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Characters like Capta Hook and Shere Khan e affectatns that uld be read as gay. (Image cred: Walt Disney Studs)Disney’s “First Gay Moment” It would not be until 2017 that we got anythg remblg an overt reference to anythg other than a straight character a movie om Disney. (Image cred: Lusfilm/Disney)Background Scen In 2019, we saw a strange pattern emergg where movi released by Disney would “clu” gay characters, but only as set drsg.
In both Toy Story 4 and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, we saw background characters who did not have nam or any dialogue, but were clearly to be seen as gay. (Image cred: Marvel Studs)The Mor Mentns Concurrently wh the background scen that you might not have even noticed, we saw the first direct referenc to gay characters some other Disney movi. The at least had the benef of beg characters who were the center of the ame and liverg dialogue, though they were also mor characters who viewers were likely to fet about Stud’s “first gay character” appeared Avengers: Endgame, and was played by one of the move's directors, Joe Rso.
(Image cred: Disney)2021 - The Year Of Actual Gay Characters In Disney Movi Disney still has a long way to go when to LGBTQ+ reprentatn s films, but 2021 was at least a signifint step forward as we saw three films where signifint characters who were important to the stori beg told were queer. McCrea himself is gay, and while Artie’s sexual orientatn is never a topic of discsn the film, the actor believ the character is queer.