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• DISNEY NOW HAS THE PERFECT OPPORTUNY TO CONFIRM ELSA'S GAY INTY - INSI THE MAGIC
• FROZEN DIRECTOR RPONDS TO FANS WHO THK ELSA IS GAY
• FROZEN 2 SPOILERS: IS ELSA GAY? ANIMATOR OPENS UP ON LGBTQ REPRENTATN 'IT'S BETIFUL'
• IS ELSA GAY? WHY FROZEN 2 DON'T ADDRS THE TOPIC
• ELSA GAY AND HAS GIRLIEND ‘FROZEN 3,’ ACRDG TO SOURC
• 17 GAY AND LGBTQ DISNEY CHARACTERS – OM D TO NON TO TASTROPHE
• WHY DO SOME FANS THK ELSA OM “FROZEN” IS A GAY IN?
• WHY ELSA DON'T HAVE A LOVE STORY, GAY OR OTHERWISE, 'FROZEN 2'
• IS RAYA GAY? HOW RAYA & THE LAST DRAGON CONTU DISNEY'S ELSA PROBLEM
• FROZEN 2: YEP, ELSA IS GAY
• FROZEN 3 IS DISNEY'S PERFECT CHANCE TO INTRODUCE A GAY PRCS
• DISNEY NOW HAS THE PERFECT OPPORTUNY TO CONFIRM ELSA'S GAY INTY - INSI THE MAGIC

DISNEY NOW HAS THE PERFECT OPPORTUNY TO CONFIRM ELSA'S GAY INTY - INSI THE MAGIC

Some fan theori suggt this is bee she's gay.

LeFou (Josh Gad) om Bety and the Beast is perhaps the strongt non LGBTQ character Disney, wh the 2017 remake clearly showg him as gay.

The ia of Elsa beg gay was further enhanced after Disney Animatn released the Frozen 2 trailer durg Pri month 2019, wh the sequel self suggtg a potential future relatnship between Elsa and Honeymaren (Rachel Matthews).

FROZEN DIRECTOR RPONDS TO FANS WHO THK ELSA IS GAY

While Disney didn’t exprsly nfirm Elsa’s LGBTQ+ inty the Frozen anchise, the Queer-dg led fans to believe she was gay. There has been a shift, though, Disney animatn, as the stud announced that the upg Strange World (2023) will feature Disney’s first openly gay teen romance. Y, people actually are terted whether the Disney character is gay.

Frozen wrer Jennifer Lee has rpond to fans who want Elsa to be openly gay the film’s sequel.

“I know I n’t make any statements to Elsa’s sexualy bee I’ve always been told she is a character not fed by her 'T MISSFrozen 2 - is Elsa gay? ”The animators on Frozen 2 clearly have not been told explicly whether Elsa is gay but for Malerie, the way the characters are created through the work of multiple partments at Disney is what allows them to feel so real and genue for fans om all walks of said: “I would also like to shout out the tails that go to Anna and Elsa’s stumg most of the cred gets put on the animatn partment but there are so many other partments that make everythg look so betiful, even down to makg sure the cloth simulatn looks wonrful.

FROZEN 2 SPOILERS: IS ELSA GAY? ANIMATOR OPENS UP ON LGBTQ REPRENTATN 'IT'S BETIFUL'

The nversatn that she should be gay/bi/asexual/whatever, has overwrten the actual ntent of the stori.

Long story short, if Disney make Elsa gay will be seen as panrg and feel out of place. Fans have speculated about Elsa's sexualy sce Frozen was first released 2013, but Frozen 2 still don't addrs whether or not she's gay. Given Disney's fear of alienatg parents (or media censors untri like Rsia) who aren't tolerant of LGBTQ+ them children's entertament, 's not surprisg that the stud didn't make Elsa gay Frozen 2.

IS ELSA GAY? WHY FROZEN 2 DON'T ADDRS THE TOPIC

The st and creators of the Frozen movi are much more on board wh a gay Elsa than Disney seems to be.

Rpons on the matter range om vague to hopeful, givg fans a spark of possibily for a gay Elsa the future. While the films have heavily hted at Elsa's sexualy wh subtext the lyrics and through Elsa's strong relatnships wh women, n fans expect Disney to make her the first gay Disney prcs a third movie?

ELSA GAY AND HAS GIRLIEND ‘FROZEN 3,’ ACRDG TO SOURC

Why Frozen Fans Want Elsa To Be Gay. "Let Go" beme a gay anthem for those stgglg wh or embracg their sexualy, and all Disney had to do was give Elsa a girliend.

17 GAY AND LGBTQ DISNEY CHARACTERS – OM D TO NON TO TASTROPHE

A gay Elsa isn't the only oute that fans would stand behd, though.

