'The Ln Kg' actor Billy Eichner says he played Timon wh 'gay sensibily' | SBS Voic

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• 16 DISNEY CHARACTERS WHO WERE PROBABLY GAY
• ARE TIMON AND PUMBAA OM 'THE LN KG' GAY?
• YEP, TIMON HAS A “GAY SENSIBILY” THE “LN KG” REMAKEBILLY EICHNER EXPLAS HOW HIS VOL PERFORMANCE PAYS TRIBUTE TO NATHAN {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY BRANDON VOSSJULY 20, 2019/9:45 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:5000PX;WIDTH:3467PX;}CHRIS JACKSON/GETTY IMAGLONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 14: BILLY EICHNER TTENDS "THE LN KG" EUROPEAN PREMIERE AT LEICTER SQUARE ON JULY 14, 2019 LONDON, ENGLAND. (PHOTO BY CHRIS JACKSON/GETTY IMAG)BY BRANDON VOSSJULY 20, 2019 / 9:45 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"YEP, TIMON HAS A “GAY SENSIBILY” THE “LN KG” REMAKE","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-07-20T13:45:35.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-07-20T13:45:35.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"BRANDON VOSS","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WOOF! OR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER MEERKATS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IF YOU'VE ALREADY SEEN DISNEY'S NEW LIVE-ACTN/CGI REMAKE OF THE LN KG, YOU MAY HAVE FELT A CERTA KSHIP WH TIMON, THE WISECRACKG MEERKAT VOICED BY EMMY-NOMATED BILLY ON THE STREET STAR BILLY EICHNER. BROADWAY IN NATHAN LANE FAMOLY VOICED TIMON THE ORIGAL 1994 ANIMATED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I’M GLAD THAT [DIRECTOR] JON FAVRE KEPT THE TRADN OF TIMON BEG PLAYED BY A GAY ACTOR, WH A CERTA TYPE OF EDIC SENSIBILY, ALIVE," EICHNER RECENTLY TOLD BUZZFEED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I DIDN’T THK ABOUT HIM BEG GAY SO MUCH AS I THOUGHT, WELL, I’M GAY, AND I HAVE WHAT SOME MAY NSIR A GAY SENSIBILY, AND I’M GOG TO BRG THAT TO THE TABLE, JT THE WAY THAT NATHAN DID," THE AMERIN HORROR STORY ALUM ADD. "I’M CERTALY NOT GOG TO SHY AWAY OM . IN FACT, I LEAN TO MORE MY PERFORMANC THAN I EVEN DO MY EVERYDAY LIFE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS TRYG TO FD THE GAY CHARACTER ANIMATED MOVI," EICHNER NTUED, REFERENCG GAY-D CHARACTERS LIKE SR THE ORIGAL LN KG. "I THK THE WAY TO RRECT THAT IS TO ACTUALLY PUT GAY CHARACTERS ANIMATED MOVI. I’M ACTUALLY THE VERY EARLY DAYS OF WORKG ON A PROJECT LIKE THAT. ONE OF THE LAST ONTIERS FOR LGBT REPRENTATN IS ANIMATED FAY FILMS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A WORLD WHERE WE DON’T HAVE TO ARGUE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHETHER WHAT’S HIS NAME  BETY AND THE BEAST IS GAY OR NOT. I DON’T WANT TO BE SUBTLE OR A QUTN MARK. IT JT SHOULD BE GAY," CLARED THE PETE BUTTIGIEG SUPPORTER, WHO IS WRG AND STARRG A GAY ROM- FOR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I’M NOT SAYG THAT CHARACTER’S GAY, BUT THE NEW MOVI THAT ARE MA, THERE SHOULD