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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'
- LIST: 'STRANGE WORLD' REVIEWS ABOUT DISNEY'S FIRST OUT GAY, CHARACTER, BIRACIAL QUEER TEEN
- DISNEY'S 'STRANGE WORLD' FEATUR THEIR FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER — WHO IS BEHD THE VOICE?
- DISNEY’S “STRANGE WORLD” FEATUR GAY TEEN ROMANCE
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'
That character is Ethan Cla, and he's voiced by out gay edian and actor Jaboie Young-Whe. * gay moments in strange world *
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LIST: 'STRANGE WORLD' REVIEWS ABOUT DISNEY'S FIRST OUT GAY, CHARACTER, BIRACIAL QUEER TEEN
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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.
DISNEY'S 'STRANGE WORLD' FEATUR THEIR FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER — WHO IS BEHD THE VOICE?
The crge of the "exclively gay moment" might actually be behd as "Strange World" featur a gay teen character who is not tormented by his queerns. * gay moments in strange world *
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DISNEY’S “STRANGE WORLD” FEATUR GAY TEEN ROMANCE
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When Ethan answers, his grandfather, whom he's never met before, isn't shocked to disver the boy is gay.
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