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

Contents:

• ONWARD’S OPENLY GAY CHARACTER STILL LEAV DISNEY BEHD S PETORS
• PIXAR’S FIRST OUT GAY CHARACTER TO BE VOICED BY LENA WAHE ‘ONWARD’
• PIXAR SHORT FILM 'OUT' FEATUR FIRST GAY MA CHARACTER
• PIXAR'S FIRST GAY MA CHARACTER ARRIV MOVG DISNEY+ SHORT FILM
• PIXAR PREMIER FIRST ANIMATED SHORT FEATURG OPENLY GAY LEAD CHARACTERHAPPY PRI MONTH OM PIXAR!{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 CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHMAY 22, 2020/12:10 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:1604PX;WIDTH:2876PX;}DISNEY/PIXARBY CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHMAY 22, 2020 / 12:10 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"PIXAR PREMIER FIRST ANIMATED SHORT FEATURG OPENLY GAY LEAD CHARACTER","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2020-05-22T16:10:20.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2020-05-22T16:10:20.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","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":"CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPH","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;}ONWARD'S LBIAN CYCLOPS WALKED SO DISNEY+ ULD {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;}OUT, THE NEWT ANIMATED SHORT PIXAR'S DISNEY+ SERI SPARKSHORTS ARRIVED THIS WEEK, AND MAK ANIMATED HISTORY AS PIXAR'S FIRST SHORT WH AN OPENLY GAY LEAD {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;}THE SHORT TELLS THE STORY OF GREG, WHO IS ABOUT TO MOVE WH HIS BOYIEND, MANUEL, BUT ONE BIG ISSUE IS THAT GREG IS NOT OUT TO HIS PARENTS—WHO HAVE E TO HELP HIM WH THE MOVE. THANKS TO SOME MAGIC PROVID BY A MYSTIL RABOW-RIDG DOG AND T, GREG AND HIS DOG, JIM, SWCH BODI. IT IS WHILE HE IS JIM'S BODY THAT GREG DISVERS HE DON'T HAVE TO HI WHO HE REALLY IS OM HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{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;}OUT WAS WRTEN AND DIRECTED BY STEVEN CLAY HUNTER, AND PRODUCED BY MAX SACHAR. THE SHORT SAYS "BASED ON A TE STORY"—BUT WE'RE GUSG HUNTER DIDN'T SWCH BODI WH HIS DOG REAL LIFE? OR MAYBE HE DID? OUT IS ONLY NE MUT LONG, SO PERFECTLY DIGTIBLE BEFORE YOU START YOUR LONG HOLIDAY WEEKEND—AND BE SURE TO STAY SEATED FOR A CUTE POST-CREDS {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;}AS NEWNOWNEXT PREVLY REPORTED, ONWARD'S OFFICER SPECTER WAS TOUTED BY SOME OUTLETS AS THE FIRST OPENLY LGBTQ CHARACTER AN ANIMATED DISNEY FILM. PIXAR DID, HOWEVER, CLU BLK-AND-YOU’LL-MISS-THEM LBIAN MOMS FDG DORY AND TOY STORY 4, AND BISEXUAL ARTIST FRIDA KAHLO APPEARED PIXAR’S {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;}FDG DORY -DIRECTOR ANDREW STANTON CLED TO NFIRM THE SEXUALY OF THE UPLE HIS FILM, SAYG, “THEY N BE WHATEVER YOU WANT THEM TO BE.” ONE MILLN MOMS, AN ONLE NSERVATIVE CHRISTIAN GROUP AFFILIATED WH THE AMERIN FAY ASSOCIATN, LLED FOR A BOYTT OF TOY STORY 4, LLG THE FILM’S LBIAN CHARACTERS “DANGERO.”{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;}OUT IS AVAILABLE TO STREAM NOW ON DISNEY+.{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
• PIXAR SHORT FILM ‘OUT’ FEATUR STUD’S FIRST GAY MA CHARACTER
• PIXAR’S “OUT” WILL FEATURE DISNEY’S FIRST ANIMATED GAY MA CHARACTER - INSI THE MAGIC
• PIXAR SHORT FILM ‘OUT’ FEATUR STUD’S FIRST GAY MA CHARACTER
• DISNEY+ SHORT ‘OUT’ IS PIXAR’S FIRST RELEASE WH OPENLY GAY LEAD
• DISNEY INTRODUC ITS FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER IN TOM HOLLAND'S ONWARD
• DISNEY TRODUC FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER CHILDREN’S ANIMATED FILM
• DISNEY'S 8 'FIRST OPENLY GAY' CHARACTERS, RANKED (BY HOW EMBARRASSED DISNEY SHOULD FEEL)

