Do 'Fdg Dory' show a gay uple? We asked the filmmakers

Team behd animated sequel have addrsed mours that film ntas Disney’s first gay characters, after onle speculatn grew om recent trailer * gay couple finding dory *

There's no nclive evince one way or ll for Disney (which owns Pixar and Marvel) to clu lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr characters has gathered momentum recent months. Abrams said he was was asked if he uld "image a homosexual character Star Wars, and my immediate reactn was, 'Of urse. Rather, the keen-eyed theorist suggts that one of the animal upl the male volno is seen admirg om afar is openly gay.

Y, and fact que a lot of people are super-extra-exced by the trailer, bee they thk shows a gay uple, which would be a first for Disney or Pixar do they thk this? But would be a big al if was nclive bee ually gay characters are gay only dly, like ’s somethg to be ashamed of. I don’t thk they were dly gay fact.

DO 'FDG DORY' SHOW A GAY UPLE?

For a brief moment, looked like Pixar had fally ma history by offerg up the first gay character a Disney animated film. The Inter epted last month over a new trailer for "Fdg Dory" that showed two women next to a baby stroller that's attacked by an octop... * gay couple finding dory *

Photograph: PixarBut if no one’s seen the film yet, how do we know that the women are clearly gay? Maybe they’re on their way to an anti-gay rally? Although would make a kd of sense them beg gay, sce DeGener herself played such a big role the gay rights story.

And the excement about is a sign of the hunger out there to ntue gay people’s journey to the mastream by cludg them kids’ films. You’re beg icthyonormative say: “Wa, wasn’t Ken Toy Story 3 gay? ”Don’t say: “He’s more of a mixture of bisexual and homophobic.

ELLEN DEGENER LGHS OVER POSSIBLE 'FDG DORY' GAY UPLE

The new “Fdg Dory” trailer is closg on three ln views on YouTube sce beg released last week, and fans n’t stop talkg about the apparent lbian uple spotted at the 1:07 mark. Disney-Pixar has not yet rpond to TheWrap’s requt to nfirm that the “Fdg Nemo” sequel feature gay characters, but if te, would mark the first time for Pixar to clu a gay character one of s films. * gay couple finding dory *

The origal was seen by right-wgers to be phg a “gay agenda”, wh one pastor llg a “very evil” another year of poor LGBT reprentatn by all studs, Glaad has urged Hollywood to improve diversy.

Of the 126 major stud releas last year, only 22 featured gay characters, amountg to 17. Disney has been known to be a very progrsive pany (havg brought the first openly gay s character to work televisn 1997 on the Ellen show) but they have recently e unr fire om GLADD for not featurg even one gay character the 11 feature films they released last year. There is no nyg , there is a lack of reprentatn of gay characters Disney's big screen movi.

'FDG DORY' MISS OPPORTUNY TO FEATURE PIXAR'S FIRST GAY COUPLE

Fans recently petned the stud to give Elsa a girliend Frozen 2, GLAAD lled upon the stud to clu LGBT characters the Star Wars universe while the filmmakers and producers at Marvel have been very enuragg of the ia of brgg an openly gay character to the MCU.

DO ‘FDG DORY’ FEATURE A GAY COUPLE? FANS ARE BUZZG ON SOCIAL MEDIA (VIO)

And while we might have to wa a b longer to see an openly gay major character one of those univers, I was happy to see what might be a lbian uple this morng's Fdg Dory trailer. Fdg Dory voice actrs Ellen DeGener has been openly gay for almost two s at this pot and has been a vol advote of gay rights and a lear the gay muny.

FDG DORY FEATUR DISNEY’S FIRST GAY UPLE

Polls have shown that DeGener has fluenced gay rights more than any other celebry. We ask the filmmakers behd 'Fdg Dory' whether or not the film featur a gay uple as the ter seems to believe. I thk people assume anyone wh a bad short haircut is gay.

LOS ANGELES () - For a brief moment, looked like Pixar had fally ma history by offerg up the first gay character a Disney animated film.

It would have been long overdue after 16 prev Pixar films had been populated exclively by acrdg to our spi at an early screeng, “Fdg Dory” don’t break any gay glass ceilgs. )Agast a natnal -- and ternatnal -- nversatn about the lack of diversy Hollywood, gay characters are barely granted speakg rol movi.

‘FDG DORY’ MISS OPPORTUNY TO FEATURE PIXAR’S FIRST GAY COUPLE

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