The right-wg said this animated story of a bullied kid, a pack of zombi, and an ancient curse was part of the secret gay agenda. So we asked the movie's creators what they have to say for themselv.
Contents:
- DISNEY'S 8 'FIRST OPENLY GAY' CHARACTERS, RANKED (BY HOW EMBARRASSED DISNEY SHOULD FEEL)
- 20 CARTOON CHARACTERS WE TOTALLY FOT WERE GAY
- WHY PARANORMAN FEATURED THE FIRST GAY CHARACTER AN ANIMATED FILM
- HOW MANY TIM IS DISNEY GOG TO INTRODUCE ITS ‘FIRST’ GAY CHARACTER?
- PIXAR SHORT FILM ‘OUT’ FEATUR STUD’S FIRST GAY MA CHARACTER
DISNEY'S 8 'FIRST OPENLY GAY' CHARACTERS, RANKED (BY HOW EMBARRASSED DISNEY SHOULD FEEL)
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20 CARTOON CHARACTERS WE TOTALLY FOT WERE GAY
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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.
WHY PARANORMAN FEATURED THE FIRST GAY CHARACTER AN ANIMATED FILM
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. 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. First Gay Superhero the MCU: Phastos 'Eternals' (2021).
HOW MANY TIM IS DISNEY GOG TO INTRODUCE ITS ‘FIRST’ GAY CHARACTER?
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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. First Gay Disney Love Song: 'High School Mil: The Mil: The Seri' (2021).
PIXAR SHORT FILM ‘OUT’ FEATUR STUD’S FIRST GAY MA CHARACTER
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First Openly Gay Teen Romance a Feature: 'Strange World' (2022). Comedian Jaboie Young-Whe will be voicg a new character the upg animated film Strange World who is volved "the first openly gay teen romance a Disney feature" acrdg to Twter er Matthiew Saghezchi, who saw a clip om the film at the Annecy 2022 ftival.
The database tracks "the historil prence of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, tersex, asexual, and other sexual- and genr-mory characters wh nfirmatn animated children’s televisn the US. In 2020, Kipo and The Age of Wonrbeasts was the first rtoon where a character actually said "I'm gay" out loud. \u201cAnd 2020, Benson om "Kipo and the Age of Wonrbeasts" was the first kids' animated character to directly intify themselv as gay.