'Fantastic Beasts 3' reveals Dumbledore's gay romance (spoilers)

Contents:

• OPNBETY AND THE BEAST'S GAY AGENDA IS PROOF HOLLYWOOD HAS GONE BONKERS
• IT'S NOT JT FROZEN: MOST DISNEY MOVI ARE PRO-GAY
• SURPRISE: THE NEW BETY AND THE BEAST MOVIE HAS DISNEY'S FIRST GAY CHARACTER
• 'BETY AND THE BEAST'S 'GAY MOMENT' MAY HAVE BEEN MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHG
• JOSH GAD SAYS LIVE-ACTN BETY AND THE BEAST DIDN'T 'GO FAR ENOUGH' PICTG GAY CHARACTER
• JOSH GAD SAYS HE DON'T THK 'BETY AND THE BEAST' DID 'JTICE TO WHAT A REAL GAY CHARACTER A DISNEY FILM SHOULD BE'

OPNBETY AND THE BEAST'S GAY AGENDA IS PROOF HOLLYWOOD HAS GONE BONKERS

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IT'S NOT JT FROZEN: MOST DISNEY MOVI ARE PRO-GAY

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SURPRISE: THE NEW BETY AND THE BEAST MOVIE HAS DISNEY'S FIRST GAY CHARACTER

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'BETY AND THE BEAST'S 'GAY MOMENT' MAY HAVE BEEN MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHG

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JOSH GAD SAYS LIVE-ACTN BETY AND THE BEAST DIDN'T 'GO FAR ENOUGH' PICTG GAY CHARACTER

A before he sparked outrage wh Cisg , the thriller which Al Paco go unrver a gay leather bar to hunt down a serial killer, director William Friedk prented this portra of a group of New York iends on the cp of liberatn.

JOSH GAD SAYS HE DON'T THK 'BETY AND THE BEAST' DID 'JTICE TO WHAT A REAL GAY CHARACTER A DISNEY FILM SHOULD BE'

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