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Disney's new stance agast Florida's Don't Say Gay bill reigned Right's war on Disney, even thought the pany has a nservative past.

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‘SHAMELS’: ARE IAN AND MICKEY GAY REAL LIFE? A LOOK AT THEIR OFF-SCREEN RELATNSHIPS

Cameron Monaghan's gay character Ian Gallagher ma fans wonr if he and his on-screen partner Noel Fisher are gay real life — fd out. * micky gay *

Fans have wonred: Is Cameron Monaghan gay?

Ian Gallagher actor Cameron Monaghan has never dated his on-screen love tert Noel Fisher and is not gay real life. This uproar is largely rponse to Disney CEO Bob Chapek’s announcement, followg backlash om LGBTQ activists, that the pany would no longer support new Florida legislatn that crics have labeled the “Don’t Say Gay” bill.

“OLD YELLER” STAR TOMMY KIRK PASS. DISNEY FIRED HIM WHEN HE WAS OUTED AS GAY.

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Nohels, opposn to what has been viewed as Disney’s poal of LGBTQ issu, or phg a “gay agenda, ” dat back to the 1990s, when right-wg Christian groups lled for boytts of the pany over Gay Days, an unofficial Disney theme parks event for queer people and their fai. (The outrage was even more ironic nsirg that Disney has never officially sanctned Gay Days, or even formally acknowledged their existence.

‘SHAMELS': MICKEY COM OUT, CSHG GAY STEREOTYP, ALONG WH RIBS

Mickey Milkovich, the temperamental gay thug played brilliantly by Noel Fisher, me out of the closet foul-mouthed, vlent fashn on Sunday's “Shamels,” shatterg stereotyp along wh shot glass a btal bar room fight. “I jt want everybody here to know I'm f–kg gay,” Mickey announc to a waterg hole filled wh fay members after his son's christeng. Instead of a receivg a welg embrace, Mickey is pummeled by his father, spirg a bloody brawl that nearly lands him jail. It's the kd of four-letter fun — “no huggg, no learng” — that “Shamels offers up at s bt. * micky gay *

While the pany has flirted wh troducg openly gay characters mastream stud films, the screen time of such characters has been signifintly rced followg immense backlash. Ined, was only after the uproar over the Don’t Say Gay bill that a prevly-cut same-sex kiss the upg release Lightyear was put back to the film. In light of the Don’t Say Gay bill, the pump was primed for the far right to tra nspiracy theori about Disney.

In light of the Don’t Say Gay bill, the pump was primed for the far right to tra nspiracy theori about Disney — even though, as recently as jt a few weeks ago, Chapek had said a leaked ternal memo that he did not plan to publicly oppose or support the bill to beg wh. Followg public outrage and walkouts om LGBTQ employe, Chapek reversed his stance and announced the pany’s “goal” would be to move for the repeal of the Don’t Say Gay bill, unleashg a barrage of outrage agast the pany. A tongue--cheek ment by Disney Televisn Animatn executive producer Latoya Ravene, who said the meetg the pany has been welg to her “not-at-all secret gay agenda, ” also prompted revulsn parents primed to view Disney as a vehicle for left-wg doctratn.

‘SHAMELS': MICKEY COM OUT, CSHG GAY STEREOTYP, ALONG WH RIBS

Mickey Milkovich, the temperamental gay thug played brilliantly by Noel Fisher, me out of the closet foul-mouthed, vlent fashn on Sunday's “Shamels,” shatterg stereotyp along wh shot glass a btal bar room fight. “I jt want everybody here to know I'm f–kg gay,” Mickey announc to a waterg hole filled wh fay members after his son's christeng. Instead of a receivg a welg embrace, Mickey is pummeled by his father, spirg a bloody brawl that nearly lands him jail. It's the kd of four-letter fun — “no huggg, no learng” — that “Shamels offers up at s bt. * micky gay *

Durg Pri Month, every gay bar and club WeHo, as ’s lloquially known, is filled to the brim wh partygoers dancg to blastg mic as go-go dancers strip for tips. Among the livelit venu is Micky’s, a two-story nightclub hostg drag shows and DJs, and this year’s Pri felt much the same there as prepanmic years — except for a new event last Tuday eveng featurg a h form of queer exprsn: a gay open-mic night.

GAYHISTORY: MICKEY MOE, HOMOPHOBE

Every star has two fac—the one he shows to the public and the one he shows to his iends and fay. Micky Dolenz is no exceptn. Outwardly he is gay, extrovert, clowng around, playg the fool, lghg at and wh the world. * micky gay *

Gay bars and clubs are among the few tablishments that offer queer people the chance to socialize whout fear of excln or worse. “As gay people, there’s a wealth of emotn, ” Lovell said. After workg across most of the gay bars the neighborhood, he said Micky’s sets self apart by drawg the most diverse and clive crowd; ’s where “The Mic” belongs.

Tommy Kirk – the legendary child actor who starred as Travis Coat Old Yeller and whose work for Disney me to an end when he was outed as gay – has passed away at the age of 79. Throughout this time, Kirk would later say that he knew he was gay and “sperately unhappy.

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‘Shamels': Mickey Com Out, Cshg Gay Stereotyp, Along Wh Ribs .

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