Ellen DeGener lghs over possible 'Fdg Dory' gay uple

Contents:

• DO 'FDG DORY' SHOW A GAY UPLE? WE ASKED THE FILMMAKERS
• ELLEN DEGENER LGHS OVER POSSIBLE 'FDG DORY' GAY UPLE
• DO 'FDG DORY' SHOW A GAY UPLE?
• ‘FDG DORY’ MISS OPPORTUNY TO FEATURE PIXAR’S FIRST GAY COUPLE

DO 'FDG DORY' SHOW A GAY UPLE? WE ASKED THE FILMMAKERS

There's no nclive evince one way or ll for Disney (which owns Pixar and Marvel) to clu lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr characters has gathered momentum recent months.

Abrams said he was was asked if he uld "image a homosexual character  Star Wars, and my immediate reactn was, 'Of urse. Rather, the keen-eyed theorist suggts that one of the animal upl the male volno is seen admirg om afar is openly gay. Y, and fact que a lot of people are super-extra-exced by the trailer, bee they thk shows a gay uple, which would be a first for Disney or Pixar do they thk this?

But would be a big al if was nclive bee ually gay characters are gay only dly, like ’s somethg to be ashamed of. I don’t thk they were dly gay fact. Photograph: PixarBut if no one’s seen the film yet, how do we know that the women are clearly gay?

ELLEN DEGENER LGHS OVER POSSIBLE 'FDG DORY' GAY UPLE

Maybe they’re on their way to an anti-gay rally? Although would make a kd of sense them beg gay, sce DeGener herself played such a big role the gay rights story.

And the excement about is a sign of the hunger out there to ntue gay people’s journey to the mastream by cludg them kids’ films. You’re beg icthyonormative say: “Wa, wasn’t Ken Toy Story 3 gay? ”Don’t say: “He’s more of a mixture of bisexual and homophobic.

Director Andrew Stanton isn't nyg the characters qutn are gay — but he isn't nfirmg , eher. Disney has been known to be a very progrsive pany (havg brought the first openly gay s character to work televisn 1997 on the Ellen show) but they have recently e unr fire om GLADD for not featurg even one gay character the 11 feature films they released last year. There is no nyg , there is a lack of reprentatn of gay characters Disney's big screen movi.

DO 'FDG DORY' SHOW A GAY UPLE?

Fans recently petned the stud to give Elsa a girliend Frozen 2, GLAAD lled upon the stud to clu LGBT characters the Star Wars universe while the filmmakers and producers at Marvel have been very enuragg of the ia of brgg an openly gay character to the MCU. And while we might have to wa a b longer to see an openly gay major character one of those univers, I was happy to see what might be a lbian uple this morng's Fdg Dory trailer. Fdg Dory voice actrs Ellen DeGener has been openly gay for almost two s at this pot and has been a vol advote of gay rights and a lear the gay muny.

Polls have shown that DeGener has fluenced gay rights more than any other celebry. I thk people assume anyone wh a bad short haircut is gay. We ask the filmmakers behd 'Fdg Dory' whether or not the film featur a gay uple as the ter seems to believe.

‘FDG DORY’ MISS OPPORTUNY TO FEATURE PIXAR’S FIRST GAY COUPLE

2012’s ParaNorman featured the first openly gay character an mastream animated film. And ahead of s 2014 release, DreamWorks Animatn’s How To Tra Your Dragon 2 ma headl when director Dean DeBlois nfirmed that one of the dragon-lovg Vikgs would e out as gay. The origal was seen by right-wgers to be phg a “gay agenda”, wh one pastor llg a “very evil” another year of poor LGBT reprentatn by all studs, Glaad has urged Hollywood to improve diversy.

Of the 126 major stud releas last year, only 22 featured gay characters, amountg to 17. For a brief moment, looked like Pixar had fally ma history by offerg up the first gay character a Disney animated film. But acrdg to our spi at an early screeng, “Fdg Dory” don’t break any gay glass ceilgs.