Bob Chapek mentned Disney creatg "spirg" queer ntent when addrsg the pany’s supposed support of the ntroversial "Don’t Say Gay" bill. Here are all Disney’s official gay moments om movi and TV seri.
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- DISNEY RTOON GRAVY FALLS NFIRMS GAY ROMANCE
- DISNEY CHANNEL INTRODUCED ITS FIRST GAY MALE COUPLE IN THE GRAVY FALLS SERI FALE!
- DISNEY CHANNEL ADDS FIRST GAY MALE COUPLE TO CARTOON "GRAVY FALLS""WE'RE MAD WH LOVE!"{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY ADAM SALANDRAFEBARY 17, 2016/8:11 PMBY ADAM SALANDRAFEBARY 17, 2016 / 8:11 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"DISNEY CHANNEL ADDS FIRST GAY MALE COUPLE TO CARTOON \"GRAVY FALLS\"","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-02-18T01:11:47.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-02-18T01:11:47.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"ADAM SALANDRA","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE DISNEY CHANNEL JT TOOK A HUGE STEP TOWARDS EQUALY THIS WEEK BY TRODUCG S FIRST GAY MALE UPLE ON THE DISNEY XD SHOW, GRAVY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FANS OF THE POPULAR RTOON SERI HAD SPSECTED THAT MOR CHARACTERS SHERIFF BLUBS AND DEPUTY DURLAND WERE A UPLE FOR SOME TIME, BUT LOOKS LIKE THEY FALLY ADMTED THEIR LOVE THE SHOW'S SERI {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SHOW CREATOR ALEX HIRSCH HAD SAID THE PAST THAT HE'D BE THRILLED TO CLU LGBT CHARACTERS ON THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I WOULD LOVE TO, BUT I DOUBT THEY'D EVER LET ME DO KIDS TV," SAID HIRSCH. "BUT MAN, I WOULD IF I ULD."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WELL, LOOKS LIKE THEY FOUND A WAY TO RPORATE TO THE SERI, AND HOPEFULLY GIV YOUNG LGBT KIDS A REMR THAT THEY'RE NOT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}H/T: GAY STAR NEWS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
- IT'S CONFIRMED! THE DISNEY "FRIENDS" ARE ACTUALLY GAY COUPLE
- DISNEY NFIRM KIDS RTOON ‘GRAVY FALLS’ FEATUR GAY UPLE
- DISNEY’S ‘GRAVY FALLS’ REVEALS COP CHARACTERS ARE GAY – WATCH
- GAY COUPLE IN GRAVY FALLS?
DISNEY RTOON GRAVY FALLS NFIRMS GAY ROMANCE
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When asked a PkNews terview whether this means he’d like to see gay characters shows like Peppa Pig, he said: “If you impose arbrary lims, you’re sayg that actually at heart, ’s not equatable. Gravy Falls jos Nickeloon‘s The Legend of Korra and Cartoon Network‘s Steven Universe, Clarence, and — to a lser extant — Adventure Time as rtoons wh out gay characters. Though Disney has publicly stated that they are favor of cludg LGBT+ reprentatn, there have been very few openly gay or trans characters any of Disney’s recent works.
DISNEY CHANNEL INTRODUCED ITS FIRST GAY MALE COUPLE IN THE GRAVY FALLS SERI FALE!
The few gay characters that are reprented, such as LeFou 2017’s Bety and the Beast, often have very ltle screen time dited to accurately servg their inti.
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Hirsch nfirms that though he attempted to ph for LGBT+ characters Gravy Falls, Disney executiv prevented him om cludg explicly gay characters.
IT'S CONFIRMED! THE DISNEY "FRIENDS" ARE ACTUALLY GAY COUPLE
When news outlets reported that The Walt Disney Company donated money to legislators who supported Florida’s ntroversial “Don’t Say Gay” bill, Disney CEO Bob Chapek sent an ternal memo to the pany sayg Disney would still “unequivolly” support s LGBTQ employe.
In 2017, director Bill Condon, who is gay himself, told Attu Magaze that his versn of Bety and the Beast, Gaston’s henchman LeFou (Josh Gad) would have a csh on Gaston (Le Evans).
“It is a nice, exclively gay moment a Disney movie, ” he said. Two years after g out, Cys also beme the first Disney character to say the words “I’m gay” out loud, when Cys sually told another iend about his sexualy. “It was important to as we did four of the films, we wanted a gay character somewhere them.
DISNEY NFIRM KIDS RTOON ‘GRAVY FALLS’ FEATUR GAY UPLE
Abrams said that of urse gay characters would be g to Star Wars. “When I talk about clivy, ’s not excludg gay characters. Out om director Steven Clay Hunter, who wanted to make a film about his own experienc as a gay man.
Vtage-store owner Artie do not mentn his sexualy Cella, but John McCrea, the openly gay actor who plays him, says he read the character as queer and portrayed him as such.
DISNEY’S ‘GRAVY FALLS’ REVEALS COP CHARACTERS ARE GAY – WATCH
Wh the show featurg nonilly gay policemen, and a prev statement om Hirsch sayg he had tend for more LGBTQ+ reprentatn but was forbidn om cludg by Disney, there's a lot of room for readg other Gravy Falls characters as queer. From characters wh one le, to characters who don't even have a name, and to others who were more of a joke than anythg else, Disney has really dropped the ball on a lot of LGBTQ+ were even reports earlier this year om Pixar employe that alleged that Disney rporate execs mand they cut "nearly every moment of overtly gay affectn...
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GAY COUPLE IN GRAVY FALLS?
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Alex Hirsch, the show's creator, nfirmed the characters were gay off-screen, but for queer fans, two foolish ps beg nfirmed as gay on social media don't unt as good reprentatn. Ashman, who was gay, was the lyricist behd Disney classics like Aladd, Bety and the Beast, and The Ltle Mermaid.