JT BE EXISTG OPENLY LGBT CHARACTERS SO THAT WE DON’T HAVE TO KEEP ARGUG ABOUT BERT AND ERNIE. I DON’T RE IF BERT AND ERNIE ARE GAY. I WANT TO SEE ACTUAL GAY PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT A MYSTERY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DPE TIMON'S GAY SENSIBILY, DON'T BE TOO QUICK TO ROMANTILLY PAIR HIM WH PAL PUMBAA, THE WARTHOG VOICED BY SETH ROGEN THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I MEAN, HE’S A RTOON MEERKAT," EICHNER SAID. "I’M NOT EVEN SURE HOW OLD HE’S SUPPOSED TO BE. TIMON AND PUMBAA ARE DIFFERENT SPECI—I DON’T EVEN THK THAT’S ETHILLY RRECT, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY WOULD BE A UPLE SOME WAY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LANE MEMORABLY JOKED ABOUT EICHNER FOLLOWG HIS MEERKAT PAW-STEPS LAST YEAR ON THE LATE SHOW WH STEPHEN COLBERT: “HAKUNA FUCK’ MATATA. HOWEVER, NOW THAT GAY RIGHTS HAVE E SO FAR, THIS VERSN TIMON N FALLY MARRY PUMBAA AND LIVE OPENLY THE SERENGETI. BELIEVE ME, ONCE YOU’VE HAD WARTHOG, YOU NEVER GO BACK.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• BILLY EICHNER CONFIRMS HE VOICED TIMON WH A ‘GAY SENSIBILY’
• DISNEY CHARACTERS WHO DID MORE FOR GAY RIGHTS THAN CANONILLY GAY DISNEY CHARACTERSNATALIE LYDICK·FOLLOW6 M READ·JUN 23, 2020--LISTENSHAREIT IS NO GREAT SECRET THAT DISNEY FEARS GAY CHARACTERS. THEIR MA GOAL BEG PREPOSTERO MOVIE SAL, THEY’VE FOUND THAT CLUDG NOTABLE QUEER CHARACTERS IS SIMPLY TOO NTROVERSIAL TO BE OF TERT. THEN WHY IS DISNEY SO GAY? WHILE THERE ARE SELDOM FEW NONILLY GAY CHARACTERS THE DISNEY LLECTN, MANY HAVE BEEN D GAY. THIS IS DITED TO THOSE WHO TLY MAKE DISNEY MAGIL.TIMON AND PUUMBATIMON DRAG PRENTG HIS BEEFKE, PUUMBA.YOU SAW THIS ONE G OM A E AWAY, SO I’M FEATURG ONT AND CENTER. THE TWO LOVABLE GLUTTONS LIVE BEYOND THE PRI LANDS (HEHE), FAR OM THE RT OF ANIMAL CIVILIZATN. FROM THE ONSET, WE REGNIZE THEM AS OUTSIRS, AND N’T IGNORE THE IMPLITNS OF TWO BACHELORS LIVG SO FAR OM EVERYONE ELSE. NOT ONLY THAT, A FAMO DISNEY MOMENT, TIMON OFFERS TO “DRS DRAG AND DO THE HULA” AS A DISTRACTN FOR OUR OTHER PROTAGONISTS. MOREOVER, WE NNOT IGNORE THAT HE IS VOICED BY BROADWAY LEGEND AND GAY IN, NATHAN LANE, WHO NOTABLY PLAYED A QUEEN THE BIRDGE. FOR THIS, AS WELL AS THEIR “ALTERNATIVE” LIFTYLE, TIMON AND PUUMBA OM THE LN KG STAND OUT AS SOME OF OUR FAVORE GAY ADOPTIVE DADS.JUMBA AND PLEAKLEYPLEAKLEY REALLY WENT ALL WH THE FALSI HERE. A QUEEN WH ATTENTN TO TAIL.SPEAKG OF INS DRAG, LET’S NOT FET THE TWO EDIC ALIENS OM LILO AND STCH WHO, WHEN THEY NEED DISGUIS, IMMEDIATELY OPTED TO POSE AS A ROMANTIC UPLE. ALTHOUGH JUMBA’S OUTF ULD CERTALY BE MISTAKEN FOR MON VATNER GARB, ONE N’T HELP BUT PARE HIM TO A GAY MAN OM MIAMI. IN FACT, HE DRS AN AWFUL LIKE ROB WILLIAMS THE BIRDGE. JUMBA’S TOTAL BEAR-ON-VATN VIBE IS ONE THG, BUT PLEAKLEY’S GROWG ADMIRATN FOR DRAG F THE GAYNS THIS MOVIE. IN A NOTABLE MOMENT, JUMBA EVEN FORC PLEAKLEY TO LET HIM TRY ON A WIG TOO AND