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• DISNEY'S 8 'FIRST OPENLY GAY' CHARACTERS, RANKED (BY HOW EMBARRASSED DISNEY SHOULD FEEL)
• DISNEY'S FIRST GAY CHARACTER
• DISNEY RELEAS ‘OUT,’ FEATURG ITS FIRST ANIMATED GAY MA CHARACTER: WATCH
• JABOIE YOUNG-WHE SAYS PLAYG DISNEY'S FIRST OPENLY GAY ANIMATED LEAD 'STRANGE WORLD' IS 'A NORMAL REFLECTN OF OUR REALY'
• HERE'S HOW 'STRANGE WORLD' TRODUC THE FIRST OUT GAY TEENAGER A DISNEY ANIMATED FILM: 'IT WAS A BETIFUL THG TO BE A PART OF'
• DID DISNEY BURY STRANGE WORLD BEE OF GAY CHARACTER?
• DISNEY’S FIRST ANIMATED MOVIE WH A PROMENT GAY CHARACTER BOMBS
• WHY THERE ARE SO MANY “FIRST” GAY DISNEY CHARACTERS
• FANS SLAM DISNEY FOR TEACHG KIDS SEXUAL PREFERENC FIRST RTOON WH GAY MA CHARACTER
• DISNEY FILM FEATURG GAY MA CHARACTER BOMBS AT BOX OFFICE
• EVERY SGLE “FIRST GAY CHARACTER” IN A DISNEY FILM
• HOW MANY TIM IS DISNEY GOG TO INTRODUCE ITS ‘FIRST’ GAY CHARACTER?
• PIXAR’S “OUT” WILL FEATURE DISNEY’S FIRST ANIMATED GAY MA CHARACTER - INSI THE MAGIC

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

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? 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.

DISNEY'S FIRST GAY CHARACTER

When turned out that gay moment was a flash of him dancg wh another man a group scene, fans weren't so exced.

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. 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. 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.

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. 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.

DISNEY RELEAS ‘OUT,’ FEATURG ITS FIRST ANIMATED GAY MA CHARACTER: WATCH

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. Screenshot: DisneyArtie is never explicly picted as queer Disney’s new villa orig story, which ma all the hubbub that he was the latt “First” gay character at the stud all rather silly. That and the fact took three trailers for him to get a le of dialogue, but Whehall’s McGregor at least gettg a scene that humanized his relatnship wh his sister bee of the fact she didn’t abandon him for beg queer like the rt of his fay—even if the scene did dance around sayg the word “gay”—was actually pretty solid, if fleetg.

It really do jt feel like yterday when we were promised the live-actn Bety and the Beast’s “exclively gay moment, ” only to be given Josh Gad dancg wh another man a ty agment of the film’s climactic dance sequence. Ever sce John Boyega and Osr Isaac’s Fn and Poe swapped jackets and lip-b their way to the galaxy far, far away’s hottt ship this si of the In T-65 X-Wg, Star Wars fans have wanted to see some gays space. Alas, after the Brothers Rso patted themselv on the back Endgame’s pre-release prs tours that they had brought the first on-screen explicly gay character to the MCU—after some fumbl along the way—we got...

Disney's First Gay Character is a joke cycle about the cliché where media outlets repeatedly announce that a new Disney property will feature their "first (openly) gay character. " The mem began after Disney promised an "exclively gay moment" the 2017 Bety and the Beast adaptatn, and ntued through the year 2022 after several films clud brief appearanc by implicly gay characters.

JABOIE YOUNG-WHE SAYS PLAYG DISNEY'S FIRST OPENLY GAY ANIMATED LEAD 'STRANGE WORLD' IS 'A NORMAL REFLECTN OF OUR REALY'

In early 2017, discsns about Disney's 2017 remake of Bety and the Beast havg an "exclively gay moment" began to circulate. On Feb 28th, 2017, Twter[1] acunt @playbill posted a tweet referencg a now leted[2] Attu Magaze terview wh the film's director Bill Condon where he says, "But is a nice, exclively gay moment a Disney movie. Disney ntued to announce var "first openly gay characters" nsecutive years, often wh ltle to no impact to the plot of the story.

