A Brief Timele of Disney's 17 'First Gay Characters'

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• DISNEY GETS IT'S FIRST GAY PRCE WH "FROZEN" STAR JONATHAN {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY DAN AVERYNOVEMBER 27, 2013/10:02 AMBY DAN AVERYNOVEMBER 27, 2013 / 10:02 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"DISNEY GETS IT'S FIRST GAY PRCE WH \"FROZEN\" STAR JONATHAN GROFF","DATEPUBLISHED":"2013-11-27T15:02:01.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2013-11-27T15:02:01.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NEIL PATRICK HARRIS MAY SEEM LIKE A DISNEY CHARACTER E TO LIFE, BUT THE PANY'S ANIMATED STUD HAS NEVER HIRED AN OUT GAY ACTOR TO VOICE ONE OF S DASHG MALE LEADS UNTIL NOW, AS JONATHAN GROFF STEPS UP TO GIVE LIFE TO KRISTOFF DISNEY'S FROZEN, WHICH IS OPENG TODAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KRISTOFF IS A RECLIVE MOUNTA MAN, WH ONLY HIS REER SVEN TO KEEP HIM PANY, UNTIL HE'S PAIRED WH REBELL PRCS ANNA (KRISTEN BELL) TO EE THEIR KGDOM OM ETERNAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"HE'S NOT LIKE YOUR TYPIL, SKNY-LEGGED JEANS, DISNEY PRCE," GROFF TELLS OUT OF HIS CHARACTER. "HE’S A LTLE THICKER, HE’S GOT MY THIGHS. AND THAT WAS BEFORE THEY KNEW I WAS ST ALREADY—MAYBE THAT’S HOW I GOT ST?!?” {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OF URSE, GROFF HAS BEEN A DISNEY KID SCE WAY BACK: “ALADD ME AT THE RIGHT TIME FOR ME; WHEN I WAS A LTLE BOY, AND YOU HAD THIS SCRAPPY, LEADG MAN THAT WAS FUNNY AND ADVENTURO," HE RELLS. “GROWG UP, I ED TO BE ALONE MY BEDROOM ACTG OUT DISNEY CHARACTERS AND DOG THE JOB IS THE SAME THG, EXCEPT THIS TIME, ’S ACTUALLY FOR A DISNEY MOVIE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GROFF'S STAR HAS BEEN ON THE RISE SCE HE APPEARED ON GLEE AS A LOVE TERT FOR SPRG AWAKENG -STAR LEA MICHELE. HE APPEARED THE SHORT-LIVED BLE SERI BOSS AND JANUARY SE THE PREMIERE OF  LOOKG, HIS UPG HBO SHOW ABOUT A CIRCLE OF YOUNG GAY MEN NAVIGATG 21ST CENTURY SAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT MIGHT SEEM LIKE A REAL LEAP FOR AN ACTOR BUT GROFF SISTS THERE'S PARALLELS BETWEEN THE TWO PROJECTS: "WE IMPROV-ED A LOT ON FROZEN, TRYG TO KEEP THGS ALIVE AND KEEP THGS REAL, AND WE CERTALY TRY TO DO THAT EVERY DAY ON [THE LOOKG] SET. TRYG TO KEEP THGS ALIVE, KEEP THGS REAL.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FROZEN OPENS NOVEMBER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• HOW MANY TIM IS DISNEY GOG TO INTRODUCE ITS ‘FIRST’ GAY CHARACTER?
• WHY THERE ARE SO MANY “FIRST” GAY DISNEY CHARACTERS
• DISNEY NOW HAS THE PERFECT OPPORTUNY TO CONFIRM ELSA'S GAY INTY - INSI THE MAGIC
• IT'S NOT JT FROZEN: MOST DISNEY MOVI ARE PRO-GAY
• ELSA OM FROZEN ULD BEE DISNEY’S FIRST ANIMATED GAY CHARACTER
• DISNEY ANNOUNC 'PRC,' FIRST FILM WH OPENLY GAY CHARACTERS.