PLEAKLEY RETORTS, “YOU’RE JT JEALO E I’M PRETTY!” IF TIMON AND PUUMBA ARE DISNEY’S SIGNATURE ADOPTIVE GAY DADS, THEN JUMBA AND PLEAKLEY ARE THE GAY UNCL.MULANI SEE A GENRFLUID MULAN A MLM RELATNSHIP HERE… IDK ABOUT YOUALTHOUGH THIS MOVIE HAS MUCH MORE TO DO WH EXCEEDG THE RIGID EXPECTATNS OF GENR ROL, ONCE MORE THE DRAG MULAN HERENTLY ELEVAT TO QUEER DG. OUR FEARLS HEROE NAVIGAT THE WEIRD AND EXCG WORLD OF GENR PERFORMANCE A NOBLE EFFORT TO BRG HONOR TO HER FAY. MULAN HAS ALWAYS BEEN A LIGHT A DARK TUNNEL FOR QUTNG TRANS YOUTH, NOT TO MENTN THE JOY THIS MOVIE GAVE TO A WHOLE QUEER GENERATN THKG OF BISEXUAL SHANG FALLG LOVE WH MULAN. THIS MOVIE, LIKE MANY OF DISNEY’S GREATS, HAS GAY WRTEN ALL OVER . WE SALUTE YOU MULAN.THE CAST OF ATLANTISSHOUT OUT TO ALL THE NON BARY LBIANS WHO LOOK EXACTLY LIKE MILO THATCHTHIS TEGORY MAY FEEL BROAD, BUT ’S FOR GOOD REASON. THERE IS AN TERTG UNIVERSAL WLW VIBE THAT ATLANTIS: THE LOST EMPIRE EXUS. FRANKLY, I STGGLED TO EXACTLY PPOT WHAT IS ABOUT THIS MOVIE’S CHARACTERS THAT POSSS SUCH A GAY WOMAN RA, UNTIL I REACHED OUT TO A IEND WH AN ART GREE. WE ME TO THE NCLN THAT ATLANTIS’S BOLD TAKE IS THAT ANIMATED WOMEN SHOULD LOOK DIFFERENT OM EACH OTHER. THE ART DIRECTN OF THIS MOVIE PRODUCED SUCH DISTCT AND UNIQUE CHARACTERS, WH WHOM MANY YOUNG LBIANS AND NON-BARY DIVIDUALS HAVE INTIFIED. FOR PROOF OF S EFFECT, THERE IS THIS THREAD ON THE WLW ENERGY OF ATLANTIS, FULL OF RPONS LIKE “IS THIS WHAT I LOOK LIKE OR WHO I LOVE?” AND THE REPLI: “Y.”KUZKUZ SPENT THIS WHOLE SCENE PARROTG YZMA AND Y’ALL THK THAT’S STRAIGHT?PERHAPS THIS ENTRY WILL SURPRISE YOU, OR MAYBE NOT AS ONCE MORE FEATUR A CHARACTER WHO UTILIZ DRAG THEIR STORY. STILL, ’S ONE THG TO WEAR A DRS, BUT A WHOLE OTHER TO ~PERFORM~ AND I BELIEVE KUZ DRAG, EVEN AS A LLAMA. IN THE EMPEROR’S NEW GROOVE, THIS BRATTY TYRANT IS ALREADY TEEMG WH THE SASSY BACKTALK THAT BEFS A FLAMBOYANT GAY MAN, SO HE TO THE ROLE PREPARED. AND WHO ULD FET THE OPENG SCENE WHERE HE FEROCLY DRAGS EACH AND EVERY ONE OF HIS POTENTIAL BRIS. I’M SORRY, BUT THIS DON’T REGISTER FOR ME AS THE ACT OF A STRAIGHT MAN.TERKHER MOHAWK BLOWG THE BREEZE WH WHISPERS OF BUTCHNS ABOUNDG.I’VE SURED DISNEY’S REPERTOIRE AND I GOTTA SAY THAT ALTHOUGH IS RIFE WH GAY-D MEN, THAT WOMEN ARE HARD TO FD. WHEN TO LBIANS SEEMS WE’RE LACKG, BUT WE N ALL FALL BACK ON THE ROWDY AND R TOMBOY THAT IS TERK OM TARZAN. SHE STANDS OUT FOR HER PROTECTIVE STREAK, PRANKSTER QUALY, AND “ONE OF THE BOYS” ENERGY. WE N’T IGNORE HER BUTCH QUALI EHER, SO THE FACT THAT SHE SPORTS A MOHAWK AND GETS MAD AT TARZAN FOR HAVG TO WEAR A DRS MARK HER. AND OF URSE, WE MT ACKNOWLEDGE THAT SHE IS VOICED BY THE INIC, ALBE NTROVERSIAL, LBIAN EDIAN, ROSIE O’DONELL. THANK YOU ROSIE, FOR GIVG DISNEY’S ONLY BUTCH.BALOO AND BAGHEERA
• TIMON, PUMBAA, RAPUNZEL: WERE THE DISNEY CHARACTERS GAY?
• 'THE LN KG' ACTOR BILLY EICHNER SAYS HE PLAYED TIMON WH 'GAY SENSIBILY'
• BILLY EICHNER DENI THAT TIMON & PUMBAA ARE A GAY COUPLE

