Pixar’s Gay Short ‘Out’ Disney+ Filmmakers Talk Animated Film – IndieWire

Contents:

• DISNEY+ RELEASE PIXAR SHORT FEATURG FIRST GAY MA CHARACTER
• PIXAR SHORT FILM 'OUT' FEATUR FIRST GAY MA CHARACTER
• PIXAR SHORT FILM ‘OUT’ FEATUR STUD’S FIRST GAY MA CHARACTER
• PIXAR'S FIRST GAY MA CHARACTER ARRIV MOVG DISNEY+ SHORT FILM
• PIXAR SHORT ‘OUT’ PROV GAY STORI CAN LIVE ON FAY-FRIENDLY DISNEY+

DISNEY+ RELEASE PIXAR SHORT FEATURG FIRST GAY MA CHARACTER

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Rodriguez) is the fabulo, flamboyant, gay choreographer at East High School. While this character is fun and entertag to watch, some might argue that this is a fairly cliche terpretatn of what gay men are actually like. Bex puts a ser damper on Andi and her iends' fun which tak a toll on her first year as a Goodman, one of Andi's bt iends, ma history as the first Disney character to ever say the words "I'm gay, " out loud on televisn.

PIXAR SHORT FILM 'OUT' FEATUR FIRST GAY MA CHARACTER

Typilly, if gay characters were reprented at all, their sexual orientatn was merely implied and not voiced. It also featur Ashman’s tragic end as a gay man the 1990s, dyg as a rult of plitns om AIDS durg the height of the AIDS epimic New York before Bety and the Beast released. Not only is Cella one of Disney's bt live-actn remak, but also featured Disney's first "major" gay character -- a claim that was qutned by some Disney fans sce Disney has ed the same headle before.

PIXAR SHORT FILM ‘OUT’ FEATUR STUD’S FIRST GAY MA CHARACTER

When Eternals premiered theaters 2021, marked the first openly gay superhero the MCU. Season 1 not only featur Carlos, a publicly gay character, but also tells a heartwarmg g-out story for Seb as well.

Wh s reactn to Florida's "Don't Say Gay" bill, the removal of LGBTQ+ characters seri like Gravy Falls and the ncellatn of LGBTQ-led The Owl Hoe, and Pixar employe allegg that executiv have censored queer characters out of their films, there has been an outcry om the LGBTQ+ muny for Disney to improve s LGBTQ+ reprentatn.

Out was Disney's first short to follow a gay ma character and showed their first same-sex kiss on-screen.

PIXAR'S FIRST GAY MA CHARACTER ARRIV MOVG DISNEY+ SHORT FILM

The film was the one to troduce the first openly gay superhero — Phastos (Brian Tyree Henry) — to the MCU, but that isn't the only thg that mak Eternals the perfect addn to a celebratn of Pri.

PIXAR SHORT ‘OUT’ PROV GAY STORI CAN LIVE ON FAY-FRIENDLY DISNEY+

LeFou (Josh Gad) may seem like nothg more than Gaston's sikick, but he ma history 2017 as Disney's first openly gay character. Siarly Onward featured Pixar's first openly gay character, where Officer Specter (Lena Wahe) referenc her girliend. As the film was rated a 15, some plats “argued that portrayals of homosexual activy should eher be rtricted to the 18 tegory or not shown at all”.

Dcribed as “a handsome gay plastic surgeon and amatr sger-songwrer his off hours. As we often see wh Disney, spe the noise ma when was announced, the gay reprentatn is a “blk-and-you’ll-miss-” moment. Whehall’s character don’t explicly say that he is gay, but the film shows him discsg havg different “terts” which have left him outst by his fay.