Is Frozen 2 the first Disney movie wh an openly gay lead? - CNET

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• IS FROZEN 2 THE FIRST DISNEY MOVIE WH AN OPENLY GAY LEAD?
• SNL'S FROZEN 2 'DELETED SCEN' SHOW ELSA COME OUT AS GAY WHILE OLAF, UM, GROWS UP
• IS ELSA GAY? WHY FROZEN 2 DON'T ADDRS THE TOPIC

IS FROZEN 2 THE FIRST DISNEY MOVIE WH AN OPENLY GAY LEAD?

movie wh an openly gay 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. And quickly be abundantly clear why that was the first leted scene featur Elsa, droppg some not-so-subtle hts that she is gay.

SNL'S FROZEN 2 'DELETED SCEN' SHOW ELSA COME OUT AS GAY WHILE OLAF, UM, GROWS UP

When she enunters Anna the fort, she tells her sister, “I don’t know if we’re headg north, south, gay, or wt.

IS ELSA GAY? WHY FROZEN 2 DON'T ADDRS THE TOPIC

As LeFou, Gaston’s smarmy stooge 2017’s Bety and the Beast, the actor, edian and voice of Frozen’s Olaf was part of Disney’s first “exclively gay moment” – the grandse words of director Bill Condon. It turned out to be a two-send dance wh another man, which was neher exclive ( was a crowd scene) nor particularly gay (the two men uld easily have been iends). “We didn’t go far enough to say, ‘Look how brave we are.’ My regret what happened is that beme ‘Disney’s first explicly gay moment’ and was never tend to be that.

It was never tend to be a moment that we should ld ourselv for, bee ankly, I don’t thk we did jtice to what a real gay character a Disney film should be. Jt kiddg, she fely don't, but Frozen 2 do throw a scene that seems to ht that Elsa uld possibly be gay, even if maly jt across as Disney throwg a bone to fans who were hopg for some ncrete proof of her sexualy. Fans have speculated about Elsa's sexualy sce Frozen was first released 2013, but Frozen 2 still don't addrs whether or not she's gay.

Given Disney's fear of alienatg parents (or media censors untri like Rsia) who aren't tolerant of LGBTQ+ them children's entertament, 's not surprisg that the stud didn't make Elsa gay Frozen 2.