Every Sgle "First Gay Character" In a Disney Film •

Contents:

• DISNEY FILM FEATURG GAY MA CHARACTER BOMBS AT BOX OFFICE
• 'NOT-AT-ALL-SECRET GAY AGENDA': DISNEY PH GAY TEEN ROMANCE MAJOR NEW ANIMATN
• DISNEY ADMS TO ‘GAY AGENDA’ WH KIDS’ ANIMATN, VOWS MORE QUEER CHARACTERS
• DISNEY’S FIRST ANIMATED MOVIE WH A PROMENT GAY CHARACTER BOMBS
• DISNEY ACCED OF REMOVG GAY NTENT OM PIXAR FILMS
• DISNEY'S 8 'FIRST OPENLY GAY' CHARACTERS, RANKED (BY HOW EMBARRASSED DISNEY SHOULD FEEL)
• 'HOWARD': HOW ONE GAY MAN RHAPED DISNEY, THE DTRY'S MOST BELOVED ANIMATN STUD
• DISNEY EXECUTIVE PRODUCER ADMS TO ‘GAY AGENDA,’ ‘ADDG QUEERNS’ WHEREVER SHE COULD
• EVERY SGLE “FIRST GAY CHARACTER” IN A DISNEY FILM
• JABOIE YOUNG-WHE SAYS PLAYG DISNEY'S FIRST OPENLY GAY ANIMATED LEAD 'STRANGE WORLD' IS 'A NORMAL REFLECTN OF OUR REALY'
• DISNEY RELEAS ‘OUT,’ FEATURG ITS FIRST ANIMATED GAY MA CHARACTER: WATCH

DISNEY FILM FEATURG GAY MA CHARACTER BOMBS AT BOX OFFICE

Updated on June 7th, 2022 by Danielle Bnti: In the wake of Florida's extremely ntroversial "Don't Say Gay" bill and the strong cricism that me om wh The Walt Disney Company for not speakg up, seems like Disney is fally unrstandg out important LGBTQ+ reprentatn is for s fans and s st members. While the word "gay" never is spoken  Better Nate Than Ever, the notn that Nate is gay is hted at relentlsly. Phastos is a geni and ventor turned superhero who also happens to be openly gay.

Artie Cella is an openly gay character who teracts wh the ma character throughout the new movie that foc on Cella Vil om 101 Dalmatians. Artie is able to be his thentic self and actor John McCrea is happy wh his portrayal of Artie and believ him to be a gay character, but Disney yet aga ma the mistake of not fully lvg to Artie beg an openly gay character. Orka and Flix Star Wars Ristance are two openly gay characters who aren't human and are actually two different speci but are openly a relatnship the seri.

Jungle Cise hasn't technilly been released yet, but Disney has been clear that one of the major characters the movie, McGregor Houghton, will be gay. There's been a lot of ntroversy surroundg the announcement of Houghton beg a gay character. Certa groups are upset at the ia of a children's movie reprentg the LGBTQ+ muny while progrsiv are upset at Jack Whehall's stg, believg a gay actor should be st, and the ia that might be a stereotypil, harmful reprentatn.

'NOT-AT-ALL-SECRET GAY AGENDA': DISNEY PH GAY TEEN ROMANCE MAJOR NEW ANIMATN

Viewers may not remember the gay prce om The Prcs Diari 2, and maybe that's bee the movie don't actually show him person. In early 2017, Disney XD progrsed even more wh portrayals of gay love wh the rtoon Star Vs.

Before the live-actn versn of Bety and the Beast me out 2017, director Bill Condon announced an terview that one character would have a gay sp. LeFou, Gaston's right-hand man, would be gay, the director said, g excement and anticipatn om the LGBTQ+ muny. Cys Goodman om Andi Mack was Disney's first character to ever utter the words, "I'm gay, " 2019.

DISNEY ADMS TO ‘GAY AGENDA’ WH KIDS’ ANIMATN, VOWS MORE QUEER CHARACTERS

The show's creator and executive producer Terri Msky said that Cys and his story were largely spired by Terri's dghter's iends, who knew that they were gay middle school. Pixar jt released a new short, aptly tled Out, that foc on a young man named Greg who has a secret: he's gay, and he has a boyiend named Manuel. 6 ln over the five-day holiday weekend spe beg herald as the first Disney movie to clu an openly gay ma character.