ONWARD’S OPENLY GAY CHARACTER STILL LEAV DISNEY BEHD S PETORS

Onward, Pixar’s first non-sequel movie sce 2017’s Co, notably featur the stud’s first openly gay character. This one le, livered passg wh no follow-up, marks the first verbal regnn of a character’s gay relatnship an animated Disney movie. Elsa’s new ballad, “Show Yourself, ” sound pretty dang gay.

PIXAR’S FIRST OUT GAY CHARACTER TO BE VOICED BY LENA WAHE ‘ONWARD’

Whether animators vertly add those gay moments, or ’s jt fans projectg, the bt-se scenar for Disney is to let LGBTQ muni celebrate potentially gay characters whout the pany havg to acknowledge their queerns. Disney’s dience is huge, and unfortunately, clus vol homophob — both the Stat and ternatnal markets, cludg untri where beg gay n land you jail — as well as queer viewers sperate for reprentatn. A nice gay moment.

Thanks large part to lobbyg om fans, Disney started featurg explicly gay characters recent years — mostly blk-and-you’ll-miss- moments.

PIXAR SHORT FILM 'OUT' FEATUR FIRST GAY MA CHARACTER

Back 2017, director Bill Condon ma headl when he announced that his live-actn Bety and the Beast remake would feature “a nice, exclively gay moment” urty of Josh Gad’s LeFou.

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

The obsequ sikick to Bety and the Beast’s Gaston had always been spected of admirg the swaggerg villa as more than jt a ra, but acrdg to Condon (who is openly gay himself), his versn of LeFou would be explicly cshg on Gaston. That “exclively gay moment” end up beg even more disappotg, however, when only amounted to some (by Condon’s own admissn) “subtle” flirtg, and a few sends of footage where LeFou and a man drag lli at a celebratn. Avengers: Endgame -director Joe Rso said that was so important to him that Marvel movi reflect the queer muny that he wanted to play the Marvel Cematic Universe’s first gay character himself.

(Marvel Studs print Kev Feige has nfirmed that there will be fally be a gay superhero the MCU, urty of Brian Tyree Henry’s character The Eternals. Cys Goodman, the bt-iend character on Disney Channel’s Andi Mack, me out as gay a 2017 episo.

