In honor of the movie’s 15th anniversary, one wrers talks about the personal impact Disney’s “Lilo & Stch” had on him as a gay, parentls child
Contents:
- “LILO & STCH” MEANT THE WORLD TO MY GAY, PARENTLS 10-YEAR-OLD SELF
- STCH IS GAY
- STCH_IS_GAY
- PLEASE CONSIDER DONATING TO THE GAYLY HELPFUL FUNDRAISER FOR THE TRANSGENDER LAW CENTER
- STITCH: A POIGNANT RELATNSHIP BETWEEN TWO YOUNG GAY MEN
“LILO & STCH” MEANT THE WORLD TO MY GAY, PARENTLS 10-YEAR-OLD SELF
* stitch is gay *
Lilo even feeds peanut butter sandwich to a fish that “ntrols the weather” which the other girls sneer a gay kid I always knew I was different, but havg ad parents ma me really different. I uldn’t help but feel Lilo’s lonels and isolatn as a reflectn of my own stggl fdg muny as a gay kid and child of ad urty of the thor.
As a gay person, ’s also difficult not to read to some of the film’s subtext. The aliens who e to pture Stch, Jumbaa and Pleakly, often read as a pictn of a gay uple. The two choose to stay wh Lilo, Nani, and Stch, beg almost like two dads their unnventnal feels more tentnal when you know that one of the -directors for the film, Dean DeBlois, is gay.
The supervisg animator for Lilo’s character, Andreas Deja, who is also gay and known for his animatg work on Sr The Ln Kg, Jafar Aladd and Gaston Bety & the top of the film beg released durg Gay Pri Month, on June 26, 2015, gay marriage was legalized the Uned Stat. This lead -director Dean DeBlois to create an illtratn of Stch wh a Gay Pri flag to memorate. Few Disney characters are explicly clared to be gay by the stud, but viewers have picked up on "gay dg.
STCH IS GAY
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STITCH: A POIGNANT RELATNSHIP BETWEEN TWO YOUNG GAY MEN
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