The animated feature "Strange World," schled for release November, will be the first Disney movie to feature a gay romance.
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- HERE'S HOW 'STRANGE WORLD' TRODUC THE FIRST OUT GAY TEENAGER A DISNEY ANIMATED FILM: 'IT WAS A BETIFUL THG TO BE A PART OF'
- DISNEY’S “STRANGE WORLD” FEATUR GAY TEEN ROMANCE
- DISNEY’S ‘STRANGE WORLD’ TO FEATURE FIRST GAY TEEN ROMANCE ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
HERE'S HOW 'STRANGE WORLD' TRODUC THE FIRST OUT GAY TEENAGER A DISNEY ANIMATED FILM: 'IT WAS A BETIFUL THG TO BE A PART OF'
That character is Ethan Cla, and he's voiced by out gay edian and actor Jaboie Young-Whe. * gay theme in strange world *
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DISNEY’S “STRANGE WORLD” FEATUR GAY TEEN ROMANCE
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Both the 2020 animated feature, Onward, which featured Disney's first self-intified lbian character, and 2022's Lightyear, which featured the stud's first same-sex kiss, were banned Sdi Arabia and other Gulf natns where homosexual nduct is still illegal. While “Strange World” explor a fantastil environment full of myster creatur and flora, cludg flyg fish and walkg rock lumns, the actn-adventure film also clus a first for Walt Disney Animatn Studs: a gay teen romance.
The animated feature troduc viewers to Ethan Cla, a biracial, openly gay teenager who gets pletely tongue-tied when he’s near his csh, Diazo. “His gayns is one part of him. Walt Disney Studs is set to release Strange World, an animated film about a group of adventurers who travel to new worlds, which featur a gay teen romance.
DISNEY’S ‘STRANGE WORLD’ TO FEATURE FIRST GAY TEEN ROMANCE ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
The scriptn of the romance was first reported Variety and explas the ntext of their relatnship wh jt enough tail to show the movie is gay-themed, whout givg too much of the story away. Matthi Saghezchi, an Emmy Award-wng animatn productn signer nfirmed the movie’s gay romance on Twter. “It featur the first openly gay teen romance a Disney feature!!!
Disney has had several characters who have been assumed to be gay — though their sexualy was never acknowledged — past projects.
For example, the character LeFou om the live-actn Bety and the Beast was announced to be gay, along wh the animated cyclops Officer Spector om Onward, but neher character’s sexualy was acknowledged openly, nor did play an important role plot velopment. However, the cln of the kiss has led at least 14 untri Asia and the Middle East wh laws crimalizg homosexualy to ban Lightyear om beg released, cludg Sdi Arabia, Indonia, Malaysia, and Lebanon.