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- RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON’S KELLY MARIE TRAN THKS HER DISNEY PRCS IS GAY
- IS RAYA GAY? HOW RAYA & THE LAST DRAGON CONTU DISNEY'S ELSA PROBLEM
- RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON'S KELLY MARIE TRAN SAYS SHE PLAYED RAYA AS A GAY PRCS
- IS RAYA OM 'RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON' GAY? DISNEY STAR KELLY MARIE TRAN THKS THERE WERE 'ROMANTIC FEELGS'
- KELLY MARIE TRAN SAYS HER DISNEY PRCS, RAYA, IS GAY - INSI THE MAGIC
RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON’S KELLY MARIE TRAN THKS HER DISNEY PRCS IS GAY
But for the pany that started toutg s “exclively gay moments” a few years back, and whose characters have long been embraced by queer muni, Raya has felt for many like one step closer to the was eager to add that jt bee she terpreted the Namaari and Raya relatnship as somethg more than platonic, that wasn’t the official Disney le. ” Disney films have been tiptoeg around the perimeter of queer reprentatn for some time now whether be the “exclively gay” lisend of Bety and the Beast, a fleetg, sapphic background kiss The Rise of Skywalker, Thor: Ragnarok’s allegedly bisexual Valkyrie, Onward’s brief mentn of a female p’s girliend, or Elsa’s totally platonic iend Honeymaren Frozen II. “There always had to be plsible niabily, wh the exceptn maybe of Bow’s two dads, bee other shows had been cludg gay parents.
Terrace didn’t exactly get the green light that easily at Disney: “I was sat down a nference room and told that I uld not, by any means, have any kd of gay storyle among the ma characters.
The latter is a term that dit a more cynil approach to teasg gay-iendly material orr to appear progrsive or queer-iendly whout, as Sugar puts , “alienatg their heteronormative dience or riskg ternatnal prof margs.
IS RAYA GAY? HOW RAYA & THE LAST DRAGON CONTU DISNEY'S ELSA PROBLEM
Raya, voiced by Kelly Marie Tran, serv as the primary protagonist, and a few key scen are churng up a bate whether or not the character is gay. While speakg an terview (via Vany Fair), Kelly Marie Tran nfirmed her belief that Raya is gay, addg she voiced the character as if there were "some romantic feelgs gog on there.
Frozen II brought back the bate when Disney failed to addrs if Elsa is gay spe an outcry om fans regardg clarifitn.
Asi om Elsa's ambiguo sexual orientatn, Disney recently drew cricism for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker's blk-and-you'll-miss- gay kiss and playg too safe wh Valkyrie's alleged bisexualy the MCU. However, Disney are still yet to release a feature-length project wh an openly queer ma that is still yet to happen, many viewers believe that Raya Disney's new movie Raya and the Last Dragon is gay and now Kelly Marie Tran, who plays her, has revealed that she agre wh them.
RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON'S KELLY MARIE TRAN SAYS SHE PLAYED RAYA AS A GAY PRCS
Is Raya gay Raya and the Last Dragon? Vany Fair asked Tran about the nnectn between the two characters and if she thks that Raya is gay and she replied: "I’m obssed wh Namaari and I’m obssed wh Gemma Chan. Raya and the Last Dragon's Kelly Marie Tran says she played Raya as a gay prcs.
As for Marvel, Chloe Zhao's Eternals will feature the most diverse st the stud's history, cludg a Black gay superhero, as well as the first hearg impaired and the Last Dragon is currently available on Disney+ for premiere accs, as well as theaters.
In an terview, Tran hted that the film had an unrtone of a gay relatnship between the two lead characters Raya and Namaari. It n be seen as a splay of Korra, om Nickeloon’s TV seri The Legend of Korra, which also featured a gay relatnship. Creators have had to famoly fight works for the opportuni to reprent gay relatnships.
IS RAYA OM 'RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON' GAY? DISNEY STAR KELLY MARIE TRAN THKS THERE WERE 'ROMANTIC FEELGS'
In the animated world, 'Adventure Time', 'Steven Universe', and Netflix's 'She-Ra and the Prcs of Power' all beme the first to openly reprent gay relatnships after great stggl. The pany is yet to troduce an openly gay character, but has been willg to experiment wh reprentatn the background.
The first gay kiss om Disney 'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker'.
The first openly gay character for the Moe Hoe uld e om Marvel's Valkyrie.
KELLY MARIE TRAN SAYS HER DISNEY PRCS, RAYA, IS GAY - INSI THE MAGIC
In 2019, Marvel head Kev Feige nfirmed that the character's gay relatnship would be explored the upg 'Thor: Love and Thunr'.
Inter asks if 'Raya and Namaari are gay'. One er tweeted "Gettg REAL STRONG gay vib Raya lol".
That sentiment was echoed by another, who said "u nt tell me, raya and namaari didn’t have any gay tensn like phew"ADVERTISEMENT. Gettg REAL STRONG gay vib Raya lol. u nt tell me, raya and namaari didn’t have any gay tensn like phew.