In 2016, Zootopia and Fdg Dory both had brief meos om a supposedly gay[6] (see below, left) and lbian (see below, right) uple. Disney had more implicly unnamed gay character appearanc later movi, cludg a man grievg the loss of his hband the "snap" Avengers: Endgame, and an unnamed lbian uple fortg their child the background of a scene Toy Story 4. However, Disney's first named gay character was Specter, a lbian cyclops police officer the 2020 film Onward.

HERE'S HOW 'STRANGE WORLD' TRODUC THE FIRST OUT GAY TEENAGER A DISNEY ANIMATED FILM: 'IT WAS A BETIFUL THG TO BE A PART OF'

On March 29th, 2020, Reddor[8] tillerss posted a meme about Disney's "first" gay characters to /r/starterpacks, gatherg over 34, 000 upvot over two years (seen below). In early 2020, the Tumblr page urfaveisdisneysfirstgaycharacter began postg fan requted imag announcg random characters as Disney's first gay characters.

In 2021, discsns about the film Cella featurg the first openly gay Disney character began to circulate.

DID DISNEY BURY STRANGE WORLD BEE OF GAY CHARACTER?

Disney has unveiled s first animated gay ma character, the Pixar SparkShort Out, which begs streamg on Disney+ today (Friday, May 22). … While this isn't the first stance of an LGBT character  Disney media, would be the first time a gay person was the protagonist of an animated Disney film.

When Disney Pixar's Onward released this past March, featured Pixar's first openly gay character wh cyclops p Officer Spector, played by actrs Lena Wahe. Wahe's character mentns her girliend and girliend's dghter  one scene, and while the police officer was only a mor character  the movie, was an important moment fg the first openly gay character  a Disney movie.

At first, Jaboie Young-Whe did not nsir how his role as an openly gay animated character Disney's "Strange World" uld have a social impact. He clarified that he intifi as gay a 2018 same year, his bg, cisive ter humor land him a gig as the Senr Youth Corrponnt on "The Daily Show Wh Trevor Noah" at 24.

DISNEY’S FIRST ANIMATED MOVIE WH A PROMENT GAY CHARACTER BOMBS

"Acrdg to the Trevor Project, lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, and qutng children are at a signifintly creased risk for suici. Strange World's Ethan Cla (voiced by Jaboie Young-Whe) is among the first out gay characters a Disney animated film. 23, the movie also monstrat the Moe Hoe's renewed mment to LGBTQ reprentatn by showsg the first out gay teenager a Disney rtoon feature.

"For her part, Unn not that her recent remake of Cheaper by the Dozen — which premiered on Disney+ March — featured one of Disney's first live actn gay teens (played by Caylee Blosensk), but says much of that storyle was downplayed the fished film. Both the 2020 animated feature, Onward, which featured Disney's first self-intified lbian character, and 2022's Lightyear, which featured the stud's first same-sex kiss, were banned Sdi Arabia and other Gulf natns where homosexual nduct is still illegal.

The animated tale clud Disney's first biracial gay teen, Ethan Cla (voiced by Jaboie Young-Whe), wh a small scene of him gettg tongue-tied near his csh, Diazo -- and there are those who thk that led Disney to liberately bury the film. If you thk gay people existg is them shovg their 'liftyle' down your throat and stggle to have simple nversatns wh your children bee of that then maybe jt skip . Chapek had been cricized for, among other thgs, a belated and mishandled rponse to the "don't say gay" legislatn Florida, where Disney is the largt employer.

WHY THERE ARE SO MANY “FIRST” GAY DISNEY CHARACTERS

Cocintally or not, the movie has an openly gay subtext as one of the ma male characters csh on another boy.

Before the movie opened, the media wanted dienc to know about the gay romance, probably unr the mistaken belief that dienc would re:.

