In Pixar’s new animated movie, Lena Wahe plays Officer Spector, the first openly gay character the stud’s movi. Disney’s history of LGBTQ reprentatn is spotty, and the pany needs to do more.
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- ONWARD’S OPENLY GAY CHARACTER STILL LEAV DISNEY BEHD S PETORS
- PIXAR’S FIRST OUT GAY CHARACTER TO BE VOICED BY LENA WAHE ‘ONWARD’
- PIXAR’S ONWARD FALLY GETS THE “EXCLIVELY GAY MOMENT” RIGHT
- 'ONWARD' TRODUC DISNEY'S FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER
ONWARD’S OPENLY GAY CHARACTER STILL LEAV DISNEY BEHD S PETORS
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Onward, Pixar’s first non-sequel movie sce 2017’s Co, notably featur the stud’s first openly gay character.
PIXAR’S FIRST OUT GAY CHARACTER TO BE VOICED BY LENA WAHE ‘ONWARD’
This one le, livered passg wh no follow-up, marks the first verbal regnn of a character’s gay relatnship an animated Disney movie. Elsa’s new ballad, “Show Yourself, ” sound pretty dang gay.
PIXAR’S ONWARD FALLY GETS THE “EXCLIVELY GAY MOMENT” RIGHT
Whether animators vertly add those gay moments, or ’s jt fans projectg, the bt-se scenar for Disney is to let LGBTQ muni celebrate potentially gay characters whout the pany havg to acknowledge their queerns.
Disney’s dience is huge, and unfortunately, clus vol homophob — both the Stat and ternatnal markets, cludg untri where beg gay n land you jail — as well as queer viewers sperate for reprentatn. A nice gay moment. Thanks large part to lobbyg om fans, Disney started featurg explicly gay characters recent years — mostly blk-and-you’ll-miss- moments.
Back 2017, director Bill Condon ma headl when he announced that his live-actn Bety and the Beast remake would feature “a nice, exclively gay moment” urty of Josh Gad’s LeFou.
'ONWARD' TRODUC DISNEY'S FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER
The obsequ sikick to Bety and the Beast’s Gaston had always been spected of admirg the swaggerg villa as more than jt a ra, but acrdg to Condon (who is openly gay himself), his versn of LeFou would be explicly cshg on Gaston.