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Contents:
- HAPPY PRI! THE ARE THE GAYT THGS DISNEY HISTORY
- IT'S NOT JT FROZEN: MOST DISNEY MOVI ARE PRO-GAY
- REPORT: DISNEY TO INCLU GAY RELATNSHIP IN LIGHTYEAR MOVIE
- DISNEY ACCED OF REMOVG GAY NTENT OM PIXAR FILMS
- DISNEY'S 8 'FIRST OPENLY GAY' CHARACTERS, RANKED (BY HOW EMBARRASSED DISNEY SHOULD FEEL)
HAPPY PRI! THE ARE THE GAYT THGS DISNEY HISTORY
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IT'S NOT JT FROZEN: MOST DISNEY MOVI ARE PRO-GAY
Disney has gotten trouble for paltry LGBTQ+ reprentatn the past - but Disney has actually had gay characters sce the begng. * gay stuff in disney movies *
Jungle Cise hasn't technilly been released yet, but Disney has been clear that one of the major characters the movie, McGregor Houghton, will be gay.
REPORT: DISNEY TO INCLU GAY RELATNSHIP IN LIGHTYEAR MOVIE
A new report claims that The Walt Disney Company and Pixar will clu a gay relatnship their upg Lightyear film. * gay stuff in disney movies *
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DISNEY ACCED OF REMOVG GAY NTENT OM PIXAR FILMS
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. * gay stuff in disney movies *
When news outlets reported that The Walt Disney Company donated money to legislators who supported Florida’s ntroversial “Don’t Say Gay” bill, Disney CEO Bob Chapek sent an ternal memo to the pany sayg Disney would still “unequivolly” support s LGBTQ employe. In 2017, director Bill Condon, who is gay himself, told Attu Magaze that his versn of Bety and the Beast, Gaston’s henchman LeFou (Josh Gad) would have a csh on Gaston (Le Evans).
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(Image cred: Disney+)CellaSure, we might have roasted Disney a ty b our Cella review for once aga pattg themselv on the back for their "first" out gay character (for the seventh time) and not even havg the cency to do anythg beyond an implic gay scriptn. Bex puts a ser damper on Andi and her iends' fun which tak a toll on her first year as a Goodman, one of Andi's bt iends, ma history as the first Disney character to ever say the words "I'm gay, " out loud on televisn. (Image cred: Walt Disney Studs)Disney’s “First Gay Moment” It would not be until 2017 that we got anythg remblg an overt reference to anythg other than a straight character a movie om Disney.
DISNEY'S 8 'FIRST OPENLY GAY' CHARACTERS, RANKED (BY HOW EMBARRASSED DISNEY SHOULD FEEL)
Accatn om Pixar employe after pany refed to take public stand agast ntroversial ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill * gay stuff in disney movies *
(Image cred: Lusfilm/Disney)Background Scen In 2019, we saw a strange pattern emergg where movi released by Disney would “clu” gay characters, but only as set drsg. In both Toy Story 4 and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, we saw background characters who did not have nam or any dialogue, but were clearly to be seen as gay. (Image cred: Marvel Studs)The Mor Mentns Concurrently wh the background scen that you might not have even noticed, we saw the first direct referenc to gay characters some other Disney movi.
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