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- 2020 WAS ANIMATN’S BIGGT, GAYT YEAR SO FAR
- ONWARD’S OPENLY GAY CHARACTER STILL LEAV DISNEY BEHD S PETORS
- JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH COACH KEV MAXEN COM OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
2020 WAS ANIMATN’S BIGGT, GAYT YEAR SO FAR
Hollywood has phed a ncerted, dtry-wi effort for years to place LGBTQ-related entertament to programs aimed at young dienc, often tim operatn wh gay rights group GLAAD. * gay cartoon dreamworks *
2020 was a bummer of a year, but when to all-ag animatn, was a culmatn of the many small steps buildg up to the current state of queer reprentatn: a glor gay celebratn that was unheard of jt five years ago. I thk that optimism, that expectatn where every time, ’s like, ‘Look, here’s this thg, this character, this relatnship, ’ ’s gay, they’re like ‘Cool, do more now, do better. ) It’s a small moment, but a fundamental one an dtry that until recently only acknowledged gay characters wh the fatt shadg and dg.
Only two years later, Benson, a central character the seri, got to e out on screen and utter the words “I’m gay. But Terrace was always open about her tentn to have bi and gay characters her show — and that persistence paid off. It’s the perfect end to this big gay year animatn.
ONWARD’S OPENLY GAY CHARACTER STILL LEAV DISNEY BEHD S PETORS
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) Fally, gay upl animatn are gettg the same experienc as their straight peers, om world-savg love nfsns to small self-fg moments, wh the faiar pg, blhg, and so much more. Hollywood has phed a ncerted, dtry-wi effort for years to place LGBTQ-related entertament to programs aimed at young dienc, often tim operatn wh gay rights group GLAAD.
Now nearly every TV seri, animated or live-actn, has add gay characters.
Activists have repeatedly assumed that the sensible-shoe-wearg character is eher gay or bi-sexual. She’s gay. Last April, Disney revealed a gay character DuckTal named Vlet, who is prented as a child wh two gay dads.
JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH COACH KEV MAXEN COM OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
"When Shego and Kim fought the <i>Kim Possible</i> movi, somethg stirred ep si me... and that was gayns." * gay cartoon dreamworks *
MR RATBURN IS GAY?!?
In May 2019, PBS children’s show Arthur featured a gay weddg scene s season premiere.
Ultimately, the storyle end wh the character Cys Goodman (Joshua Rh) announcg that he is gay. In April 2016, gay activist webse Pri labeled Steven Universe one of the queert kid’s shows on TV bee most of the characters are prented as gay.
In Pixar’s new animated movie, Lena Wahe plays Officer Spector, the first openly gay character the stud’s movi. Disney’s history of LGBTQ reprentatn is spotty, and the pany needs to do more. * gay cartoon dreamworks *
Episos have also featured lsons on homophobia, anxiety, and domtic vlence. In October 2016, the show’s two police characters were prented as participatg a gay relatnship wh one another. Popular kid’s show Blue’s Clu has teamed up wh drag queen “Na Wt” a vio aimed at celebratg Gay Pri Month.
Of the film's several rare creatur is a particularly important one: a matter-of-fact gay character. The movie's openly gay director, Dean DeBlois, kept , explag to Fox 411, "I thk 's nice. "That Gobber is butch and otherwise not intifiably gay mak his g out that much more powerful.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Kev Maxen, an associate strength ach wh the Jacksonville Jaguars, has bee the first male ach a major U.S.-based profsnal league to e out as gay. * gay cartoon dreamworks *
He's jt gay, that's jt part of him. This is jt a recent example of a growg relaxatn wh gay characters rtoons. Much has been wrten about the perceived queerns of Frozen's Elsa, a societal reject who implor herself to "let go" and be herself, but there's even a ls ambiguoly gay moment that blockbter: Oaken, the proprietor of Wanrg Oaken's Tradg Post and Sna, lls out to his fay across the room the sna and a grown man surround by four children wave back.
Introducg gay characters to children such relaxed ways refut s of homophobic nventnal wisdom: gays will nfe children, or worse, they'll make children turn gay themselv. "Protectg" children om gays is jt shorthand for bigotry.