Fans n make a se for Elsa beg asexual or aromantic as easily as her beg gay or bisexual. Whether Elsa is gay, aromantic, asexual, or any batn of the three remas to be seen, but there's a lot standg the way of that happeng.

WHY DO SOME FANS THK ELSA OM “FROZEN” IS A GAY IN?

Why Frozen 2 Don't Addrs The Elsa Is Gay Theory. More signifint gay relatnships have appeared on smaller-sle Disney+ shows - but wh the more nservative nature of major Disney films, would have taken a miracle for Disney to make Elsa gay. It wasn't likely that Disney would risk parents boyttg their most succsful animated anchise by makg Frozen's leadg lady gay.

When asked about the lack of gay Elsa Frozen 2, director Jennifer Lee told Insir, "When we agreed to do the sequel, we agreed we were gog to not build [om] the outsi ... While Elsa hasn't been emed gay, Frozen 2 didn't make her straight, eher.

The parallels between Elsa's parents rejectg her powers and the backlash the gay muny fac when they e out to their fay is palpable.

WHY ELSA DON'T HAVE A LOVE STORY, GAY OR OTHERWISE, 'FROZEN 2'

Disney may have dropped the ball Frozen 2, but is there a possibily of gay Elsa Frozen 3? Will Disney Make Elsa Gay In Frozen 3? Given that Frozen 2 took around six years to plete, the social climate standg the way of a gay prcs may change between now and then.

The st and creative team have lent their support to fans who intify Elsa as a gay in.

Elsa's newfound nfince and self-acceptance offer the perfect jumpg-off pot for a gay Elsa. Wh the wrers tentatively on board, if Elsa shows them the rabow way, a gay Elsa plot would have to make s way past a lot of sks to e to un. While Disney's effort for LGBTQ+ cln is mimally there, the pany has yet to take a step toward creatg a signifint gay role one of their major anchis.

IS RAYA GAY? HOW RAYA & THE LAST DRAGON CONTU DISNEY'S ELSA PROBLEM

But given how long took between Frozen 1 and Frozen 2, maybe there's hope for a gay Elsa yet.

The Febary sk lls out Disney for not givg Elsa a gay storyle  Frozen 2, and 's not subtle at all. Next: Frozen 2 SNL Parody Calls Out Disney For Not Makg Elsa Gay. In the origal film, the ice queen’s sister Anna (played by Kristen Bell) got all the love-story actn, leavg many the LGBTQ muny hopg and wonrg if Elsa might be gay.

Elsa Gay and Has a Girliend Frozen 3. Wh there beg six years between the first and send movi, Frozen 3 is likely far om g to un—but this wouldn’t be the first move Disney has ma to ph a homosexual agenda. Acrdg to Fahwire, “The Disney Channel ma history 2017 when Joshua Ryan, who played Cys the ‘Andi Mack’ seri, beme the first character to utter the phrase, ‘I’m gay.

FROZEN 2: YEP, ELSA IS GAY

In the same year, Disney stirred up major ntroversy when they promoted an “exclively gay moment” Bety and the Beast, between LeFou and a henchman drsed as a woman. Wh a gay Simba the new Ln Kg remake, a transgenr Disney prcs Alex Is, a bisexual Woody Toy Story 4 and now has been officially announced that Elsa will ed be a lbian Frozen 2! In 2019, they published fict articl claimg that Simba "The Ln Kg" was homosexual, Woody "Toy Story" was bisexual, Mulan "Mulan" was transgenr, Godzilla "Godzilla: Kg of Monsters" was an "asexual transgenr monster, " Thanos "The Avengers" was a homosexual, that Emperor Palpate "Star Wars" was homosexual, and that Forrt Gump would be gay a remake of "Forrt Gump":.

" While some fans have speculated that the Disney prcs uld be homosexual, the "Frozen 2" producer told Rad Tim 2018 that Elsa's sexualy was not part of the story the new movie:.

FROZEN 3 IS DISNEY'S PERFECT CHANCE TO INTRODUCE A GAY PRCS

As one cric said at the time of “closeted gay fashnista” Ken: “Pairg homophobia wh misogyny, the jok about Ken suggt that the worst thgs a boy n be are eher a girl or a homosexual.

Disney faced more flak 2018 when Jack Whehall, a straight man, was revealed as playg the “hugely effete, very mp” gay man McGregor Jungle Cise. Disney faced new gay-bag accatns over the genrfluid-fashn-lovg Artie this year’s Cella.

DISNEY NOW HAS THE PERFECT OPPORTUNY TO CONFIRM ELSA'S GAY INTY - INSI THE MAGIC

But when the gay actor playg Artie (John McCrea) took ownership of the character (tellg Attu an terview “to me ’s official: he’s queer“) the cricism didn’t really stick. Is Artie gay? Faced wh cricism, the le would have been: a talkg rock and an earrg-wearg billy n’t be gay!