If you need a b of a reher, then you're luck! Here's a roundup of every "first gay Disney character" advertised a Disney film.
Contents:
- EVERY SGLE “FIRST GAY CHARACTER” IN A DISNEY FILM
- 17 GAY AND LGBTQ DISNEY CHARACTERS – OM D TO NON TO TASTROPHE
- DISNEY'S 8 'FIRST OPENLY GAY' CHARACTERS, RANKED (BY HOW EMBARRASSED DISNEY SHOULD FEEL)
- HOW MANY TIM IS DISNEY GOG TO INTRODUCE ITS ‘FIRST’ GAY CHARACTER?
EVERY SGLE “FIRST GAY CHARACTER” IN A DISNEY FILM
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17 GAY AND LGBTQ DISNEY CHARACTERS – OM D TO NON TO TASTROPHE
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DISNEY'S 8 'FIRST OPENLY GAY' CHARACTERS, RANKED (BY HOW EMBARRASSED DISNEY SHOULD FEEL)
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HOW MANY TIM IS DISNEY GOG TO INTRODUCE ITS ‘FIRST’ GAY CHARACTER?
As such, Marvel Studs' first actual on-screen acknowledgement that gay people exist me the form of an unnamed character 2019's "Avengers: Endgame.