Contents:
- DISNEY EXEC VOWS MORE GAY CHARACTERS AMID HUGE CLIVY PH
- 17 GAY AND LGBTQ DISNEY CHARACTERS – OM D TO NON TO TASTROPHE
- DISNEY'S 8 'FIRST OPENLY GAY' CHARACTERS, RANKED (BY HOW EMBARRASSED DISNEY SHOULD FEEL)
DISNEY EXEC VOWS MORE GAY CHARACTERS AMID HUGE CLIVY PH
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. 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. Certa groups are upset at the ia of a children's movie reprentg the LGBTQ+ muny while progrsiv are upset at Jack Whehall's stg, believg a gay actor should be st, and the ia that might be a stereotypil, harmful reprentatn.
17 GAY AND LGBTQ DISNEY CHARACTERS – OM D TO NON TO TASTROPHE
Viewers may not remember the gay prce om The Prcs Diari 2, and maybe that's bee the movie don't actually show him person. In early 2017, Disney XD progrsed even more wh portrayals of gay love wh the rtoon Star Vs. Before the live-actn versn of Bety and the Beast me out 2017, director Bill Condon announced an terview that one character would have a gay sp.
LeFou, Gaston's right-hand man, would be gay, the director said, g excement and anticipatn om the LGBTQ+ muny.
Cys Goodman om Andi Mack was Disney's first character to ever utter the words, "I'm gay, " 2019.
DISNEY'S 8 'FIRST OPENLY GAY' CHARACTERS, RANKED (BY HOW EMBARRASSED DISNEY SHOULD FEEL)
The show's creator and executive producer Terri Msky said that Cys and his story were largely spired by Terri's dghter's iends, who knew that they were gay middle school.
Pixar jt released a new short, aptly tled Out, that foc on a young man named Greg who has a secret: he's gay, and he has a boyiend named Manuel. Burke said she supports featurg “many, many” characters who are LGBTQIA, which stands for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer (or qutng), tersex, and asexual (or alli). Disney has reportedly restated a gay kiss s upg “Toy Story” spoff, “Lightyear.
We have many, many, many LGBTQIA characters our stori and yet we don’t have enough leads and narrativ which gay characters jt get to be characters and not have to be about gay stori. Disney’s diversy plan amid the ntroversy over Florida’s new “Don’t Say Gay” law.