Yep, Ellen DeGener n fd no gay characters ‘Fdg Dory’ - The Washgton Post

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• DO 'FDG DORY' SHOW A GAY UPLE? WE ASKED THE FILMMAKERS
• ELLEN DEGENER LGHS OVER POSSIBLE 'FDG DORY' GAY UPLE
• ‘FDG DORY’ MISS OPPORTUNY TO FEATURE PIXAR’S FIRST GAY COUPLE
• YEP, ELLEN DEGENER N FD NO GAY CHARACTERS ‘FDG DORY’

DO 'FDG DORY' SHOW A GAY UPLE? WE ASKED THE FILMMAKERS

There's no nclive evince one way or ll for Disney (which owns Pixar and Marvel) to clu lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr characters has gathered momentum recent months. Abrams said he was was asked if he uld "image a homosexual character  Star Wars, and my immediate reactn was, 'Of urse. Y, and fact que a lot of people are super-extra-exced by the trailer, bee they thk shows a gay uple, which would be a first for Disney or Pixar do they thk this?

But would be a big al if was nclive bee ually gay characters are gay only dly, like ’s somethg to be ashamed of. I don’t thk they were dly gay fact. Photograph: PixarBut if no one’s seen the film yet, how do we know that the women are clearly gay?

Maybe they’re on their way to an anti-gay rally? Although would make a kd of sense them beg gay, sce DeGener herself played such a big role the gay rights story.

ELLEN DEGENER LGHS OVER POSSIBLE 'FDG DORY' GAY UPLE

And the excement about is a sign of the hunger out there to ntue gay people’s journey to the mastream by cludg them kids’ films. You’re beg icthyonormative say: “Wa, wasn’t Ken Toy Story 3 gay? ”Don’t say: “He’s more of a mixture of bisexual and homophobic.

Rather, the keen-eyed theorist suggts that one of the animal upl the male volno is seen admirg om afar is openly gay.

I thk people assume anyone wh a bad short haircut is gay.

‘FDG DORY’ MISS OPPORTUNY TO FEATURE PIXAR’S FIRST GAY COUPLE

For a brief moment, looked like Pixar had fally ma history by offerg up the first gay character a Disney animated film. But acrdg to our spi at an early screeng, “Fdg Dory” don’t break any gay glass ceilgs. Agast a natnal — and ternatnal — nversatn about the lack of diversy Hollywood, gay characters are barely granted speakg rol movi.

(Disney and Paramount were the only studs wh movi that didn’t feature a sgle gay character. This seems starkly out of touch wh advancements society for the gay and transgenr muny.

Jt last summer, the Supreme Court legalized gay marriage the Uned Stat.

YEP, ELLEN DEGENER N FD NO GAY CHARACTERS ‘FDG DORY’

Bryan Sger ed to fe his “X-Men” films wh a gay subtext (the mutants had to “e out” to iends and fay), but that’s not a theme of the latt stallment. There’s yet to be a gay Marvel star the “Capta Ameri, ” “Iron Man” or “Avengers” anchis. When Andrew Garfield suggted that Spir-Man uld be gay, Sony Pictur quietly put the lid on that ia — and stead rebooted the character as a high school stunt.