The New Sr Is Not Gay — And That’s Okay

Contents:

• ARE TIMON AND PUMBAA OM 'THE LN KG' GAY?
• THE LNS SHARE OF DISNEY MOURS: IS SIMBA GAY THE LN KG 2019?
• Y, THOSE CUDDLG LNS ARE MALE. BUT THAT DON’T MEAN THEY’RE GAY.
• THOSE GAY MALE LNS THAT WENT VIRAL WERE ACTUALLY JT SEXUALLY FLUID BROS
• GAY LNS? NOT QUE
• 'THE LN KG' CHARACTER OFTEN CONSIRED A GAY IN CROSSWORD CLUE

ARE TIMON AND PUMBAA OM 'THE LN KG' GAY?

The Gays(tm) are mad that Sr, voiced by Chiwetel Ejfor, isn't as gay as they remembered om the animated 1994 mil. "The biggt misstep of the new Ln Kg for me was the hetero-fitn of gay in Sr, " said one social media er.

THE LNS SHARE OF DISNEY MOURS: IS SIMBA GAY THE LN KG 2019?

"My only cricism is I wish Sr livered one le like the origal and he was more gay thx!

Y, THOSE CUDDLG LNS ARE MALE. BUT THAT DON’T MEAN THEY’RE GAY.

Historilly, the ma way LGBTQ+ people have found ourselv reprented film and televisn was through characters that were d as queer, though their sexual and genr inti had no signifint prence, bee homophobia. Aga, bee homophobia.

THOSE GAY MALE LNS THAT WENT VIRAL WERE ACTUALLY JT SEXUALLY FLUID BROS

In the origal animated versn, the character, voiced by Jeremy Irons, fell le wh the then-expected d-as-gay villay that me to fe untls Disney properti.

And if you jt listen to the origal versn of "Be Prepared, " Sr's voice is basilly remiscent of an entiled and disgntled (whe) gay man who mand his right to marry while ignorg the plight of LGBTQ+ folks of lor.

GAY LNS? NOT QUE

Unrstandably, however, 's not absurd that those of who grew up on the origal Ln Kg would want to mata much of what we remember of the origal, cludg Sr's latent homosexualy.

In fact, that the new Sr is not sublimally gay -- and Billy Eichner says he played Timon wh a "gay sensibily, " whatever the hell that means -- is sign of progrs. RELATED | Billy Eichner Confirms He Played Timon wh a 'Gay Sensibily'.

Cape Town – Billy Eichner and Seth Rogen, who voice Timon and Pumbaa the live-actn The Ln Kg remake, say although they don’t thk and they n’t nfirm whether or not their characters are gay, we do need more LGBTQ reprentatn on screen.

'THE LN KG' CHARACTER OFTEN CONSIRED A GAY IN CROSSWORD CLUE

Eichner mented that people often assume bee the actor is gay, the character they play mt be too. "I mean, I’m gay and Nathan Lane’s gay, so ’s tertg when a straight actor do a role, no one’s like, ‘That character mt be straight.