Contents:
- STRANGE WORLD: EVERYTHG ABOUT DISNEY'S FIRST GAY CHARACTER ETHAN CLA
- LIST: 'STRANGE WORLD' REVIEWS ABOUT DISNEY'S FIRST OUT GAY, CHARACTER, BIRACIAL QUEER TEEN
- DID DISNEY BURY STRANGE WORLD BEE OF GAY CHARACTER?
STRANGE WORLD: EVERYTHG ABOUT DISNEY'S FIRST GAY CHARACTER ETHAN CLA
Ethan is Disney's first openly gay character. The Parental Rights Edutn Act, dubbed the Don't Say Gay Bill by crics, was signed last year by Gov. ”'Don't Say Gay': Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' (HB1557) expand to all gras.
The movie picts a group of explorers who go on an adventure to fd an exotic plant that serv as their society’s source of ma character, Ethan Cla, is gay. But the scene sparked bate due to two issu: Florida’s ntroversial “Don’t Say Gay” law, which prohibs any class discsn about sexual orientatn and genr inty to stunts younger than ne years old, and Disney’s efforts as a pany to have repealed. His father supports him and giv him advice, not focg on whether his son is gay or not, but simply as a father who is by his son’s si matters of love.
LIST: 'STRANGE WORLD' REVIEWS ABOUT DISNEY'S FIRST OUT GAY, CHARACTER, BIRACIAL QUEER TEEN
It's the first Disney movie featurg an out-gay character named Ethan Cla, played by gay edian Jaboie Young-Whe. " Below are 11 excerpts om media webs and the different tak crics had on the gay character, characters Disney, Marvel?
Photos of 8 Disney, Marvel characters who are gay, lbian or bisexualUSA TODAY lls 'Strange World' 'extremely morn'"Fans of pulpy 1930s and ’40s hero such as Doc Savage and Flash Gordon will dig the over-the-top actn vibe, yet “Strange World” is extremely morn s them. It taps to real-world issu of nservatn and staabily of natural rourc, and there’s a strong sense of cln – Ethan’s a biracial gay teen, Legend mak up for a missg leg wh boundls energy – and the most wele aspect is that 's all pretty normal.
(Ethan tak after gramps the adventurg partment, but he’s also sensive and openly gay a way that has never been more explic a Disney movie.
DID DISNEY BURY STRANGE WORLD BEE OF GAY CHARACTER?
"Indie Wire: 'First ever gay character... Feels timid'"Ethan is the stud’s bajillnth 'first ever gay character' (and his fay is one of a few terracial fai all of Disney), but as progrsive as is, even that feels timid: His csh appears one scene at the begng of the movie, and apart om a short nversatn is not mentned aga — easily cut to appease the ternatnal censors that provi Disney wh so much of s revenue.