Bob Chapek mentned Disney creatg "spirg" queer ntent when addrsg the pany’s supposed support of the ntroversial "Don’t Say Gay" bill. Here are all Disney’s official gay moments om movi and TV seri.
Contents:
- DISNEY ANNOUNC 'PRC,' FIRST FILM WH OPENLY GAY CHARACTERS.
- KELLY MARIE TRAN SAYS HER DISNEY PRCS, RAYA, IS GAY - INSI THE MAGIC
- DISNEY PRCS PROMOT "GAY RIGHTS" AT DISNEYLAND, GUTS DELIGHTED - INSI THE MAGIC
- ARE WE READY FOR A GAY DISNEY PRCS? WE MAY BE CLOSER THAN YOU THK.
- 17 GAY AND LGBTQ DISNEY CHARACTERS – OM D TO NON TO TASTROPHE
- BRS ARE BACKG A GAY DISNEY PRCS SO HERE'S WHY IT'S GOTTA HAPPEN ASAP
- FROZEN 3 IS DISNEY'S PERFECT CHANCE TO INTRODUCE A GAY PRCS
- DISNEY INTRODUC ITS FIRST 'BOY PRCS' ON SHOW THAT ALSO FEATURED FIRST GAY KISS
- WHY DISNEY NEEDS A GAY PRCS
- DISNEY'S ACTUAL 'FIRST GAY CHARACTER' HAS BEEN FOTTEN ABOUT
DISNEY ANNOUNC 'PRC,' FIRST FILM WH OPENLY GAY CHARACTERS.
Is Disney producg a full-length animated film featurg two gay prc? * gay princess disney *
On the other hand, though queer muni have highly embraced other Disney characters spe beg nfirmed to be part of the LGBTQ muny, Raya has felt like the clost step to reprentg a gay character wh a Disney movie. Addnally, Tran did want to note that even though she terpreted this Raya and Namaari enunter and their relatnship as gay, do not mean that was Disney’s tentn when the pany wrote the le. While the origal versn of Mulan (1998) sparked bate around reprentatn, as Che dienc largely rejected the movie, ially thought to be a great Asian-Amerin role mol, and sexualy, wh General Li Shang fallg love wh Mulan even before revealg her te inty, seeg the beloved prcs promote “Gay rights” at the Park shows that Disneyland tly wel “all who e to this happy place.
KELLY MARIE TRAN SAYS HER DISNEY PRCS, RAYA, IS GAY - INSI THE MAGIC
Is this is the first Disney film to reprent a gay Disney Prcs? Well, voice actrs behd Raya, Kelly Marie Tran, says y. * gay princess disney *
The answer, available to sharp-eyed movie fans, the closg creds: Bucky and Pronk share a last name, gay and lbian characters are standard players movi and TV shows for adults, they rema a fleetg or barely acknowledged prence children’s week, a mpaign to change this ught fire on Twter, unr the hashtag #GiveElsaAGirliend — a plea to Disney to make one half of s beloved prcs duo a lbian the forthg sequel to s 2013 animated blockbter “Frozen. But advot note that almost every gdy prcs film or actn-packed superhero rtoon, there are relatnships — moms and dads, nts and uncl, prc and prcs — that, th far, have quietly rerced a very tradnal standard for romantic of "Frozen 2, " many fans are hopg creators give Elsa a girliend, makg her the first gay Disney prcs.
DISNEY PRCS PROMOT "GAY RIGHTS" AT DISNEYLAND, GUTS DELIGHTED - INSI THE MAGIC
Well, is the world ready for a gay Disney prcs or prce? In short: no. As I outled my prev article on Disney marketg, the Walt Disney Compa... * gay princess disney *
Some Disney fans argued on Twter that would have been a huge help for them to see gay characters movi when they were young — that they might have bee more sensive and acceptg towards gay peers, or better able to grapple wh their own sexualy. “There is no doubt that kids seeg posively portrayed gay characters uld have a signifint effect that would ntribute to such children’s learng about the world and who is , ” said Edward Schiappa, a profsor of parative media studi at the Massachetts Instute of dog so is a risk for children’s entertament pani, who have a fancial centive to make movi as wily accsible — and therefore as non-ntroversial — as possible.
ARE WE READY FOR A GAY DISNEY PRCS? WE MAY BE CLOSER THAN YOU THK.
Frozen 2 may not have given Elsa a love tert but the foundatn has been laid for a third movie to troduce her as a gay Disney prcs. * gay princess disney *
”When asked if Disney might clu an explicly gay character a kids’ film, the pany rpond that s brand “has always been clive, wh stori that reflect acceptance and tolerance and celebrate the differenc that make our characters uniquely wonrful their own way.... In an episo of Disney Channel's "Good Luck Charlie, " one of Charlie's iends had two only explicly gay character a kids' movie me "ParaNorman, " an animated film om Laika, an pennt productn pany.
