How 'Strange World' troduc the first out gay teenager a Disney animated film

Contents:

• DENNIS QUAID.S TROUBLOME GAY LOVE SCENE
• IS DENNIS QUAID GAY?
• HERE'S HOW 'STRANGE WORLD' TRODUC THE FIRST OUT GAY TEENAGER A DISNEY ANIMATED FILM: 'IT WAS A BETIFUL THG TO BE A PART OF'

DENNIS QUAID.S TROUBLOME GAY LOVE SCENE

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While “Strange World” explor a fantastil environment full of myster creatur and flora, cludg flyg fish and walkg rock lumns, the actn-adventure film also clus a first for Walt Disney Animatn Studs: a gay teen romance. The animated feature troduc viewers to Ethan Cla, a biracial, openly gay teenager who gets pletely tongue-tied when he’s near his csh, Diazo.

IS DENNIS QUAID GAY?

“His gayns is one part of him. 1 untry hs the ’90s, me out as gay 2014 and began producg the show the followg year as the rult of a sire to show how much of the Nashville muny publicly stands behd the LGBTQ muny.

It follows Quaid and Moore as a 1950s uple whose marriage falls apart when Quaid's character reveals he is gay and is forced to unrgo nversn therapy. 9 (UPI) -- Gettg to character for his latt screen enavor of a married, closeted homosexual the 1950s "Far From Heaven" wasn't difficult says actor Dennis Quaid, not even the kiss scene wh his on screen lover. Bis, he knows what 's like to have troubl and feel you're not beg te to yourself even if he n't intify wh the homosexual aspect of the character.

HERE'S HOW 'STRANGE WORLD' TRODUC THE FIRST OUT GAY TEENAGER A DISNEY ANIMATED FILM: 'IT WAS A BETIFUL THG TO BE A PART OF'

"We all have our secrets and feel we're not livg an thentic life om time to time and, although the character is gay, I n relate to what he's gog through, " says a tired but relaxed Quaid between pulls on his cigarette durg an terview. Moore plays Cathy Whaker, the perfect hoewife who velops a relatnship wh her black garner Raymond (Dennis Haysbert) to the horror of the town's gossipmongers, while her hband Frank is grapplg wh his homosexualy.

Mimickg the 1950s style of domtic melodramatic movie makg particularly that of director Douglas Sirk ("All that Heaven Allows"), "Far From Heaven" not only explor the theme of homosexualy, but that of racial prejudice wh a well-to-do suburban home durg the post-World War II era.

Taylor Ksch and Mark Ruffalo play gay activists tryg to raise awarens of the AIDS epimic the early 1980s HBO's film adaptatn of The Normal Heart.

Ruffalo's openly gay ma character Ned Weeks is based on playwright Larry Kramer while Ksch plays closeted vtment banker Bce Nil. Ruffalo rells: “I said to Ryan [Murphy, who directs], ‘Aren’t we at the age when a gay actor should be playg this?