Is Frozen 2 the first Disney movie wh an openly gay lead? - CNET

Contents:

• IS FROZEN 2 THE FIRST DISNEY MOVIE WH AN OPENLY GAY LEAD?
• IS ELSA GAY? WHY FROZEN 2 DON'T ADDRS THE TOPIC
• IT'S NOT JT FROZEN: MOST DISNEY MOVI ARE PRO-GAY
• DISNEY'S FROZEN AND THE 'GAY AGENDA'
• WHY ELSA DON'T HAVE A LOVE STORY, GAY OR OTHERWISE, 'FROZEN 2'
• ELSA GAY AND HAS GIRLIEND ‘FROZEN 3,’ ACRDG TO SOURC
• SO, HOW GAY IS DISNEY’S FROZEN?
• DISNEY NOW HAS THE PERFECT OPPORTUNY TO CONFIRM ELSA'S GAY INTY - INSI THE MAGIC
• DISNEY'S FROZEN IS 'VERY EVIL' GAY PROPAGANDA, SAYS CHRISTIAN PASTOR

IS FROZEN 2 THE FIRST DISNEY MOVIE WH AN OPENLY GAY LEAD?

movie wh an openly gay won't reveal anythg about the plot of the animated sequel, which opens the US and UK on Friday and Atralia Nov. Disney's first official gay character appeared the 2017 live-actn remake of Bety and the Beast, which LeFou (Josh Gad) has a csh on Gaston (Le Evans) and danc wh another man. Disney AnimatnMeanwhile, Jack Whehall is set to play the first major Disney character to be explicly gay the upg Jungle Cise, which opens July 2020.

Y, people actually are terted whether the Disney character is gay.

Fans have speculated about Elsa's sexualy sce Frozen was first released 2013, but Frozen 2 still don't addrs whether or not she's gay. Given Disney's fear of alienatg parents (or media censors untri like Rsia) who aren't tolerant of LGBTQ+ them children's entertament, 's not surprisg that the stud didn't make Elsa gay Frozen 2. The st and creators of the Frozen movi are much more on board wh a gay Elsa than Disney seems to be.

IS ELSA GAY? WHY FROZEN 2 DON'T ADDRS THE TOPIC

Rpons on the matter range om vague to hopeful, givg fans a spark of possibily for a gay Elsa the future. While the films have heavily hted at Elsa's sexualy wh subtext the lyrics and through Elsa's strong relatnships wh women, n fans expect Disney to make her the first gay Disney prcs a third movie? Why Frozen Fans Want Elsa To Be Gay.

"Let Go" beme a gay anthem for those stgglg wh or embracg their sexualy, and all Disney had to do was give Elsa a girliend. A gay Elsa isn't the only oute that fans would stand behd, though. Fans n make a se for Elsa beg asexual or aromantic as easily as her beg gay or bisexual.

IT'S NOT JT FROZEN: MOST DISNEY MOVI ARE PRO-GAY

Whether Elsa is gay, aromantic, asexual, or any batn of the three remas to be seen, but there's a lot standg the way of that happeng. Why Frozen 2 Don't Addrs The Elsa Is Gay Theory. More signifint gay relatnships have appeared on smaller-sle Disney+ shows - but wh the more nservative nature of major Disney films, would have taken a miracle for Disney to make Elsa gay.

It wasn't likely that Disney would risk parents boyttg their most succsful animated anchise by makg Frozen's leadg lady gay. When asked about the lack of gay Elsa Frozen 2, director Jennifer Lee told Insir, "When we agreed to do the sequel, we agreed we were gog to not build [om] the outsi ... While Elsa hasn't been emed gay, Frozen 2 didn't make her straight, eher.

DISNEY'S FROZEN AND THE 'GAY AGENDA'

The parallels between Elsa's parents rejectg her powers and the backlash the gay muny fac when they e out to their fay is palpable. Disney may have dropped the ball Frozen 2, but is there a possibily of gay Elsa Frozen 3? Will Disney Make Elsa Gay In Frozen 3?

