So, How Gay IS Disney’s Frozen?| Natnal Catholic Register

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Neil Patrick Harris may seem like a Disney character e to life, but the pany's animated stud has never hired an out gay actor to voice one of s dashg male leads until now, as Jonathan Groff steps up to give life to Kristoff Disney's Frozen, which is openg today natnwi.

SO, HOW GAY IS DISNEY’S FROZEN?

He appeared the short-lived ble seri Boss and January se the premiere of Lookg, his upg HBO show about a circle of young gay men navigatg 21st century San might seem like a real leap for an actor but Groff sists there's parallels between the two projects: "We improv-ed a lot on Frozen, tryg to keep thgs alive and keep thgs real, and we certaly try to do that every day on [the Lookg] set. He's groomed perfectly a way that's nsirate of lovers whout beg too gay porn-y about . Sophomore Hans wants to play lacrosse, have a different guy or girl his bed every night, and otherwise be left alone.

The pany has taken baby steps over the years to start cludg queer reprentatn s films and TV shows, ually by allowg Pixar to keep the two moms hidn the back or okayg the ia of LeFou beg gay after all. Whether 's two moms at the aquarium wh Dory, a teenage g out story on Disney Channel, or the blk-and-you'll-miss- gay moment Frozen, every one of the characters paved the way for Hawthorne, a queer character Pixar'sLightyearwho will have Disney's first-ever animated same-sex kiss. The characters were nfirmed to be a married uple by the film's directors, Jared Bh and openly gay Byron Howard, who each lend their voic to Bucky and Pronk.

Not only were viewers left disappoted by the lacklter queer reprentatn, but so was LeFou's portrayerJosh Gad, statg an terview, "Frankly, I don’t thk we did jtice to what a real gay character a Disney film should be. Cys Goodman was the first character to utter the words "I'm gay" before startg a relatnship wh another boy, gog as far as holdg hands to pict their feelgs to the viewers.

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