DISNEY’S FIRST ANIMATED MOVIE WH A PROMENT GAY CHARACTER BOMBS

However, those figur were rapidly, and signifintly, revised downwards when was unrstood how poorly the movie was performg wh wh other recent Disney animated movi cludg Lightyear (another disappotg box office flop), Strange World sought to crowbar progrsive to the film, cludg for the first time Disney’s history an openly gay ma character. However, one liberal movie reviewer said Disney would likely e homophobia to shield om the film’s obv shortgs. “Disney is 100% gog to blame STRANGE WORLD’s evable bad box office on the fact that there’s an openly gay character the movie when realy, ’s gog to flop bee they didn’t market at all.

(Image cred: Greg Gayne/Hulu). Vel Sartha (Faye Marsay) and Cta Kaz (Varada Sethu) Andor, (Image cred: Disney Pl)Jungle CiseJungle Cise was so, so, so close to almost havg a character say the words "I'm gay" on screen. (Image cred: Disney+)CellaSure, we might have roasted Disney a ty b our Cella review for once aga pattg themselv on the back for their "first" out gay character (for the seventh time) and not even havg the cency to do anythg beyond an implic gay scriptn.

DISNEY ACCED OF REMOVG GAY NTENT OM PIXAR FILMS

And, fally, we do get a (slim) scene where there's at least an acknowledgement of a gay uple the film.

DISNEY'S 8 'FIRST OPENLY GAY' CHARACTERS, RANKED (BY HOW EMBARRASSED DISNEY SHOULD FEEL)

Rodriguez) is the fabulo, flamboyant, gay choreographer at East High School. While this character is fun and entertag to watch, some might argue that this is a fairly cliche terpretatn of what gay men are actually like. Bex puts a ser damper on Andi and her iends' fun which tak a toll on her first year as a Goodman, one of Andi's bt iends, ma history as the first Disney character to ever say the words "I'm gay, " out loud on televisn.

Typilly, if gay characters were reprented at all, their sexual orientatn was merely implied and not voiced. It will feature a gay teen romance.

'Not-at-all-Secret Gay Agenda' to Target Kids. Conservative mentator Ben Shapiro is warng parents prr to the film's release date about Disney's ongog ph at their "not-at-all-secret gay agenda" to target children. In a tweet Tuday, Shapiro wrote: "As Disney begs phg 'Strange World' for next week's release, here's the remr that their 'not-at-all-secret gay agenda' to target kids is ongog.

'HOWARD': HOW ONE GAY MAN RHAPED DISNEY, THE DTRY'S MOST BELOVED ANIMATN STUD

As Disney begs phg "Strange World" for next week's release, here's the remr that their "not-at-all-secret gay agenda" to target kids is ongog.

DISNEY EXECUTIVE PRODUCER ADMS TO ‘GAY AGENDA,’ ‘ADDG QUEERNS’ WHEREVER SHE COULD

the amount of people who replied to this sayg that shego was the e of their gay awakeng is outstandg so here’s an appreciatn post for our queen.

Ryan Evans is gay. Governor Ratcliffe is gay!!

#Disney #Pohantas #gay. Ratcliffe's gay assistant Pohontas who sgs 'Hey noni noni!

EVERY SGLE “FIRST GAY CHARACTER” IN A DISNEY FILM

Y’all Disney’s Atlantis HAD A GAY CHARACTER. are we all jt gog to ignore the fact that natalie certa and cz ramirez rs 3 are gay girls bound to hook up or what. disney: bety and the beast has an openly gay character.

JABOIE YOUNG-WHE SAYS PLAYG DISNEY'S FIRST OPENLY GAY ANIMATED LEAD 'STRANGE WORLD' IS 'A NORMAL REFLECTN OF OUR REALY'

*Disney has rpond to Florida’s ntroversial “Don’t Groom Kids” bill (aka Don’t Say Gay/Parental Rights Edutn bill) by announcg that half of all s characters gog forward will reprent LGBTQIA or racial mori.

The Walt Disney Company, a powerful player Florida polics, halted polil donatns the state as the Don’t Say Gay bill moved through the legislature. The ntroversial “Don’t Say Gay” bill prohibs classroom stctn around sexual orientatn and genr inty.

Prr to the bill beg law, LGBTQ+ employe of the Walt Disney Company staged walkouts and protted Florida’s Don’t Say Gay bill.

DISNEY RELEAS ‘OUT,’ FEATURG ITS FIRST ANIMATED GAY MA CHARACTER: WATCH

Karey Burke, print of Disney’s General Entertament, said durg a pany-wi Zoom ll on March 28 that the “Don’t Say Gay” issue hs close to home bee she is a mother of two queer children.