16 DISNEY CHARACTERS WHO WERE PROBABLY GAY

The actor told BuzzFeed he was happy director John Favre "kept the tradn of Timon beg played by a gay actor, wh a certa type of edic sensibily, alive. "I didn't thk about [Timon] beg gay so much as I thought, 'Well, I'm gay, and I have what some may nsir a gay sensibily, and I'm gog to brg that to the table, ' jt the way that Nathan did... Not only do Timon and Pumbaa seem to have a healthy, mted, gay relatnship, but Timon jumps at the opportuny to "drs drag and do the hula.

Disney's most visible gay character yet!

ARE TIMON AND PUMBAA OM 'THE LN KG' GAY?

Cape Town – Billy Eichner and Seth Rogen, who voice Timon and Pumbaa the live-actn The Ln Kg remake, say although they don’t thk and they n’t nfirm whether or not their characters are gay, we do need more LGBTQ reprentatn on screen. Eichner mented that people often assume bee the actor is gay, the character they play mt be too.

"I mean, I’m gay and Nathan Lane’s gay, so ’s tertg when a straight actor do a role, no one’s like, ‘That character mt be straight. ’ But bee ’s Nathan and me they’re like, ‘Oh, Timon mt be gay.

’ Which is not to say he’s not gay.

YEP, TIMON HAS A “GAY SENSIBILY” THE “LN KG” REMAKEBILLY EICHNER EXPLAS HOW HIS VOL PERFORMANCE PAYS TRIBUTE TO NATHAN {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY BRANDON VOSSJULY 20, 2019/9:45 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:5000PX;WIDTH:3467PX;}CHRIS JACKSON/GETTY IMAGLONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 14: BILLY EICHNER TTENDS "THE LN KG" EUROPEAN PREMIERE AT LEICTER SQUARE ON JULY 14, 2019 LONDON, ENGLAND. 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OR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER MEERKATS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IF YOU'VE ALREADY SEEN DISNEY'S NEW LIVE-ACTN/CGI REMAKE OF THE LN KG, YOU MAY HAVE FELT A CERTA KSHIP WH TIMON, THE WISECRACKG MEERKAT VOICED BY EMMY-NOMATED BILLY ON THE STREET STAR BILLY EICHNER. BROADWAY IN NATHAN LANE FAMOLY VOICED TIMON THE ORIGAL 1994 ANIMATED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I’M GLAD THAT [DIRECTOR] JON FAVRE KEPT THE TRADN OF TIMON BEG PLAYED BY A GAY ACTOR, WH A CERTA TYPE OF EDIC SENSIBILY, ALIVE," EICHNER RECENTLY TOLD BUZZFEED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I DIDN’T THK ABOUT HIM BEG GAY SO MUCH AS I THOUGHT, WELL, I’M GAY, AND I HAVE WHAT SOME MAY NSIR A GAY SENSIBILY, AND I’M GOG TO BRG THAT TO THE TABLE, JT THE WAY THAT NATHAN DID," THE AMERIN HORROR STORY ALUM ADD. "I’M CERTALY NOT GOG TO SHY AWAY OM . IN FACT, I LEAN TO MORE MY PERFORMANC THAN I EVEN DO MY EVERYDAY LIFE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS TRYG TO FD THE GAY CHARACTER ANIMATED MOVI," EICHNER NTUED, REFERENCG GAY-D CHARACTERS LIKE SR THE ORIGAL LN KG. "I THK THE WAY TO RRECT THAT IS TO ACTUALLY PUT GAY CHARACTERS ANIMATED MOVI. I’M ACTUALLY THE VERY EARLY DAYS OF WORKG ON A PROJECT LIKE THAT. ONE OF THE LAST ONTIERS FOR LGBT REPRENTATN IS ANIMATED FAY FILMS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A WORLD WHERE WE DON’T HAVE TO ARGUE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHETHER WHAT’S HIS NAME  BETY AND THE BEAST IS GAY OR NOT. I DON’T WANT TO BE SUBTLE OR A QUTN MARK. IT JT SHOULD BE GAY," CLARED THE PETE BUTTIGIEG SUPPORTER, WHO IS WRG AND STARRG A GAY ROM- FOR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I’M NOT SAYG THAT CHARACTER’S GAY, BUT THE NEW MOVI THAT ARE MA, THERE SHOULD JT BE EXISTG OPENLY LGBT CHARACTERS SO THAT WE DON’T HAVE TO KEEP ARGUG ABOUT BERT AND ERNIE. I DON’T RE IF BERT AND ERNIE ARE GAY. I WANT TO SEE ACTUAL GAY PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT A MYSTERY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DPE TIMON'S GAY SENSIBILY, DON'T BE TOO QUICK TO ROMANTILLY PAIR HIM WH PAL PUMBAA, THE WARTHOG VOICED BY SETH ROGEN THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I MEAN, HE’S A RTOON MEERKAT," EICHNER SAID. "I’M NOT EVEN SURE HOW OLD HE’S SUPPOSED TO BE. TIMON AND PUMBAA ARE DIFFERENT SPECI—I DON’T EVEN THK THAT’S ETHILLY RRECT, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY WOULD BE A UPLE SOME WAY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LANE MEMORABLY JOKED ABOUT EICHNER FOLLOWG HIS MEERKAT PAW-STEPS LAST YEAR ON THE LATE SHOW WH STEPHEN COLBERT: “HAKUNA FUCK’ MATATA. HOWEVER, NOW THAT GAY RIGHTS HAVE E SO FAR, THIS VERSN TIMON N FALLY MARRY PUMBAA AND LIVE OPENLY THE SERENGETI. BELIEVE ME, ONCE YOU’VE HAD WARTHOG, YOU NEVER GO BACK.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