PIXAR PREMIER FIRST ANIMATED SHORT FEATURG OPENLY GAY LEAD CHARACTERHAPPY PRI MONTH OM PIXAR!{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 CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHMAY 22, 2020/12:10 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:1604PX;WIDTH:2876PX;}DISNEY/PIXARBY CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHMAY 22, 2020 / 12:10 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"PIXAR PREMIER FIRST ANIMATED SHORT FEATURG OPENLY GAY LEAD CHARACTER","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2020-05-22T16:10:20.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2020-05-22T16:10:20.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","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":"CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPH","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;}ONWARD'S LBIAN CYCLOPS WALKED SO DISNEY+ ULD {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;}OUT, THE NEWT ANIMATED SHORT PIXAR'S DISNEY+ SERI SPARKSHORTS ARRIVED THIS WEEK, AND MAK ANIMATED HISTORY AS PIXAR'S FIRST SHORT WH AN OPENLY GAY LEAD {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;}THE SHORT TELLS THE STORY OF GREG, WHO IS ABOUT TO MOVE WH HIS BOYIEND, MANUEL, BUT ONE BIG ISSUE IS THAT GREG IS NOT OUT TO HIS PARENTS—WHO HAVE E TO HELP HIM WH THE MOVE. THANKS TO SOME MAGIC PROVID BY A MYSTIL RABOW-RIDG DOG AND T, GREG AND HIS DOG, JIM, SWCH BODI. IT IS WHILE HE IS JIM'S BODY THAT GREG DISVERS HE DON'T HAVE TO HI WHO HE REALLY IS OM HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{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;}OUT WAS WRTEN AND DIRECTED BY STEVEN CLAY HUNTER, AND PRODUCED BY MAX SACHAR. THE SHORT SAYS "BASED ON A TE STORY"—BUT WE'RE GUSG HUNTER DIDN'T SWCH BODI WH HIS DOG REAL LIFE? OR MAYBE HE DID? OUT IS ONLY NE MUT LONG, SO PERFECTLY DIGTIBLE BEFORE YOU START YOUR LONG HOLIDAY WEEKEND—AND BE SURE TO STAY SEATED FOR A CUTE POST-CREDS {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;}AS NEWNOWNEXT PREVLY REPORTED, ONWARD'S OFFICER SPECTER WAS TOUTED BY SOME OUTLETS AS THE FIRST OPENLY LGBTQ CHARACTER AN ANIMATED DISNEY FILM. PIXAR DID, HOWEVER, CLU BLK-AND-YOU’LL-MISS-THEM LBIAN MOMS FDG DORY AND TOY STORY 4, AND BISEXUAL ARTIST FRIDA KAHLO APPEARED PIXAR’S {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;}FDG DORY -DIRECTOR ANDREW STANTON CLED TO NFIRM THE SEXUALY OF THE UPLE HIS FILM, SAYG, “THEY N BE WHATEVER YOU WANT THEM TO BE.” ONE MILLN MOMS, AN ONLE NSERVATIVE CHRISTIAN GROUP AFFILIATED WH THE AMERIN FAY ASSOCIATN, LLED FOR A BOYTT OF TOY STORY 4, LLG THE FILM’S LBIAN CHARACTERS “DANGERO.”{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;}OUT IS AVAILABLE TO STREAM NOW ON DISNEY+.{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

Disney Pl’ High School Mil: The Mil: The Seri featur a gay romance. ” In this se, the sexual exploratn happens to be gay, while films like Never Been Kissed and 10 Thgs I Hate About You, which feature siar high-school sexual terrory, are still on the platform. Officer Specter is voiced by Emmy award-wng screenwrer and actrs Lena Wahe, who is openly gay.

Pixar’s g out wh s first openly gay character — a lbian police officer voiced by “Master of None” actrs-wrer Lena Wahe.

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

In 2017, a live-actn remake of “Bety and the Beast, ” had the first openly gay character a Disney film. A heartwarmg tale that fally gets explic about s ’s first openly gay ma character has buted a new short film tled “Out.

”The ne-mute short film, which released on Disney Pl on Friday, tells the story of a man named Greg, who stggl wh g out as gay to his parents, tratg his partner Manuel.

Technilly, this isn’t the first gay character a Pixar film, although is certaly the first gay ma character. When Pixar’s Onward released last March, actrs Lena Wahe voiced a gay cyclops who worked as a police officer. In olr films, like Toy Story 4 and Fdg Dory, Pixar has add very mor evince of gay characters, cludg a brief shot of two women who fans spected were a lbian uple.

PIXAR’S “OUT” WILL FEATURE DISNEY’S FIRST ANIMATED GAY MA CHARACTER - INSI THE MAGIC

Oddly enough, an ET Canada terview, Fdg Dory star Ellen Degener (herself one of the first openly gay actors ntemporary Hollywood) said that there was no lbian uple the film simply bee one had short hair.

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

Avengers: Endgame featured -director Joe Rso makg a meo as a gay man Capta Ameri’s therapy group who briefly mentns he is gog on a date wh another man. As for future properti, Marvel’s The Eternals is set to feature an openly gay superhero. 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.

DISNEY+ SHORT ‘OUT’ IS PIXAR’S FIRST RELEASE WH OPENLY GAY LEAD

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? RELATED | 11 Gay, Bi, & Lbian Creators Who Ma Disney What It Is Today. First Gay Married Couple: Bucky and Pronk Oryx-Antlerson 'Zootopia' (2016).

DISNEY INTRODUC ITS FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER IN TOM HOLLAND'S ONWARD

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.

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.

DISNEY TRODUC FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER CHILDREN’S ANIMATED FILM

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.

DISNEY'S 8 'FIRST OPENLY GAY' CHARACTERS, RANKED (BY HOW EMBARRASSED DISNEY SHOULD FEEL)

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.