In honor of Gay Pri Month take a look at some of our favore piec of young lerature that jt might have a secret msage for LGBT kids.
Contents:
- THE LTLE MERMAID'S ORIGAL STORY IS REALLY ABOUT GAY LOVE AND REJECTN
- GAY SUBTEXT THE LTLE MERMAID? STORI WH A SECRET MSAGE FOR QUEER YOUTH
THE LTLE MERMAID'S ORIGAL STORY IS REALLY ABOUT GAY LOVE AND REJECTN
And to ny the prence of diverse voic and fac on-screen, ni the efforts and talents of diverse voic behd the screen, cludg que a number of LGBT artists who ntributed to Disney’s repertoire such as gay and Jewish songwrer Howard Ashman, the poser behd the animated versns of The Ltle Mermaid and Bety and the Beast, and Andreas Deja, a proment character signer. The ept origs of The Ltle Mermaid are actually gay, but that don’t mean havg a Black mermaid pursug a heterosexual relatnship is an accurate reprentatn that stroys the story any said, a movie about Anrsen’s own life wh a foc on his queer yearngs — and keepg as chaotic and msy as sounds like actually was — sounds like the next bt move for Hollywood.
And then maybe a gay adaptatn of The Ltle Mermaid to go along wh . The Ltle Mermaid's Origal Story Is Really About Gay Love and Rejectn.
However, Disney's animated movie is self an adaptatn and actually has several differenc when pared to the origal story, which scholarly terpretatns have analyzed may actually be a metaphor for unrequed gay love. Let's take a look at Anrsen's fairy tale and the symbolism embedd the story, and see how uld very well reflect a gay thor feelg out of place a heterosexual world. More than jt the Ltle Mermaid, though, the mythologil perceptn of mermaids as beg shape-shiftg temptrs, whose sole purpose was to the liv of men, trappg them wh their siren lls, trickg them to succumb to their bast, rnal natur, is not so dissiar to how queer people have been st as duplico; there's a vilent aspect of homophobia which matas that the LGBT muny is tryg to "lure" straight men and women to their clutch through ceptn and as the queer muny did wh untls other symbols meant to signify their otherns an unsirable way, mermaids beme embraced ins wh the queer muny; their legendary bety and wildns were celebrated rather than stigmatized.
GAY SUBTEXT THE LTLE MERMAID? STORI WH A SECRET MSAGE FOR QUEER YOUTH
A gay man 1980s Ameri, Ashman had personal experience wh the culture wars over “fay valu” and gay rights.
The “Reagan Revolutn” lnched 1981 was aggrsively anti-gay, and while Print Ronald Reagan ignored the AIDS epimic that swept the natn (refg to appropriate any feral funds for rearch or treatment), Republins general claimed the “gay plague” was God’s punishment for homosexualy. Conceived by Ashman, Ursula is based on the famo drag queen Dive, who was associated wh the openly gay filmmaker John Waters. ”) A 1989 screeng of the film at the Universy of Southern California likewise yield qutns about femist terpretatns, but nothg about inty, genr or gay rights.