Evil Queens: The Walt Disney Company om the Insi Out, thor Sean Griff not that Deja "adms to nceivg of the [Jafar] character as a gay man 'to give him his theatril qualy, his elegance.

'THE LN KG' CHARACTER OFTEN CONSIRED A GAY IN CROSSWORD CLUE

In Entertament Weekly, Adam Markovz asks, "Could Merida be gay?

Her love of unprcs-like hobbi, cludg archery and rock-climbg, is sure to strike a chord wh gay viewers who felt siarly 'not like the other kids' growg up.