"It would be ol to see more openly LGBT characters fay entertament and animated films, " he said, "so we don’t have to have annoyg discsns about whether Bert and Ernie are gay or not.

""Hopefully movg forward there will be openly gay characters the typ of movi.

BILLY EICHNER CONFIRMS HE VOICED TIMON WH A ‘GAY SENSIBILY’

"In an terview wh Buzzfeed News, Eichner said we always have to look for the “closeted gay character” films when we should fact be more open, hont and clive of everyone. "Well, that really opened the door to more gay rats gettg married, which I really appreciate. "I’m glad that [director] Jon Favre kept the tradn of Timon beg played by a gay actor, wh a certa type of edic sensibily, alive, " Eichner recently told Buzzfeed News.

DISNEY CHARACTERS WHO DID MORE FOR GAY RIGHTS THAN CANONILLY GAY DISNEY CHARACTERSNATALIE LYDICK·FOLLOW6 M READ·JUN 23, 2020--LISTENSHAREIT IS NO GREAT SECRET THAT DISNEY FEARS GAY CHARACTERS. THEIR MA GOAL BEG PREPOSTERO MOVIE SAL, THEY’VE FOUND THAT CLUDG NOTABLE QUEER CHARACTERS IS SIMPLY TOO NTROVERSIAL TO BE OF TERT. THEN WHY IS DISNEY SO GAY? WHILE THERE ARE SELDOM FEW NONILLY GAY CHARACTERS THE DISNEY LLECTN, MANY HAVE BEEN D GAY. THIS IS DITED TO THOSE WHO TLY MAKE DISNEY MAGIL.TIMON AND PUUMBATIMON DRAG PRENTG HIS BEEFKE, PUUMBA.YOU SAW THIS ONE G OM A E AWAY, SO I’M FEATURG ONT AND CENTER. THE TWO LOVABLE GLUTTONS LIVE BEYOND THE PRI LANDS (HEHE), FAR OM THE RT OF ANIMAL CIVILIZATN. FROM THE ONSET, WE REGNIZE THEM AS OUTSIRS, AND N’T IGNORE THE IMPLITNS OF TWO BACHELORS LIVG SO FAR OM EVERYONE ELSE. NOT ONLY THAT, A FAMO DISNEY MOMENT, TIMON OFFERS TO “DRS DRAG AND DO THE HULA” AS A DISTRACTN FOR OUR OTHER PROTAGONISTS. MOREOVER, WE NNOT IGNORE THAT HE IS VOICED BY BROADWAY LEGEND AND GAY IN, NATHAN LANE, WHO NOTABLY PLAYED A QUEEN THE BIRDGE. FOR THIS, AS WELL AS THEIR “ALTERNATIVE” LIFTYLE, TIMON AND PUUMBA OM THE LN KG STAND OUT AS SOME OF OUR FAVORE GAY ADOPTIVE DADS.JUMBA AND PLEAKLEYPLEAKLEY REALLY WENT ALL WH THE FALSI HERE. A QUEEN WH ATTENTN TO TAIL.SPEAKG OF INS DRAG, LET’S NOT FET THE TWO EDIC ALIENS OM LILO AND STCH WHO, WHEN THEY NEED DISGUIS, IMMEDIATELY OPTED TO POSE AS A ROMANTIC UPLE. ALTHOUGH JUMBA’S OUTF ULD CERTALY BE MISTAKEN FOR MON VATNER GARB, ONE N’T HELP BUT PARE HIM TO A GAY MAN OM MIAMI. IN FACT, HE DRS AN AWFUL LIKE ROB WILLIAMS THE BIRDGE. JUMBA’S TOTAL BEAR-ON-VATN VIBE IS ONE THG, BUT PLEAKLEY’S GROWG ADMIRATN FOR DRAG F THE GAYNS THIS MOVIE. IN A NOTABLE MOMENT, JUMBA EVEN FORC PLEAKLEY TO LET HIM TRY ON A WIG TOO AND PLEAKLEY RETORTS, “YOU’RE JT JEALO E I’M PRETTY!” IF TIMON AND PUUMBA ARE DISNEY’S SIGNATURE ADOPTIVE GAY