DISNEY GETS IT'S FIRST GAY PRCE WH "FROZEN" STAR JONATHAN {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY DAN AVERYNOVEMBER 27, 2013/10:02 AMBY DAN AVERYNOVEMBER 27, 2013 / 10:02 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"DISNEY GETS IT'S FIRST GAY PRCE WH \"FROZEN\" STAR JONATHAN GROFF","DATEPUBLISHED":"2013-11-27T15:02:01.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2013-11-27T15:02:01.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NEIL PATRICK HARRIS MAY SEEM LIKE A DISNEY CHARACTER E TO LIFE, BUT THE PANY'S ANIMATED STUD HAS NEVER HIRED AN OUT GAY ACTOR TO VOICE ONE OF S DASHG MALE LEADS UNTIL NOW, AS JONATHAN GROFF STEPS UP TO GIVE LIFE TO KRISTOFF DISNEY'S FROZEN, WHICH IS OPENG TODAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KRISTOFF IS A RECLIVE MOUNTA MAN, WH ONLY HIS REER SVEN TO KEEP HIM PANY, UNTIL HE'S PAIRED WH REBELL PRCS ANNA (KRISTEN BELL) TO EE THEIR KGDOM OM ETERNAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"HE'S NOT LIKE YOUR TYPIL, SKNY-LEGGED JEANS, DISNEY PRCE," GROFF TELLS OUT OF HIS CHARACTER. "HE’S A LTLE THICKER, HE’S GOT MY THIGHS. AND THAT WAS BEFORE THEY KNEW I WAS ST ALREADY—MAYBE THAT’S HOW I GOT ST?!?” {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OF URSE, GROFF HAS BEEN A DISNEY KID SCE WAY BACK: “ALADD ME AT THE RIGHT TIME FOR ME; WHEN I WAS A LTLE BOY, AND YOU HAD THIS SCRAPPY, LEADG MAN THAT WAS FUNNY AND ADVENTURO," HE RELLS. “GROWG UP, I ED TO BE ALONE MY BEDROOM ACTG OUT DISNEY CHARACTERS AND DOG THE JOB IS THE SAME THG, EXCEPT THIS TIME, ’S ACTUALLY FOR A DISNEY MOVIE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GROFF'S STAR HAS BEEN ON THE RISE SCE HE APPEARED ON GLEE AS A LOVE TERT FOR SPRG AWAKENG -STAR LEA MICHELE. HE APPEARED THE SHORT-LIVED BLE SERI BOSS AND JANUARY SE THE PREMIERE OF  LOOKG, HIS UPG HBO SHOW ABOUT A CIRCLE OF YOUNG GAY MEN NAVIGATG 21ST CENTURY SAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT MIGHT SEEM LIKE A REAL LEAP FOR AN ACTOR BUT GROFF SISTS THERE'S PARALLELS BETWEEN THE TWO PROJECTS: "WE IMPROV-ED A LOT ON FROZEN, TRYG TO KEEP THGS ALIVE AND KEEP THGS REAL, AND WE CERTALY TRY TO DO THAT EVERY DAY ON [THE LOOKG] SET. TRYG TO KEEP THGS ALIVE, KEEP THGS REAL.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FROZEN OPENS NOVEMBER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

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.

HOW MANY TIM IS DISNEY GOG TO INTRODUCE ITS ‘FIRST’ GAY CHARACTER?

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.

WHY THERE ARE SO MANY “FIRST” GAY DISNEY CHARACTERS

No one lov a 'first gay character' more than Disney.

Disney has been que a b of hot, gay water recent years. The pany has never been known for s great LGBTQ+ reprentatn or polics, but 's e unr even more scty than ual after fans learned that the pany was donatg money to legislators Florida backg that state's ntroversial "Don't Say Gay" bill. Especially when the news broke that Pixar has been censorg gay ntent out of s films for Disney really been producg enough spirg ntent to unteract s donatns and lack of a statement?

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DISNEY NOW HAS THE PERFECT OPPORTUNY TO CONFIRM ELSA'S GAY INTY - INSI THE MAGIC

First Gay Married Couple: Bucky and Pronk Oryx-Antlerson 'Zootopia' (2016).

Fans didn't even notice this gay married uple Zootopia until years after the movie me out. First 'Exclively Gay Moment:' LeFou 'Bety and the Beast' (2017). When this live-actn remake me out, Disney touted LeFou (played by Josh Gad) as beg their first gay character and even said that he had an "exclively gay moment" the film.

IT'S NOT JT FROZEN: MOST DISNEY MOVI ARE PRO-GAY

When turned out that gay moment was a flash of him dancg wh another man a group scene, fans weren't so exced. First Gay Character the MCU: Grievg Man 'Avengers: Endgame' (2019). Disney and Marvel Studs proudly announced that 2019 they had troduced their first gay character the Marvel Cematic Universe, only to have fans fd out that was an unnamed character one scene played by the movie's straight -director.

Aga, they're only shown kissg for a send, but hey, at least we know that gays exist space. First Major Gay Character: MacGregor 'Jungle Cise' (2021).

MacGregor, played by Jack Whehall, was supposed to be Disney's "first major gay character" when Jungle Cise was set to be released way back 2019, but bee of the global panmic, the film was layed until 2021.

ELSA OM FROZEN ULD BEE DISNEY’S FIRST ANIMATED GAY CHARACTER

First Gay Superhero the MCU: Phastos 'Eternals' (2021). Marvel's first gay superhero and the first married gay uple the MCU both happened 2021, which was que the year for "First Gays" for the pany.

It took only 13 years and two dozen movi for Marvel to troduce a gay superhero. First Major Gay Character (Aga): Artie 'Cella' (2021). Artie is one of several characters advertised as the pany's "first major gay character" after both LeFou Bety and the Beast and MacGregor the layed-for-several-years Jungle Cise.

DISNEY ANNOUNC 'PRC,' FIRST FILM WH OPENLY GAY CHARACTERS.

First Gay Disney Love Song: 'High School Mil: The Mil: The Seri' (2021).