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- THE WEIRD LK BETWEEN DOSRS THE S AND A FLAMBOYANT GAY TRANSYLVANIAN DOSR HUNTER OF THE 1800S
- DISNEY’S “DON’T SAY GAY” STANCE WASN’T THE FIRST TIME BETRAYED S LGBTQ FANS
THE WEIRD LK BETWEEN DOSRS THE S AND A FLAMBOYANT GAY TRANSYLVANIAN DOSR HUNTER OF THE 1800S
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Sce 2020, feels like we’ve been chg towards this evable moment wh Strange World, after Onward featured a lbian character, live-actn film Jungle Cise ma explic reference to Jack Whehall’s character McGregor beg gay and Toy Story adjacent film Lightyear showed Disney’s first animated same-sex kiss 2022 (aga, sadly cut some untri, as well as almost the US).