DADS, THEN JUMBA AND PLEAKLEY ARE THE GAY UNCL.MULANI SEE A GENRFLUID MULAN A MLM RELATNSHIP HERE… IDK ABOUT YOUALTHOUGH THIS MOVIE HAS MUCH MORE TO DO WH EXCEEDG THE RIGID EXPECTATNS OF GENR ROL, ONCE MORE THE DRAG MULAN HERENTLY ELEVAT TO QUEER DG. OUR FEARLS HEROE NAVIGAT THE WEIRD AND EXCG WORLD OF GENR PERFORMANCE A NOBLE EFFORT TO BRG HONOR TO HER FAY. MULAN HAS ALWAYS BEEN A LIGHT A DARK TUNNEL FOR QUTNG TRANS YOUTH, NOT TO MENTN THE JOY THIS MOVIE GAVE TO A WHOLE QUEER GENERATN THKG OF BISEXUAL SHANG FALLG LOVE WH MULAN. THIS MOVIE, LIKE MANY OF DISNEY’S GREATS, HAS GAY WRTEN ALL OVER . WE SALUTE YOU MULAN.THE CAST OF ATLANTISSHOUT OUT TO ALL THE NON BARY LBIANS WHO LOOK EXACTLY LIKE MILO THATCHTHIS TEGORY MAY FEEL BROAD, BUT ’S FOR GOOD REASON. THERE IS AN TERTG UNIVERSAL WLW VIBE THAT ATLANTIS: THE LOST EMPIRE EXUS. FRANKLY, I STGGLED TO EXACTLY PPOT WHAT IS ABOUT THIS MOVIE’S CHARACTERS THAT POSSS SUCH A GAY WOMAN RA, UNTIL I REACHED OUT TO A IEND WH AN ART GREE. WE ME TO THE NCLN THAT ATLANTIS’S BOLD TAKE IS THAT ANIMATED WOMEN SHOULD LOOK DIFFERENT OM EACH OTHER. THE ART DIRECTN OF THIS MOVIE PRODUCED SUCH DISTCT AND UNIQUE CHARACTERS, WH WHOM MANY YOUNG LBIANS AND NON-BARY DIVIDUALS HAVE INTIFIED. FOR PROOF OF S EFFECT, THERE IS THIS THREAD ON THE WLW ENERGY OF ATLANTIS, FULL OF RPONS LIKE “IS THIS WHAT I LOOK LIKE OR WHO I LOVE?” AND THE REPLI: “Y.”KUZKUZ SPENT THIS WHOLE SCENE PARROTG YZMA AND Y’ALL THK THAT’S STRAIGHT?PERHAPS THIS ENTRY WILL SURPRISE YOU, OR MAYBE NOT AS ONCE MORE FEATUR A CHARACTER WHO UTILIZ DRAG THEIR STORY. STILL, ’S ONE THG TO WEAR A DRS, BUT A WHOLE OTHER TO ~PERFORM~ AND I BELIEVE KUZ DRAG, EVEN AS A LLAMA. IN THE EMPEROR’S NEW GROOVE, THIS BRATTY TYRANT IS ALREADY TEEMG WH THE SASSY BACKTALK THAT BEFS A FLAMBOYANT GAY MAN, SO HE TO THE ROLE PREPARED. AND WHO ULD FET THE OPENG SCENE WHERE HE FEROCLY DRAGS EACH AND EVERY ONE OF HIS POTENTIAL BRIS. I’M SORRY, BUT THIS DON’T REGISTER FOR ME AS THE ACT OF A STRAIGHT MAN.TERKHER MOHAWK BLOWG THE BREEZE WH WHISPERS OF BUTCHNS ABOUNDG.I’VE SURED DISNEY’S REPERTOIRE AND I GOTTA SAY THAT ALTHOUGH IS RIFE WH GAY-D MEN, THAT WOMEN ARE HARD TO FD. WHEN TO LBIANS SEEMS WE’RE LACKG, BUT WE N ALL FALL BACK ON THE ROWDY AND R TOMBOY THAT IS TERK OM TARZAN. SHE STANDS OUT FOR HER PROTECTIVE STREAK, PRANKSTER QUALY, AND “ONE OF THE BOYS” ENERGY. WE N’T IGNORE HER BUTCH QUALI EHER, SO THE FACT THAT SHE SPORTS A MOHAWK AND GETS MAD AT TARZAN FOR HAVG TO WEAR A DRS MARK HER. AND OF URSE, WE MT ACKNOWLEDGE THAT SHE IS VOICED BY THE INIC, ALBE NTROVERSIAL, LBIAN EDIAN, ROSIE O’DONELL. THANK YOU ROSIE, FOR GIVG DISNEY’S ONLY BUTCH.BALOO AND BAGHEERA

