Bety and the Beast's Le Fou might be the first character that Disney has openly regnized as beg gay, but that don't mean LGBT people haven't been there all along.
Contents:
- DISNEY'S 8 'FIRST OPENLY GAY' CHARACTERS, RANKED (BY HOW EMBARRASSED DISNEY SHOULD FEEL)
- GAYHISTORY: MICKEY MOE, HOMOPHOBE
- DISNEY’S PRO-GAY RTOON FOR PRCHOOLERS: 12 FACTS YOU NEED TO KNOW
DISNEY'S 8 'FIRST OPENLY GAY' CHARACTERS, RANKED (BY HOW EMBARRASSED DISNEY SHOULD FEEL)
* mickey mouse gay characters *
The actors playg the clever clock each film are both gay! David Ogn Stiers, om the first movie and s sequels, me out 2009, sayg that he was gay and “very proud to be so. Ian McKellen, om the remake, me out as gay over 30 years ago, sayg of the experience, “Life at last begs to make sense, when you are open and hont.
" He ially refed to nfirm or ny the assumptns about his sexualy, claimg that if people knew that he was gay, would e them to view his characters differently.
He put mors to rt an terview wh the Advote 2010, referrg to himself as a “gay guy. Raya and the Last Dragon has sparked nversatn the gay muny due to Raya’s ambiguo sexualy and the actrs's queer dg.
GAYHISTORY: MICKEY MOE, HOMOPHOBE
Disney's new stance agast Florida's Don't Say Gay bill reigned Right's war on Disney, even thought the pany has a nservative past. * mickey mouse gay characters *
While Kristoff p for Anna, Groff himself only has ey for men, which he nfirmed 2009, to a reporter who asked if he was gay. She ma history when the tular character of her s Ellen me out around the same time as the real Ellen, makg her the first person to say, “I’m gay, ” on a s. Cocintally, both he and Lane happen to be gay!
Eichner is currently sgle, but he is set to star a Universal gay rom- to be released next summer. Cys has always been a big advote for the gay muny, and she first began to have same sex feelgs at age 14.
The voice st offers addnal diversy, as featur a gay man, Graham Norton, who plays Moonwd, a spirual sign spner. Norton didn’t know any gay people when he was growg up, which ma difficult for him to accept his sexualy. After g out 2013, she has said that she don’t want to be lled gay.
DISNEY’S PRO-GAY RTOON FOR PRCHOOLERS: 12 FACTS YOU NEED TO KNOW
Mickey Moe: guilty of a hate crime? Brent Bozell is one of those right-wgers who has ma a reer of beg dignant at every hour of the day, always on the lookout for an exce to whe and pla. One of the thgs that upsets him is that some ic books feature openly gay characters.… * mickey mouse gay characters *
The voice behd Francis’s worker Slim brgs another LGBTQ+ touch to the film, as he is gay.
David Hy Pierce has been wh his hband, Brian Hargrove, sce 1983, but he didn’t e out as gay to the public until 2007. She once wrote a journal as a young teenager, “I am gay. As Cys, Rh ma history as the first person to say the words “I’m gay” on the Disney Channel.
Disney's LGBTQ history is mixed. The pany has "queer-d" characters movi and Gay Days at parks but stumbled on the "Don't Say Gay" bill. * mickey mouse gay characters *
She is a strong proponent for gay adoptn rights, pecially after a foster child was removed om her home simply due to O’Donnell’s relatnship wh her female partner at the time. Romeo and Juliet is a classic heterosexual love story, but the voice behd Gnomeo’s bt iend Benny Disney’s versn of the tale, Gnomeo and Juliet, brought a b of a gay touch to the st.
Matt Lus has known he was gay sce he was 7 years old, after sayg to a iend, "Don't you thk sometim men are handsome? Conservative groups have urged a boytt of Disney over news that the fay-iendly stud would feature s first "exclively gay moment" the live-actn remake of Bety and the Beast. Director Bill Condon told the Brish gay magaze Attu that Le Fou, the bumblg sikick played by Josh Gad, would be portrayed as a gay man.