” Butler drew cricism om some nservative viewers that he had sentially tricked the dience to likg Mch before revealg he was says his tentn was to have every character the film subvert stereotyp: The bully turns out to be weak, the mean cheerlear be lovg, the jock is revealed as proudly gay. ”Pop culture geeks have long swapped theori about rtoonish characters who maybe-sort of gave off a gay vibe, cludg cross-drsg Bugs Bunny, high-pched-voiced SpongeBob SquarePants and bt iends/roommat Ernie and Bert.
17 GAY AND LGBTQ DISNEY CHARACTERS – OM D TO NON TO TASTROPHE
To those not engrossed the Frozen fandom, the recent #GiveElsaAGirliend hashtag probably sound like a parody of the social-jtice movement. “Oh sure, everybody has to be diverse nowadays,” was the ma rponse I saw when I wrote about the onle mpaign to make Elsa gay the upg Frozen 2. But far om… * gay princess disney *
“Same Street’s” productn pany was even pelled to put out a statement on the latter topic some years ago: “They are not gay, they are not straight, they are puppets. As one cric said at the time of “closeted gay fashnista” Ken: “Pairg homophobia wh misogyny, the jok about Ken suggt that the worst thgs a boy n be are eher a girl or a homosexual. But when the gay actor playg Artie (John McCrea) took ownership of the character (tellg Attu an terview “to me ’s official: he’s queer“) the cricism didn’t really stick.
BRS ARE BACKG A GAY DISNEY PRCS SO HERE'S WHY IT'S GOTTA HAPPEN ASAP
It wasn't Cella, Onward or The Rise of Skywalker; Disney's actual first gay character was The Prcs Diari 2: Royal Engagement. * gay princess disney *
It’s logil to assume the character is queer-d, for the film rri the DNA of the late lyricist Howard Ashman, who was gay, and whose magil songs, cludg A Whole New World, were creded wh reversg Disney’s wang fortun the 80s/90s.
While changg social tis have been reflected changg reprentatns of relatnships Disney films, may be at least a or two before an explicly gay character or relatnship mak s way to the foc of a mastream Disney “flagship” film.
FROZEN 3 IS DISNEY'S PERFECT CHANCE TO INTRODUCE A GAY PRCS
Few Disney characters are explicly clared to be gay by the stud, but viewers have picked up on "gay dg." CBR explor. * gay princess disney *
” 1This article will provi the rear wh several tools and strategi for queer readgs of Disney characters and relatnships cludg how to look for thgs that are “queer d, ” how to read to “mp, ” s of queer thorship, referenc to LGBTQ history, and fally how to fd empowerment om “queer homosocial” relatnships and solidary wh other “transgrsive” romanc.
DISNEY INTRODUC ITS FIRST 'BOY PRCS' ON SHOW THAT ALSO FEATURED FIRST GAY KISS
” 2 A “queer readg” is a way of lookg at somethg; do not always imply that the creators tend for the character to be read that way or that a character is gay. 5 This ia subverts the notn that heterosexualy is the natural flt of human programmg and pots to the superficialy and fluidy of tradnal genr Khan is a queer d predator at a time when gay men were seen as a threat to the nocence of childrenTo say that somethg is “queer d” is to say that a character exhibs cultural signs of beg a member of the LGBTQ muny. This policy was showsed the fact that openly gay people like Producer and Lyricist Howard Ashman and animator Adreas Deja were hired and allowed to be open about their sexualy.
WHY DISNEY NEEDS A GAY PRCS
The actns, however, potentially speak to the gay muny (pecially the whe, middle class gay muny) who mt sacrifice a part of their privilege to follow their love and often sacrifice much more, cludg one’s “voice. ” Both Ariel and Ursula are nnected their rebelln agast Tron, though they take different approach for different Rponse: As mentned above, Ursula has been claimed as an LGBTQ in and the phrase “Part of Your World” has been ed as a slogan favor of gay acceptance.
Lumiere on the other hand is arguably bisexual or pansexual based on how much he enjoys kissg Authorship: Howard Ashman (producer and lyricist) and Adreas Deja (lead animator for Gaston who Deja has said he based on hyper-mascule gay men the urban gym culture of the 1980s).
DISNEY'S ACTUAL 'FIRST GAY CHARACTER' HAS BEEN FOTTEN ABOUT
12 David Ogn Stiers (the voice of Cogsworth), while closeted at the time of Bety and the Beast, me out as gay years ’s animatn parodi hyper-masculy of gay culture.