'Onward' troduc Disney's first openly gay character

Contents:

• ONWARD’S OPENLY GAY CHARACTER STILL LEAV DISNEY BEHD S PETORS
• PIXAR’S ONWARD FALLY GETS THE “EXCLIVELY GAY MOMENT” RIGHT
• PIXAR’S FIRST OUT GAY CHARACTER TO BE VOICED BY LENA WAHE ‘ONWARD’
• DISNEY ARE BEG LLED OUT OVER THEIR "FIRST OPENLY GAY" ANIMATED CHARACTER
• ONWARD’S GAY CHARACTER PROV DISNEY’S REPRENTATN PROBLEM
• DISNEY INTRODUC ITS FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER IN TOM HOLLAND'S ONWARD
• LENA WAHE WILL VOICE PIXAR'S FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER ONWARD
• 'ONWARD' TRODUC DISNEY'S FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER
• PIXAR’S ‘ONWARD’ REPORTEDLY BANNED BY FOUR COUNTRI OVER FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER

ONWARD’S OPENLY GAY CHARACTER STILL LEAV DISNEY BEHD S PETORS

Onward, Pixar’s first non-sequel movie sce 2017’s Co, notably featur the stud’s first openly gay character. This one le, livered passg wh no follow-up, marks the first verbal regnn of a character’s gay relatnship an animated Disney movie. Elsa’s new ballad, “Show Yourself, ” sound pretty dang gay.

Whether animators vertly add those gay moments, or ’s jt fans projectg, the bt-se scenar for Disney is to let LGBTQ muni celebrate potentially gay characters whout the pany havg to acknowledge their queerns. Disney’s dience is huge, and unfortunately, clus vol homophob — both the Stat and ternatnal markets, cludg untri where beg gay n land you jail — as well as queer viewers sperate for reprentatn.

A nice gay moment. Thanks large part to lobbyg om fans, Disney started featurg explicly gay characters recent years — mostly blk-and-you’ll-miss- moments.

PIXAR’S ONWARD FALLY GETS THE “EXCLIVELY GAY MOMENT” RIGHT

Back 2017, director Bill Condon ma headl when he announced that his live-actn Bety and the Beast remake would feature “a nice, exclively gay moment” urty of Josh Gad’s LeFou.

PIXAR’S FIRST OUT GAY CHARACTER TO BE VOICED BY LENA WAHE ‘ONWARD’

The obsequ sikick to Bety and the Beast’s Gaston had always been spected of admirg the swaggerg villa as more than jt a ra, but acrdg to Condon (who is openly gay himself), his versn of LeFou would be explicly cshg on Gaston.

That “exclively gay moment” end up beg even more disappotg, however, when only amounted to some (by Condon’s own admissn) “subtle” flirtg, and a few sends of footage where LeFou and a man drag lli at a celebratn.

Avengers: Endgame -director Joe Rso said that was so important to him that Marvel movi reflect the queer muny that he wanted to play the Marvel Cematic Universe’s first gay character himself. (Marvel Studs print Kev Feige has nfirmed that there will be fally be a gay superhero the MCU, urty of Brian Tyree Henry’s character The Eternals.

DISNEY ARE BEG LLED OUT OVER THEIR "FIRST OPENLY GAY" ANIMATED CHARACTER

Cys Goodman, the bt-iend character on Disney Channel’s Andi Mack, me out as gay a 2017 episo. Disney Pl’ High School Mil: The Mil: The Seri featur a gay romance.

” In this se, the sexual exploratn happens to be gay, while films like Never Been Kissed and 10 Thgs I Hate About You, which feature siar high-school sexual terrory, are still on the platform. Her name is Officer Specter, and she’s a Cyclops p voiced by openly gay screenwrer and actrs Lena Wahe. “We reprent a gay fay, and have a child, ” Sleiman revealed a recent terview wh the webse NewNowNext, addg that they filmed the MCU’s first same-sex kiss as well.

Officer Specter is voiced by Emmy award-wng screenwrer and actrs Lena Wahe, who is openly gay. From the “exclively gay moment” the live-actn Bety and the Beast to a kiss between two mor female characters last year’s The Rise of Skywalker, each baby step has been preced by a flotilla of verage proclaimg the advance—and each has been followed by the evable sense of nfn and betrayal when viewers see the movie and realize, That’s ?

ONWARD’S GAY CHARACTER PROV DISNEY’S REPRENTATN PROBLEM

The makers of Star Trek Beyond were eager to make sure you knew that s versn of Sulu was gay, even though they eded out the only physil sign of his affectns. (See: the gay bt iend nnumerable’90s rom-s. Or would Lawrence have been trotted out for a seri of fensive terviews explag that her character really was gay, but movi are plited and you have to serve the story—and who knows, maybe they’ll clu the leted scen.

It’s important not to make too much of Onward’s exclively gay moment—or even to make too much of the movie not makg too much of .

DISNEY INTRODUC ITS FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER IN TOM HOLLAND'S ONWARD

After all, children’s animated movi, pecially those om gay filmmakers—cludg ParaNorman and the How to Tra Your Dragon films—have been quietly cludg moments like this for years, whout anyone pattg themselv on the back. Pixar’s g out wh s first openly gay character — a lbian police officer voiced by “Master of None” actrs-wrer Lena Wahe.

In 2017, a live-actn remake of “Bety and the Beast, ” had the first openly gay character a Disney film. Disney have nfirmed that Onward will feature their "first openly gay" animated character.

LENA WAHE WILL VOICE PIXAR'S FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER ONWARD

The highly-anticipated new movie is schled to e out March 6 worldwi and currently has an 82% ratg on Rotten MORE: Avengers: Endgame is beg lled out for dog "the bare mimum" wh first gay characterNow, Onward director Dan Snlon has nfirmed that the film will make Disney history wh the pany's first-ever openly LGBTQ+ character an animated film. Onward stars a lbian, cyclops p named Officer Spencer played by Lena Wahe who appears one scene the are cricisg Disney for failg to make s "first openly gay" animated character a) human and b) a signifint part. Disney are beg lled out over their "first openly gay" animated character.

One person tweeted: "disney is so full of sh like how many “first openly-LGBTQ” disney characters are there that have had their blk-and-you’ll-miss- “gay” scen which are ALWAYS cut for ternatnal release? Give a gay prce/prcs you rporate fil.

Disney is so full of sh like how many “first openly-LGBTQ” disney characters are there that have had their blk-and-you’ll-miss- “gay” scen which are ALWAYS cut for ternatnal release? “First openly-LBGTQ” impli the existence of many closeted animated characters, and I'm only on board wh this out-and-proud gay cyclops if Disney retroactively nam the on who uldn't live their animated tths:( — Sla (@Sla) Febary 22, 2020. Toy Story 6 featur Disney/Pixar’s historic 25th First Openly Gay Character!

'ONWARD' TRODUC DISNEY'S FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER

Prevly, Disney teased that Bety and the Beast would feature a gay scene and yet was jt two men briefly dancg together. And more recently Marvel's first openly gay character was only a mor part an Avengers: Endgame support great as is to see Disney clu an LGBTQ+ character Onward, 's tratg to see them do the bare mimum. "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.

PIXAR’S ‘ONWARD’ REPORTEDLY BANNED BY FOUR COUNTRI OVER FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER

'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. The ma character, Ethan Cla, is gay. Played by Jaboie Young-Whe, a gay edian, Ethan Cla’s storyle clus havg a csh on another male character named Diazo.

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