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• PIXAR SHORT FILM ‘OUT’ FEATUR STUD’S FIRST GAY MA CHARACTER
• 2020 WAS ANIMATN’S BIGGT, GAYT YEAR SO FAR
• PIXAR SHORT ‘OUT’ ON DISNEY+ FEATUR ANIMATN STUD’S FIRST GAY MA CHARACTER
• 'PARANORMAN’S' MCH: THE FIRST FAY-FRIENDLY GAY ANIMATED CHARACTER
• NEW PIXAR SHORT FEATUR THE STUD’S FIRST GAY PROTAGONIST

PIXAR SHORT FILM ‘OUT’ FEATUR STUD’S FIRST GAY MA CHARACTER

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2020 WAS ANIMATN’S BIGGT, GAYT YEAR SO FAR

2020 was a bummer of a year, but when to all-ag animatn, was a culmatn of the many small steps buildg up to the current state of queer reprentatn: a glor gay celebratn that was unheard of jt five years ago.

PIXAR SHORT ‘OUT’ ON DISNEY+ FEATUR ANIMATN STUD’S FIRST GAY MA CHARACTER

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'PARANORMAN’S' MCH: THE FIRST FAY-FRIENDLY GAY ANIMATED CHARACTER

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Pixar films, cludg the Toy Story anchise and this year’s Onward, have featured mor gay characters, but this is the first time a same-sex uple has been at the center of the story. Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker also clud a fleetg same-sex kiss, and on the TV si, Disney Channel seri Andi Mack 2017 aired an episo centerg on a character g out as gay. While this latt Disney and Pixar's director says 's about a "pre-romance" time a boy's life, Lu is one of the gayt movi we've seen a while.

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NEW PIXAR SHORT FEATUR THE STUD’S FIRST GAY PROTAGONIST

Benson (Coy Stewart) is one of the show's lead characters and is revealed to be gay early on after he rpectfully turns down Kipo (Karen Fuhara), who has a csh on him. Based on the web seri Queer Duck, Queer Duck: The Movie was the first film to air on the gay-themed channel Logo. It foc on the tular Queer Duck, who wak up one day realizg that beg gay is not worth when everyone is so agast .

He falls love wh a Broadway actrs, but, durg his journey, he meets different characters who are part of the gay rights movement: drag queen Rex, his lover Openly Gator, a homophobic bigoted prit, Conan O'Brien, Bi-Polar Bear. In the end, Queer Duck realiz he's gay to stay. As both Disney and Pixar's first short to feature a gay ma character, Out is a ne-mute-long short.

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