FANS SLAM DISNEY FOR TEACHG KIDS SEXUAL PREFERENC FIRST RTOON WH GAY MA CHARACTER

Disney’s upg adventure film “Strange World” will feature a gay teen romance — the first an animated feature produced by Walt Disney Animatn Studs. Disney is 100% gog to blame STRANGE WORLD's evable bad box office on the fact that there's an openly gay character the movie when realy, 's gog to flop bee they didn't market at all. — Saberspark (@Saberspark) November 25, 2022My spicn is that, while many parents don’t want their kids to have thst upon them even more pro-LGBTQ material than they’re already receivg school, a big reason for the box office bomb may be that most heterosexuals jt aren’t that terted gay romance.

DISNEY FILM FEATURG GAY MA CHARACTER BOMBS AT BOX OFFICE

Dpe the left’s relentls “gay, gay, gay” ph, gays are, on average, no more tertg than any other people, and thgs that are of unique tert to them, such as same-sex relatnships, don’t change that yeah, thkg about some more, ’s probable that the failure is mostly bee Disney isn’t supposed to be phg children to a liftyle that is unhealthy.

EVERY SGLE “FIRST GAY CHARACTER” IN A DISNEY FILM

"Andi Mack" was the first seri on Disney Channel to feature a gay ma characterValkyrie, played by Tsa Thompson, appears two "Thor" films and two "Avengers" filmsWhen asked if Loki romanced would-be prcs or another prce, the god of mischief rpond wh, "A b of both"Is "Strange World" the first Disney movie that featur a gay character? " It's the first Disney movie wh an out, gay November at the Los Angel premiere of "Strange World, " star Jake Gyllenhaal said Disney's animated fay adventure normaliz a "queer kid" character as part of s storyle about young people fdg their own inty.

'Florida teacher vtigated by state agency for showg this Disney movie classCrics' take on "Strange World":List: 'Strange World' reviews about Disney's first out gay, character, biracial queer teenDisney vs.

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

Played by Jaboie Young-Whe, a gay edian, Ethan Cla’s storyle clus havg a csh on another male character named Diazo. Photos of 8 Disney, Marvel characters who are gay, lbian or bisexualWas there a gay character on 'Andi Mack' on Disney Channel?

In 2017, "Andi Mack" ma s but on Disney Channel, and was the first seri on that work to feature a gay ma Elizabeth Lee played the tle character, and her world is turned upsi-down (jt before her 13th birthday) when she learns her olr sister is actually her mother, and her mother is actually her grandmother. Wh support om Andi and Buffy, Cys out to Jonah at a party (see vio above) show aired for three there a gay character 'Thor' 3 and 4? "Thor: Ragnarok" (the third film the seri) and "Thor: Love and Thunr" (Thor 4) feature two proment gay characters.

Episo 1 rep:The ‘Loki’ premiere fds the God of Mischief a strange new realyIt's Hiddlton's Loki nfirmed as Marvel's first bisexual lead characterIs there a gay character Marvel's 'Eternals? "Eternals" also has the Marvel Cematic Universe's first love scene between Gemma Chan ("Crazy Rich Asians") and Richard LeFou gay Disney's 'Bety and the Beast? 'In the 1991 animated feature "Bety and the Beast, " 's clear LeFou worships Gaston − as his bt the 2017 live-actn film "Bety and the Beast, " starrg Emma Watson (the "Harry Potter" films) as Belle, Le Evans (the "Hobb" films) as Gaston and Dan Stevens as the Beast, LeFou worships Gaston − and, who was straight the animated classic, was gay this versn.

PIXAR’S “OUT” WILL FEATURE DISNEY’S FIRST ANIMATED GAY MA CHARACTER - INSI THE MAGIC

Portrayed by Josh Gad, LeFou sgs that at tim he wants to be Gaston and kiss there a gay uple 'Toy Story 4?

The scene is toward the end of the film and featur two unnamed female Ristance soldiers an there a gay uple 'Onward? Updated on June 7th, 2022 by Danielle Bnti: In the wake of Florida's extremely ntroversial "Don't Say Gay" bill and the strong cricism that me om wh The Walt Disney Company for not speakg up, seems like Disney is fally unrstandg out important LGBTQ+ reprentatn is for s fans and s st members.