How 'Strange World' troduc the first out gay teenager a Disney animated film

Contents:

• HERE'S HOW 'STRANGE WORLD' TRODUC THE FIRST OUT GAY TEENAGER A DISNEY ANIMATED FILM: 'IT WAS A BETIFUL THG TO BE A PART OF'
• ‘STRANGE WORLD’: DISNEY FALLY FEATUR A GAY UPLE AS PROTAGONISTS
• DISNEY DROPS NEW ‘STRANGE WORLD’ TRAILER AS BEN SHAPIRO SLAMS STUD’S SO-LLED ‘GAY AGENDA’
• DID DISNEY BURY STRANGE WORLD BEE OF GAY CHARACTER?
• 'STRANGE WORLD': DISNEY'S NEW ADVENTURE STARS FIRST OUT GAY TEEN, A 'LOV OUT LOUD' MOM AND A THREE-LEGGED DOG

HERE'S HOW 'STRANGE WORLD' TRODUC THE FIRST OUT GAY TEENAGER A DISNEY ANIMATED FILM: 'IT WAS A BETIFUL THG TO BE A PART OF'

Strange World's Ethan Cla (voiced by Jaboie Young-Whe) is among the first out gay characters a Disney animated film.

23, the movie also monstrat the Moe Hoe's renewed mment to LGBTQ reprentatn by showsg the first out gay teenager a Disney rtoon feature. That character is Ethan Cla, and he's voiced by out gay edian and actor Jaboie Young-Whe.

"For her part, Unn not that her recent remake of Cheaper by the Dozen — which premiered on Disney+ March — featured one of Disney's first live actn gay teens (played by Caylee Blosensk), but says much of that storyle was downplayed the fished film. Both the 2020 animated feature, Onward, which featured Disney's first self-intified lbian character, and 2022's Lightyear, which featured the stud's first same-sex kiss, were banned Sdi Arabia and other Gulf natns where homosexual nduct is still illegal.

‘STRANGE WORLD’: DISNEY FALLY FEATUR A GAY UPLE AS PROTAGONISTS

But the scene sparked bate due to two issu: Florida’s ntroversial “Don’t Say Gay” law, which prohibs any class discsn about sexual orientatn and genr inty to stunts younger than ne years old, and Disney’s efforts as a pany to have repealed. His father supports him and giv him advice, not focg on whether his son is gay or not, but simply as a father who is by his son’s si matters of love.

Acrdg to Deadle, progrsive polics might not have allowed Disney to simply jettison what uld be a subpar movie directly to streamg: “Had ‘Strange World’ gone straight to Disney+, would be a PR nightmare for the stud, particularly the wake of [former Disney CEO Bob] Chapek’s Florida ‘Don’t Say Gay’ quagmire. It featured a gay kiss, and Pixar ially removed the scene before addg back as Disney publicly opposed Florida Gov.

Conservative mentator Ben Shapiro took to Twter Tuday morng to tell his nearly 5 ln followers that the film is another example of Disney’s ongog missn to “target” children by featurg LGBTQ characters — jt like the stud did wh the “Toy Story” sp-off, “Lightyear, ” earlier this Disney begs phg "Strange World" for next week's release, here's the remr that their "not-at-all-secret gay agenda" to target kids is ongog. “As Disney begs phg ‘Strange World’ for next week’s release, here’s the remr that their ‘not-at-all-secret gay agenda’ to target kids is ongog, ” Shapiro wrote on Twter, sharg a Daily News story om June about the film, which will feature a gay teen romance — the first an animated feature produced by Walt Disney Animatn a sequence of the film screened by the stud at the 2022 Annecy Internatnal Animatn Film Ftival France, Ethan (voiced by Young-Whe, who’s openly gay) appears shy ont of his csh, a boy named Diazo.

DISNEY DROPS NEW ‘STRANGE WORLD’ TRAILER AS BEN SHAPIRO SLAMS STUD’S SO-LLED ‘GAY AGENDA’

The animated tale clud Disney's first biracial gay teen, Ethan Cla (voiced by Jaboie Young-Whe), wh a small scene of him gettg tongue-tied near his csh, Diazo -- and there are those who thk that led Disney to liberately bury the film. A bunch of fat boomer parents are jt mad about the gay character. If you thk gay people existg is them shovg their 'liftyle' down your throat and stggle to have simple nversatns wh your children bee of that then maybe jt skip .

DID DISNEY BURY STRANGE WORLD BEE OF GAY CHARACTER?

Chapek had been cricized for, among other thgs, a belated and mishandled rponse to the "don't say gay" legislatn Florida, where Disney is the largt employer.

'STRANGE WORLD': DISNEY'S NEW ADVENTURE STARS FIRST OUT GAY TEEN, A 'LOV OUT LOUD' MOM AND A THREE-LEGGED DOG

(Disney)First openly gay teen star for Disney animatnStrange World also marks the first time we've seen a Disney animated film star an openly gay character, Searcher Cla's son Ethan, voiced by Jaboie Young-Whe, wh a buddg romance wh a boy named Diazo (Jonathan Melo) 's certaly a long overdue step for the stud, Young-Whe was proud to take on the role.