Pixar's 'Onward' Introduc Disney's First Openly Gay Character

Contents:

• WHAT WAS THE FIRST MOVIE WH AN OPENLY GAY MA CHARACTER?
• 5 THGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE MCU'S FIRST OPENLY GAY SUPER-POWERED CHARACTER
• HOW MANY TIM IS DISNEY GOG TO INTRODUCE ITS ‘FIRST’ GAY CHARACTER?
• ALL 10 TIM DISNEY INTRODUCED ITS FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER (AND GAVE US NOTHG)
• LIST: 'STRANGE WORLD' REVIEWS ABOUT DISNEY'S FIRST OUT GAY, CHARACTER, BIRACIAL QUEER TEEN
• ‘AVENGERS: ENDGAME’ DIRECTORS JOE & ANTHONY RSO ADDRS INCLN OF FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER IN MARVEL SUPERHERO FILM
• THE 8 FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTERS OF DISNEY
• DISNEY'S 8 'FIRST OPENLY GAY' CHARACTERS, RANKED (BY HOW EMBARRASSED DISNEY SHOULD FEEL)

WHAT WAS THE FIRST MOVIE WH AN OPENLY GAY MA CHARACTER?

No one lov a 'first gay character' more than Disney. Disney has been que a b of hot, gay water recent years. The pany has never been known for s great LGBTQ+ reprentatn or polics, but 's e unr even more scty than ual after fans learned that the pany was donatg money to legislators Florida backg that state's ntroversial "Don't Say Gay" bill.

Especially when the news broke that Pixar has been censorg gay ntent out of s films for Disney really been producg enough spirg ntent to unteract s donatns and lack of a statement?

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5 THGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE MCU'S FIRST OPENLY GAY SUPER-POWERED CHARACTER

Fans didn't even notice this gay married uple Zootopia until years after the movie me out. First 'Exclively Gay Moment:' LeFou 'Bety and the Beast' (2017). When this live-actn remake me out, Disney touted LeFou (played by Josh Gad) as beg their first gay character and even said that he had an "exclively gay moment" the film.

When turned out that gay moment was a flash of him dancg wh another man a group scene, fans weren't so exced. First Gay Character the MCU: Grievg Man 'Avengers: Endgame' (2019).

HOW MANY TIM IS DISNEY GOG TO INTRODUCE ITS ‘FIRST’ GAY CHARACTER?

Disney and Marvel Studs proudly announced that 2019 they had troduced their first gay character the Marvel Cematic Universe, only to have fans fd out that was an unnamed character one scene played by the movie's straight -director. Aga, they're only shown kissg for a send, but hey, at least we know that gays exist space. First Major Gay Character: MacGregor 'Jungle Cise' (2021).

MacGregor, played by Jack Whehall, was supposed to be Disney's "first major gay character" when Jungle Cise was set to be released way back 2019, but bee of the global panmic, the film was layed until 2021. First Gay Superhero the MCU: Phastos 'Eternals' (2021).

Marvel's first gay superhero and the first married gay uple the MCU both happened 2021, which was que the year for "First Gays" for the pany. It took only 13 years and two dozen movi for Marvel to troduce a gay superhero. First Major Gay Character (Aga): Artie 'Cella' (2021).

ALL 10 TIM DISNEY INTRODUCED ITS FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER (AND GAVE US NOTHG)

Artie is one of several characters advertised as the pany's "first major gay character" after both LeFou Bety and the Beast and MacGregor the layed-for-several-years Jungle Cise. First Gay Disney Love Song: 'High School Mil: The Mil: The Seri' (2021). In one of the episos season 2, Seb is worried that Carlos is only datg him bee he's the only other gay kid he knows.

After news broke that Disney not only donated to legislators backg anti-gay bills, but also repeatedly cut queer ntent om their movi, Pixar cid to rtore a scene the Lightyear film where a female character named Hawthorne (voiced by Uzo Aduba) kiss her female partner. First Openly Gay Teen Romance a Feature: 'Strange World' (2022). Comedian Jaboie Young-Whe will be voicg a new character the upg animated film Strange World who is volved "the first openly gay teen romance a Disney feature" acrdg to Twter er Matthiew Saghezchi, who saw a clip om the film at the Annecy 2022 ftival.

LIST: 'STRANGE WORLD' REVIEWS ABOUT DISNEY'S FIRST OUT GAY, CHARACTER, BIRACIAL QUEER TEEN

I'm sure there are plenty of never-released gay/lbian films om early cema, but what was the first film released theaters for the general public? For this qutn, let's nsir openly gay someone who claims they are gay wh words, or participat PDA on screen (not lookg for films wh implitn of sexualy, but factual evince).

A sleazy extortnist threatens to expose Körner as a homosexual.

‘AVENGERS: ENDGAME’ DIRECTORS JOE & ANTHONY RSO ADDRS INCLN OF FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER IN MARVEL SUPERHERO FILM

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I would agree that most people ce Different om the Others (1919) as the first film showg a gay relatnship. He's not the first queer MCU character; he's the first out, super-powered MCU character In 2019's Avengers: Endgame, -director Joe Rso played an unnamed gay man a brief scene at a support group. Pl, there's sr of background players var crowd scen that have pged my personal gaydar.

THE 8 FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTERS OF DISNEY

Emma Stone's 'Cella' featur Disney's "first" gay character—for at least the seventh.

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

Disney’s upg Cella, a live-actn orig story for the inic antagonist of 101 Dalmatians, is beg praised for featurg Disney’s first gay character.