The pany’s tone af mishandlg of Florida’s ‘don’t say gay’ bill has revealed a long-gtatg nflict
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DISNEY CHANNEL BREAKS GROUND WH FIRST GAY STORYLE – THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
Bob Chapek mentned Disney creatg "spirg" queer ntent when addrsg the pany’s supposed support of the ntroversial "Don’t Say Gay" bill. Here are all Disney’s official gay moments om movi and TV seri. * disney channel lgbt storyline *
When news outlets reported that The Walt Disney Company donated money to legislators who supported Florida’s ntroversial “Don’t Say Gay” bill, Disney CEO Bob Chapek sent an ternal memo to the pany sayg Disney would still “unequivolly” support s LGBTQ employe. In 2017, director Bill Condon, who is gay himself, told Attu Magaze that his versn of Bety and the Beast, Gaston’s henchman LeFou (Josh Gad) would have a csh on Gaston (Le Evans). Two years after g out, Cys also beme the first Disney character to say the words “I’m gay” out loud, when Cys sually told another iend about his sexualy.
Vtage-store owner Artie do not mentn his sexualy Cella, but John McCrea, the openly gay actor who plays him, says he read the character as queer and portrayed him as such.
The Disney Channel is breakg new ground this season by way of s seri “Andi Mack.” The teen-based show will be the first on the work to pict a character realizg and g to terms wh the fact that they are gay. * disney channel lgbt storyline *
As the season progrs, viewers will watch Cys on his journey that will ultimately rult self-acceptance as a gay dividual. While the work has featured gay characters before, a sgle episo of both Good Luck, Charlie and the animated Doc McStuffs, this marks the first time Disney Channel has troduced s viewers to a ma character who is embarkg on such a journey of self-disvery.
Glee took Kurt through the wrger — everythg om an unacceptg parent to makg love wh another man to an unexpected hate crime — and betifully crafted Kurt's evolutn as an openly gay man.
Though the show and the work were h wh some backlash for the 2017 storyle of Cys g out as gay to his iends and later datg a boy, broke ground for Disney Channel to feature a story of a stgglg teen who eventually out and be an openly gay character.