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.
Contents:
- 17 GAY AND LGBTQ DISNEY CHARACTERS – OM D TO NON TO TASTROPHE
- SO, HOW GAY IS DISNEY’S FROZEN?
- ONWARD’S OPENLY GAY CHARACTER STILL LEAV DISNEY BEHD S PETORS
- DO YOU THG OAKEN OM FROZEN IS GAY?
17 GAY AND LGBTQ DISNEY CHARACTERS – OM D TO NON TO TASTROPHE
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SO, HOW GAY IS DISNEY’S FROZEN?
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ONWARD’S OPENLY GAY CHARACTER STILL LEAV DISNEY BEHD S PETORS
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DO YOU THG OAKEN OM FROZEN IS GAY?
Bety and the Beast director Bill Condon nfirmed Disney’s first “exclively gay moment” a 2017 Attu terview, generatg global headl. Still, the film brgs reprentatn other ways, om out gay actor Le Evans’ stg as Gaston to Sir Ian McKellen as a Vic-que Cogsworth.
The film’s gay subtext is siarly disguised – but Disney and Pixar arguably break through the ference lookg glass wh Lu. Gobber the Belch (Gay) – How To Tra Your Dragon. The speculatns of him beg gay began the send movie when the creators stated that he did not get married for an “undisclosed reason.
Bucky and Pronk Oryx-Antlerson (Gay uple) – Zootopia. This loud and cross-specied gay uple ma an appearance the 2016 movie Zootopia. Oaken (Gay) – Frozen.