"I didn’t thk about him beg gay so much as I thought, Well, I’m gay, and I have what some may nsir a gay sensibily, and I’m gog to brg that to the table, jt the way that Nathan did, " the Amerin Horror Story alum add. ""People are always tryg to fd the gay character animated movi, " Eichner ntued, referencg gay-d characters like Sr the origal Ln Kg.

"I thk the way to rrect that is to actually put gay characters animated movi. ""I would love to see a world where we don’t have to argue about, you know, whether what’s his name  Bety and the Beast is gay or not.

It jt should be gay, " clared the Pete Buttigieg supporter, who is wrg and starrg a gay rom- for Universal. "I’m not sayg that character’s gay, but the new movi that are ma, there should jt be existg openly LGBT characters so that we don’t have to keep argug about Bert and Ernie. I don’t re if Bert and Ernie are gay.

TIMON, PUMBAA, RAPUNZEL: WERE THE DISNEY CHARACTERS GAY?

I want to see actual gay people that are not a mystery. "Dpe Timon's gay sensibily, don't be too quick to romantilly pair him wh pal Pumbaa, the warthog voiced by Seth Rogen the remake.

'THE LN KG' ACTOR BILLY EICHNER SAYS HE PLAYED TIMON WH 'GAY SENSIBILY'

However, now that gay rights have e so far, this versn Timon n fally marry Pumbaa and live openly the Serengeti.

STUART — The late Lawrence and Gay Timon spared no expense buildg their dream home 35 years ago on Conut Pot the North River Shor muny. Gaynell “Gay” Grose, Timon was 75 when she died December 2018.

BILLY EICHNER DENI THAT TIMON & PUMBAA ARE A GAY COUPLE

Johnston, a nephew whose mother was Gay Timon’s sister, said, “No one heir uld take on the entire thg.

Comedian and actor Billy Eichner, who voic the meerkat Timon The Ln Kg live-actn reboot, nfirmed he performed the role wh some “gay sensibily. Referencg Nathan Lane, who played Timon the 1994 animated classic, Eichner told Buzzfeed: “I’m glad that [director] Jon Favre kept the tradn of Timon beg played by a gay actor, wh a certa type of edic sensibily, alive.

He add: “I didn’t thk about [Timon] beg gay so much as I thought, ‘Well, I’m gay, and I have what some may nsir a gay sensibily, and I’m gog to brg that to the table, ’ jt the way that Nathan did. Eichner also spoke to the “queerdg” of some Disney characters have “queer” mannerisms whout beg explicly gay.