Once known for s ‘tradnal’ valu, the entertament giant is battlg US nservativ over an anti-gay bill. Ined the Hoe of Moe has had a long relatnship wh the LGBTQ+ muny
Contents:
- DISNEY GETS SUPER GAY: INSI ITS FIRST PRI CONCERT AND TROUBLOME QUEER HISTORY
- DISNEY EXECUTIVE PRODUCER ADMS TO ‘GAY AGENDA,’ ‘ADDG QUEERNS’ WHEREVER SHE COULD
- JIMY CRICKET! DISNEY GO GAY
- DISNEY EXEC VOWS MORE GAY CHARACTERS AMID HUGE CLIVY PH
- DISNEY EMPLOYE STAGE WALKOUT TO MAND ACTN AGAST 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL
DISNEY GETS SUPER GAY: INSI ITS FIRST PRI CONCERT AND TROUBLOME QUEER HISTORY
The pany’s tone af mishandlg of Florida’s ‘don’t say gay’ bill has revealed a long-gtatg nflict * disney goes gay *
”The Walt Disney Company, one of the world’s biggt media and entertament empir, pris self on a lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer (LGBTQ) iendly culture.
DISNEY EXECUTIVE PRODUCER ADMS TO ‘GAY AGENDA,’ ‘ADDG QUEERNS’ WHEREVER SHE COULD
Disney’s ntroversial rponse to Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill unrsr the pany’s plited history wh the LGBTQ+ muny — a plex relatnship which Disney has played both champn and punchg bag. * disney goes gay *
But today s reputatn for clivy and tolerance is unr scty – as are s ep ti to the polil tablishment and the lack of LGBTQ reprentatn s ’s workers have been stagg walkouts prott at chief executive Bob Chapek’s lackltre rponse to Florida legislatn dubbed “don’t say gay”. But their prejudic were laid bare by a tweet om Christa Phaw, prs secretary for Florida’s ernor, Ron DeSantis, that said: “The bill that liberals accurately ll ‘don’t say gay’ would be more accurately scribed as an anti-groomg bill.
JIMY CRICKET! DISNEY GO GAY
Disney+There are arguably few thgs gayer than Disney. But for LGBT Disney fans, the relatnship is historilly nnectn is profound. It go beyond the nightly rendn of “Part of Your World” at the Marie’s Crisis piano bar or the passnate, mimosa-fueled bate about which rtoon villa is the bt. For a muny whose childhoods are so often fed by beg “a funny girl…different om the rt of ” and wonrg “when will my reflectn show who I am si?”, the * disney goes gay *
It has been nmned as “hateful” by Joe Bin and other Democrats who argue that monis LGBTQ, prs secretary of the LGBTQ rights anisatn Equaly Florida and a survivor of the Pulse nightclub shootg 2016, says: “The ‘don’t say gay bill’ was dubbed that by the muny bee is a bigoted, very specifilly anti-LGBTQ piece of legislatn signed to censor classroom speech about our muny. Photograph: Chris Pizzello/Invisn/APYet the “don’t say gay” bill wrong-footed Chapek, who succeed Bob Iger as chief executive Febary 2020.
They give to a lot of Democrats, bee they want those Democrats to be on their si too, but they have given a disproportnate amount to Republin legislators, many of whom supported and voted for the ‘don’t say gay’ bill. The Human Rights Campaign has said will stop acceptg money om Disney “until we see them build on their public mment and work wh LGBTQ+ advot to ensure that dangero proposals, like Florida’s ‘don’t say gay or trans’ bill, don’t bee dangero laws” Whehall and Ey Blunt Jungle Cise. Eric Marc, creator and host of the Makg Gay History podst, says: “Disney has cultivated an LGBTQ-iendly image, both through their cln of LGBTQ characters recent years and wh their employe, so ’s shockg but not shockg that the CEO would have been so flat-footed.
DISNEY EXEC VOWS MORE GAY CHARACTERS AMID HUGE CLIVY PH
Durg a staff meetg on Florida's recent enactment of the Parental Rights Edutn bill, an executive producer at Disney admted to advancg a "not-at-all-secret gay agenda" to sert queerns to children's animatn. * disney goes gay *
Photograph: APFor s the stud’s output was steadfastly heterosexual even though s creative talents clud gay people such as Howard Ashman, an Osr wner who wrote the lyrics for The Ltle Mermaid and Bety and the Beast before his ath om Aids has been some progrs sce then wh a growg LGBTQ portrayals films and TV shows and the sellg of LGBTQ pri-themed merchandise at Disney stor. Last year’s film Jungle Cise featured a proment gay character: McGregor Houghton, played by Jack Whehall.
DISNEY EMPLOYE STAGE WALKOUT TO MAND ACTN AGAST 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL
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“Nearly every moment of overtly gay affectn is cut at Disney’s beht, regardls of when there is prott om both the creative teams and executive learship at Pixar.
On episo six of ‘The Other Two’ season three, Cary Dubek do the voice of a gay Disney character named Globby. It turns out ‘Big Hero 6: The Seri’ has a queer globby character already. * disney goes gay *
Disney’s ntroversial rponse to Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill unrsr the pany’s plited history wh the LGBTQ+ muny — a plex relatnship which Disney has played both champn and punchg bag. Earlier this month, Disney CEO Bob Chapek spoke out about — but did not nmn — Florida’s ntroversial Parental Rights Edutn bill, which crics dubbed “Don’t Say Gay. Griff, who is also a profsor of film and media arts at Southern Methodist Universy, add that Disney has recently received a lot of publicy about var Disney films wh openly gay characters.
Disney employe are walkg out prott of Disney's rponse ncerng the "Don't Say Gay" bill Florida. * disney goes gay *
Even though Disney’s re product of fay-iendly entertament hasn’t been blatant s reprentatn of gay characters, ABC — which is owned by Disney — has done so wh TV shows like “Morn Fay” and “Ellen. ” In fact, “Ellen” had the first gay lead character on TV 1997.
Reports are that the seri Love, Victor was shuffled om Disney+ to Hulu bee the gay teen g out story wasn’t nsired “fay iendly. Fabulo villas, y, but when there is ls than a full spectm of reprentatn, that be a troublome panic, stereotyp, closetg, and equatg homosexualy wh perversn pervas the films jt as much as any celebratn of otherns or flamboyance.
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. * disney goes gay *
We have to remember the legacy of someone like Howard Ashman, who -wrote many of those songs, who was an out, fearls gay man. So not only do we get to reimage the stori that so many people might have adopted as a cis story, but we also get to celebrate queer artists who gave this wonrful legacy of Irreplaceable Howard Ashman: Disney Fally Tells the Story of Losg Its Ft Lyricist to AIDSLearng about his life pletely chang how you thk about those songs as a gay I was young, I saw myself as Belle. ‘Love, Victor’: The Charmg Gay Teen Rom-Com Disney Said Wasn’t Kid-FriendlyThere is such a thg as “Disney gays, ” gay people who love Disney and s non and the whole universe, but ’s also a pany that’s been cricized for beg too nservative and for suatg that queerns isn’t fay iendly.
I feel like I, as a gay man, am fely beg heard and self is good to left out the major ponent of a Disney game which is part of gog to the parks. Pixar featured a gay ma character a short film on Disney Pl, but Luz is the first bisexual character to make a Disney but on a televisn seri. “I was told by certa Disney learship that I uld not reprent any form of bi or gay relatnship on the channel.