Turns out, Barbieland isn't as gay as s queer fans had hoped

Contents:

• HOMOPHOBIC TROLLS ARE ALREADY MAD ABOUT ETERNALS HAVG A GAY HERO
• PATHETIC TROLLS BOMB MARVEL’S ETERNALS WH HUNDREDS OF ONE-STAR REVIEWS OVER GAY CHARACTER
• TURNS OUT, BARBIELAND ISN'T AS GAY AS S QUEER FANS HAD HOPED

HOMOPHOBIC TROLLS ARE ALREADY MAD ABOUT ETERNALS HAVG A GAY HERO

Eternals hasn’t even h theaters yet, but homophobic backlash is already next entry the Marvel Cematic Universe, out Friday and directed by Osr-wner Chloé Zhao, featur the anchise’s first gay spe the fact that very few people outsi of a small circle of crics have actually seen the film, a wave of “review bombers” — trolls who pile on negative ratgs — have already dged the film on IMDb, promptg the onle film database to take actn. But as of this wrg, the ratg for Eternals currently reflects the cln of nearly 900 one-star Eternals, named after a crew of immortal begs who protect humany, Atlanta’s Brian Tyree Henry plays Phastos, the powerful gay qutn, while the notably attractive and openly homosexual Haaz Sleiman plays the hero’s hband.

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PATHETIC TROLLS BOMB MARVEL’S ETERNALS WH HUNDREDS OF ONE-STAR REVIEWS OVER GAY CHARACTER

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TURNS OUT, BARBIELAND ISN'T AS GAY AS S QUEER FANS HAD HOPED

Next time, a major character (hero/villa) will be a trans or homosexual or non-bary (when ics they are not). 2012’s ParaNorman featured the first openly gay character an mastream animated film.

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Disney Channel's Andi Mack recently ma history as the children's work's first show to have a ma character explicly say the words "I'm gay. "As excg and groundbreakg as that moment was, bee we live an awful world that don't let queer kids have nice thgs, homophobic trolls took to Twter to volize their disda.

"Gay kids are gonna exist no matter whether you like or not. And we need to support and love all kids every way we n, " Joshua Rh (the actor who plays Andi Mack's openly gay character Cys Goodman) said, rpondg to a now-leted tweet by a troll about how troducg a gay character on the show is a "very poor example" for dienc.