Given that Frozen 2 took around six years to plete, the social climate standg the way of a gay prcs may change between now and then. The st and creative team have lent their support to fans who intify Elsa as a gay in.

WHY ELSA DON'T HAVE A LOVE STORY, GAY OR OTHERWISE, 'FROZEN 2'

Elsa's newfound nfince and self-acceptance offer the perfect jumpg-off pot for a gay Elsa. Wh the wrers tentatively on board, if Elsa shows them the rabow way, a gay Elsa plot would have to make s way past a lot of sks to e to un. While Disney's effort for LGBTQ+ cln is mimally there, the pany has yet to take a step toward creatg a signifint gay role one of their major anchis.

But given how long took between Frozen 1 and Frozen 2, maybe there's hope for a gay Elsa yet. The Febary sk lls out Disney for not givg Elsa a gay storyle  Frozen 2, and 's not subtle at all.

ELSA GAY AND HAS GIRLIEND ‘FROZEN 3,’ ACRDG TO SOURC

Next: Frozen 2 SNL Parody Calls Out Disney For Not Makg Elsa Gay.

SO, HOW GAY IS DISNEY’S FROZEN?

It's Not Jt Frozen: Most Disney Movi Are Pro-GayBy preachg acceptance and qutng genr, the pany's kids films offer a queer-studi crash urse.

Elsa hidg her ice-powers uld be read as a metaphor for the closet, the Osr-wng “Let Go” plays like a g-out anthem, and a character the film evok the qutn of whether homosexualy is a choice by quirg of Elsa’s powers, “born wh or cursed?

Through both s rporate practic and the ntent of s films, Disney for s has implemented the so-lled "gay agenda"—which is to say, helpg make the world a more acceptg start the most obv place: As a bs, Disney has long held a progrsive attu toward LGBT people. Gay pri events have been hosted at Disney World sce 1991, and the pany started offered s gay employe health surance benefs for their partners sce 1995, a cisn that wasn’t entirely popular back of the most poignant exampl of the pany’s tolerant atmosphere is the se of lyricist Howard Ashman, who was openly gay and died of AIDS 1991. In this way, even though Disney films ually offer a tradnal happy endg wh a heterosexual marriage, the journey always volv rejectg parental and societal expectatns, and exercisg a “eedom to marry whomever you love” spir that is enmic to gay, many Disney romanc are exampl of “impossible sire, ” a trope that is ccial to the queer experience, as genr-studi theorist Heather Love argued Feelg Backward.

DISNEY NOW HAS THE PERFECT OPPORTUNY TO CONFIRM ELSA'S GAY INTY - INSI THE MAGIC

In The Queer Child Kathryn Bond Stockton argu that queerns is not jt about homosexualy, but also about growg abnormal ways that mak the child an outst.

DISNEY'S FROZEN IS 'VERY EVIL' GAY PROPAGANDA, SAYS CHRISTIAN PASTOR

She had a post assertg a myriad of ways that the film advot for "the gay agenda" and statg that she won’t “let go. And this is how divisive the so-lled "homosexual agenda is right now": some people don’t unrstand why we are still talkg about this, while others are so aaid of homosexualy that they will project their fear onto anythg pop culture.

They nsir even their simple sire to unrstand more about homosexualy, possibly mixed wh their own homosexual tennci, to be so unbelievably unacceptable that they mt acce others of tentnally tryg to unrme their self-ntrol. Some people watch Frozen and thk is obvly about the "lbian agenda, " bee they, those particular viewers, are themselv obssed wh worry over the creased social acceptance of homosexualy. Swanson ntends the film doctrat young women to be lbians and nvc people that homosexualy and btialy are acceptable Swanson don't specifilly ce what parts of the film he se as promotg homosexualy, others have drawn parallels between the kgdom's rejectn of the magil powers of one of the ma characters, Elsa, and society's rejectn of homosexualy.