BURBANK, CA—Rpondg at last to mors surroundg the beloved animated character, Frozen 2 -directors Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee nfirmed Thursday that Elsa is gay but also a trans-exclnary radil femist. “We’re exced to fally share wh fans that Queen Elsa is ed Disney’s first lbian prcs…
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- 17 GAY AND LGBTQ DISNEY CHARACTERS – OM D TO NON TO TASTROPHE
- HAPPY PRI! THE ARE THE GAYT THGS DISNEY HISTORY
- ONWARD’S OPENLY GAY CHARACTER STILL LEAV DISNEY BEHD S PETORS
- ‘FROZEN 2’ CREATORS CONFIRM THAT ELSA GAY BUT ALSO TRANS-EXCLNARY RADIL FEMIST
17 GAY AND LGBTQ DISNEY CHARACTERS – OM D TO NON TO TASTROPHE
Disney has gotten trouble for paltry LGBTQ+ reprentatn the past - but Disney has actually had gay characters sce the begng. * frozen 2 gay character oaken *
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. 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!
HAPPY PRI! THE ARE THE GAYT THGS DISNEY HISTORY
In Pixar’s new animated movie, Lena Wahe plays Officer Spector, the first openly gay character the stud’s movi. Disney’s history of LGBTQ reprentatn is spotty, and the pany needs to do more. * frozen 2 gay character oaken *
Did the most gged of gay subcultur serve better? There was bate around Disney+ relegatg the gay-centric TV versn of h film Love, Simon to s adult-foced ‘Star’ sectn.
There was more bate still when a straight actor (Michael Cimo) took on the tular gay role. We know, we know, has never been nfirmed that Jafar is gay. It’s logil to assume the character is queer-d, for the film rri the DNA of the late lyricist Howard Ashman, who was gay, and whose magil songs, cludg A Whole New World, were creded wh reversg Disney’s wang fortun the 80s/90s.
Bety and the Beast director Bill Condon nfirmed Disney’s first “exclively gay moment” a 2017 Attu terview, generatg global headl. Still, the film brgs reprentatn other ways, om out gay actor Le Evans’ stg as Gaston to Sir Ian McKellen as a Vic-que Cogsworth. The film’s gay subtext is siarly disguised – but Disney and Pixar arguably break through the ference lookg glass wh Lu.
ONWARD’S OPENLY GAY CHARACTER STILL LEAV DISNEY BEHD S PETORS
movie wh an openly gay lead.We won't reveal anythg about the plot of the animated sequel, which opens the US and UK on Friday and Atralia Nov. Disney's first official gay character appeared the 2017 live-actn remake of Bety and the Beast, which LeFou (Josh Gad) has a csh on Gaston (Le Evans) and danc wh another man. Disney AnimatnMeanwhile, Jack Whehall is set to play the first major Disney character to be explicly gay the upg Jungle Cise, which opens July 2020.
Disney has recently bee a very huge, somewhat unexpected ally the fight for gay rights, pecially Florida, where they are currently battlg out wh Gov Ron DeSantis a fight that n all be traced back to former CEO Bob Chapek and his rponse to the polician’s famo “Don’t Say Gay” bill.
‘FROZEN 2’ CREATORS CONFIRM THAT ELSA GAY BUT ALSO TRANS-EXCLNARY RADIL FEMIST
While Disney may not have been able to do anythg too “openly gay” until very recently, s films are still filled wh referenc, homag, and wks to LGBTQ+ people – bee artists and creativ are so equently queer, this should e as no surprise. Whout further ado: The are the gayt thgs Disney History. First thg is first: Disney obvly has a massive list of characters who, for whatever reason, jt seem really gay.
There might not be any substantial evince or allegori outsi of the movi themselv that pot to this, but they set off the gaydar of many people who would know, and that’s not sayg nothg. The characters clu, of urse, the ever-popular queer-d villas: Capta Hook is portrayed as a stereotypil, effemate dandy; Maleficent reads to many (pecially fans of Angela Jolie) like a morn-day bisexual queen; Kg Candy lerally walks around wh limp wrists; Has is Megara’s sarstic, toxic gay enemy; and there’s jt somethg about Jafar. Disney has been cricized for s history of makg villas gay, as ’s easy to draw the le between that and gay people = villas – but at the same time, everyone mt adm that there’s nothg que like the mp and productn value that e om an excellent queer-d Disney Villa song.
While ’s te that no woman should be labeled a lbian simply bee she exprs distaste for the ncept of beg forced to marriage, the fact still remas that the characters are heavily gay-d. Oaken’s Fay Sna was jt a glimpse at a gay fay, ’s te, but Oaken of Frozen has been nfirmed to have a hband and three children – whom we see briefly, takg shelter om the ld the fay steam room.