Are we ready for a gay Disney prcs? We may be closer than you thk. - The Washgton Post

Contents:

• BRS ARE BACKG A GAY DISNEY PRCS SO HERE'S WHY IT'S GOTTA HAPPEN ASAP
• ARE WE READY FOR A GAY DISNEY PRCS? WE MAY BE CLOSER THAN YOU THK.
• DISNEY ANNOUNC 'PRC,' FIRST FILM WH OPENLY GAY CHARACTERS.
• DISNEY PRCS PROMOT "GAY RIGHTS" AT DISNEYLAND, GUTS DELIGHTED - INSI THE MAGIC
• KELLY MARIE TRAN SAYS HER DISNEY PRCS, RAYA, IS GAY - INSI THE MAGIC
• EVER AFTER HIGH GIV MASTREAM ANIMATN ITS FIRST GAY PRCS
• FROZEN 3 IS DISNEY'S PERFECT CHANCE TO INTRODUCE A GAY PRCS

BRS ARE BACKG A GAY DISNEY PRCS SO HERE'S WHY IT'S GOTTA HAPPEN ASAP

But was still only one mor character, and many Disney fans were left hungry for you ask me, Lefou was clearly gay and tot cshg on Gaston the OG edn of Bety and the Beast. Also, as I mentned before, there have been heaps of clearly gay characters and one particularly clear lbian character the Disney archiv.

ARE WE READY FOR A GAY DISNEY PRCS? WE MAY BE CLOSER THAN YOU THK.

"Although I'd love for the number of people who would be happy to see a gay Disney prcs to be higher than YouGov's 49 percent, really is wonrful to see that people are gettg creasgly fed up wh heteronormative imag on their, as a lbian, do I thk that 's time for a gay Disney Prcs?

That is jt about the worst msage 's first official openly gay character — who is yet to be named — was announced earlier this month the upg film Jungle Cise, reports The Sun.

DISNEY ANNOUNC 'PRC,' FIRST FILM WH OPENLY GAY CHARACTERS.

" However, the Whehall's character is not the lead, and some are not happy wh the fact that an actor who intifi as straight is playg Disney's first gay is time for gay lead?

Is time for a gay Disney prcs?

In short, y to gay Disney prcs, but hell no to them havg to be love wh anyone other than themselv. As a rult, a gay or transgenr prcs would be groundbreakg for the stud.

DISNEY PRCS PROMOT "GAY RIGHTS" AT DISNEYLAND, GUTS DELIGHTED - INSI THE MAGIC

The antelop next door were gay — viewers of the animated Disney h “Zootopia, ” ’s been a b of a gusg game.

The answer, available to sharp-eyed movie fans, the closg creds: Bucky and Pronk share a last name, gay and lbian characters are standard players movi and TV shows for adults, they rema a fleetg or barely acknowledged prence children’s week, a mpaign to change this ught fire on Twter, unr the hashtag #GiveElsaAGirliend — a plea to Disney to make one half of s beloved prcs duo a lbian the forthg sequel to s 2013 animated blockbter “Frozen.

But advot note that almost every gdy prcs film or actn-packed superhero rtoon, there are relatnships — moms and dads, nts and uncl, prc and prcs — that, th far, have quietly rerced a very tradnal standard for romantic of "Frozen 2, " many fans are hopg creators give Elsa a girliend, makg her the first gay Disney prcs.

KELLY MARIE TRAN SAYS HER DISNEY PRCS, RAYA, IS GAY - INSI THE MAGIC

But she isn't the only children's animated character fans have speculated about beg gay. Some Disney fans argued on Twter that would have been a huge help for them to see gay characters movi when they were young — that they might have bee more sensive and acceptg towards gay peers, or better able to grapple wh their own sexualy.

EVER AFTER HIGH GIV MASTREAM ANIMATN ITS FIRST GAY PRCS

Studi have suggted that seeg gay characters popular entertament n crease prejudice towards those groups. “There is no doubt that kids seeg posively portrayed gay characters uld have a signifint effect that would ntribute to such children’s learng about the world and who is , ” said Edward Schiappa, a profsor of parative media studi at the Massachetts Instute of dog so is a risk for children’s entertament pani, who have a fancial centive to make movi as wily accsible — and therefore as non-ntroversial — as possible. ”When asked if Disney might clu an explicly gay character a kids’ film, the pany rpond that s brand “has always been clive, wh stori that reflect acceptance and tolerance and celebrate the differenc that make our characters uniquely wonrful their own way....

FROZEN 3 IS DISNEY'S PERFECT CHANCE TO INTRODUCE A GAY PRCS

In an episo of Disney Channel's "Good Luck Charlie, " one of Charlie's iends had two only explicly gay character a kids' movie me "ParaNorman, " an animated film om Laika, an pennt productn pany. "“I knew was the first of s kd when I was wrg , ” said director Chris Butler, who is gay. ” Butler drew cricism om some nservative viewers that he had sentially tricked the dience to likg Mch before revealg he was says his tentn was to have every character the film subvert stereotyp: The bully turns out to be weak, the mean cheerlear be lovg, the jock is revealed as proudly gay.

“Of urse Fred was gay, ” Butler said.

”Pop culture geeks have long swapped theori about rtoonish characters who maybe-sort of gave off a gay vibe, cludg cross-drsg Bugs Bunny, high-pched-voiced SpongeBob SquarePants and bt iends/roommat Ernie and Bert.