Bety and the Beast's Le Fou might be the first character that Disney has openly regnized as beg gay, but that don't mean LGBT people haven't been there all along.
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"FERDAND" COULD BE THE QUEER ANIMATED BLOCKBTER WE'VE BEEN WAG FORAND THAT'S NO {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY DAN AVERYSEPTEMBER 10, 2017/3:53 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}FERDAND/20TH CENTURY FOXBY DAN AVERYSEPTEMBER 10, 2017 / 3:53 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"\"FERDAND\" COULD BE THE QUEER ANIMATED BLOCKBTER WE'VE BEEN WAG FOR","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-09-10T19:53:05.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-09-10T19:53:05.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","KEYWORDS":"GEEK","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KIDS' MOVI ARE GETTG KUDOS FOR GLANCE-AND-YOU'LL-MISS-THEM NODS TO THE LGBT MUNY, BUT A NEW ANIMATED FEATURE ULD PRENT WH OUR FIRST QUEER RTOON PROTAGONIST: FERDAND THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS CHRISTMAS, 20TH CENTURY FOX IS RELEASG FERDAND, A FEATURE-LENGTH ANIMATED ADAPTATN OF THE STORY OF FERDAND, THE BELOVED CHILDREN'S BOOK WRTEN BY MUNRO LEAF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT'S THE TALE OF A GENTLE SPANISH BULL WHO WOULD RATHER SNIFF DAISI THAN FIGHT THE RG. AND THOUGH WAS IALLY BANNED SEVERAL UNTRI AS PACIFIST PROPAGANDA, THE STORY OF FERDAND EVENTUALLY BEME A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN MORE RECENT YEARS, 'S ALSO BEEN A GO-TO FOR TEACHERS AND PARENTS LOOKG FOR LGBT-IENDLY KIDS' L. AND NO WONR: LEAF TOOK ONE OF THE MOST VIRILE, AGGRSIVE ANIMALS NATURE AND MA HIM A PASSIVE, LOVG, ALMOST EFFEMATE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“FERDAND TAK THE STAND ALL GAY KIDS EVENTUALLY HAVE TO TAKE: ‘THIS IS WHO I AM AND I WILL NOT APOLOGIZE.’” WR CULTURE CRIC TONY BRAVO. “[HE’S] GONE ON TO BEE SOMETHG OF A PACIFIST HERO FOR HIS REFAL TO FIGHT, BUT I THK HE’S BETTER SUED TO HIS ROLE AS GAY IN: I FOR ONE AM ALWAYS CLED TO THK OF THAT BETIFUL BULL WHEN I STOP AND SMELL THE FLOWERS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE FACT THAT FERDAND WAS AN ANTHROPOMORPHIZED BULL AND NOT A HUMAN PROVID HANDY MOUFLAGE FOR EMBRACG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"FERDAND’S STORY MAY RONATE WH BOYS WHO ALSO DISLIKE SPORTY, OFTEN VLENT HETERONORMATIVE ACTIVI," WHOUT DIRECTLY ADDRSG THE ISSUE, WR ILANA MASAD THE GUARDIAN. "'BACHELOR TYP' OFTEN POP UP FURRY FORMS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 1939, DISNEY RELEASED AN ANIMATED SHORT, FERDAND THE BULL, THAT ONLY BOLSTERED HIS TRANSGRSIVE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THOUGH 'S MOSTLY FOTTEN, ’S ONE OF THE FIRST STANC WHERE A QUEER-D DISNEY CHARACTER WASN’T PICTED AS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THE BULL IS DRAWN WH LONG EYELASH AND LOTS OF EFFEMATE CHARACTERISTICS, BUT THE RTOON DON'T REALLY JUDGE HIM AS BEG SRY," EXPLAS SEAN GRIFF TKER BELL AND EVIL QUEENS. "IT'S NOT NECSARILY GAY, BUT 'S FELY QUEER."FERDAND/{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JOHN CENA PLAYS THE TLE ROLE FERDAND, WHICH ALSO FEATUR VOICE WORK OM OUT ACTORS KATE MCKNON AND RAúL ESPARZA. OBVLY PRODUCERS ARE ADDG NEW ELEMENTS TO THE STORY, BUT WILL KEEP HIS QUEERNS TACT—OR PERHAPS EVEN MAKE OVERT? OR WILL THIS BACHELOR BULL BE GIVEN A W BELLE AS A LOVE TERT?FERDAND/20TH CENTURY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WE'LL HAVE TO WA TILL DECEMBER 15, WHEN FERDAND HS THEATERS, TO FD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
Ferdand is not necsarily gay, but he’s fely queer. So perhaps should be no surprise to the LGBT+ muny that Ferdand, the upg movie, is even more likely to bee a gay in. “Ferdand tak the stand all gay kids eventually have to take: ‘This is who I am and I will not apologize.
“[He’s] gone on to bee somethg of a pacifist hero for his refal to fight, but I thk he’s better sued to his role as gay in: I for one am always cled to thk of that betiful bull when I stop and smell the flowers. "It's not necsarily gay, but 's fely queer.
Conservative groups have urged a boytt of Disney over news that the fay-iendly stud would feature s first "exclively gay moment" the live-actn remake of Bety and the Beast. Director Bill Condon told the Brish gay magaze Attu that Le Fou, the bumblg sikick played by Josh Gad, would be portrayed as a gay man. Rsia further announced that Bety and the Beast will be rated 16+ over ncerns that the adaptatn would vlate the untry's "gay propaganda" backlash is overblown for a number of reasons.