Hans Christian Anrsen's Ltle Mermaid Is Really About Gay Love

Contents:

• THE LTLE MERMAID'S ORIGAL STORY IS REALLY ABOUT GAY LOVE AND REJECTN
• THE LTLE MERMAID IS REALLY ABOUT UNREQUED GAY LOVE
• GAY SUBTEXT THE LTLE MERMAID, FROM HANS CHRISTIAN ANRSEN’S ORIGAL TO DISNEY’S ADAPTATN
• ANIMATOR REIMAG ‘LTLE MERMAID’S’ ARIEL AS A GAY MAN
• ‘THE LTLE MERMAID’ ORIGALLY MEANT AS GAY LOVE LETTER TO AUTHOR’S CSH
• GAY SUBTEXT THE LTLE MERMAID? STORI WH A SECRET MSAGE FOR QUEER YOUTH

THE LTLE MERMAID'S ORIGAL STORY IS REALLY ABOUT GAY LOVE AND REJECTN

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However, Disney's animated movie is self an adaptatn and actually has several differenc when pared to the origal story, which scholarly terpretatns have analyzed may actually be a metaphor for unrequed gay love. Let's take a look at Anrsen's fairy tale and the symbolism embedd the story, and see how uld very well reflect a gay thor feelg out of place a heterosexual world.

Heartbroken and homosexual, Hans Christian Anrsen wrote this story about his Art of ‘The Ltle Mermaid’ by ThkAnneThk (Instagram Acunt)Hans Christian Anrsen was many thgs. The ept origs of The Ltle Mermaid are actually gay, but that don’t mean havg a Black mermaid pursug a heterosexual relatnship is an accurate reprentatn that stroys the story any said, a movie about Anrsen’s own life wh a foc on his queer yearngs — and keepg as chaotic and msy as sounds like actually was — sounds like the next bt move for Hollywood. And then maybe a gay adaptatn of The Ltle Mermaid to go along wh .

THE LTLE MERMAID IS REALLY ABOUT UNREQUED GAY LOVE

The Ltle Homo Sapiens Scientist. Rictor Norton, an thor who foc on LGBTQ lerary history, noted his 1998 book "My Dear Boy: Gay Love Letters Through the Centuri, " that the story of Anrsen's life was reflected "The Ltle Mermaid. "My Dear Boy: Gay Love Letters through the Centuri.

It’s a proven fact that most Disney films are pretty gay. Although the only overtly gay character is “The Fool” om the live-actn Bety and the Beast, movi like Mulan have challenged genr bari, and movi like Frozen have drawn parallels to the queer experience. Unable to exprs his homosexual feelgs of love toward the young Coll, Anrsen ed this story as an allegory for his experience.

GAY SUBTEXT THE LTLE MERMAID, FROM HANS CHRISTIAN ANRSEN’S ORIGAL TO DISNEY’S ADAPTATN

” In this se, the most vehemently homophobic people are the on who are terrified of their own homosexual sir. The rabow that Tron pats the sky is as gay as looks. But The Ltle Mermaid me out 1989, and the rabow beme a proment symbol of the gay rights movement the 1970s.

Ashman, who was the lyricist for both Bety and the Beast and The Ltle Mermaid, was an openly gay man who died of AIDS right after fishg Bety and the Beast 1991. In some ways, the 1830s Europe marked an “enlightenment” perd for gay activism; although was still not publicly acceptable (or legal) to pursue a same-sex romance, private romanc were another matter.

ANIMATOR REIMAG ‘LTLE MERMAID’S’ ARIEL AS A GAY MAN

” In a piece for the Atlantic tled “It’s Not Jt Frozen: Most Disney Movi Are Pro-Gay, ” Akash Nikolas wr, [quote]One 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. An animator has reimaged The Ltle Mermaid protagonist Ariel as a gay man for a ver of one of the film’s classics. Srnanr posted the recreatn to YouTube, statg “I have to please the gays.

Others, such as menter Adam Tcher, noted how “there is so much gay subtext behd The Ltle Mermaid. ” As Gay Tim not, The Ltle Mermaid was based on wrer Hans Christian Anrsen’s own love life.

Amerin playwright and lyricist Howard Ashman, who wrote “Part Of Your World, ” was a gay man. “Beg gay n be a very isolatg life for a lot of people, so mak perfect sense for this character to be a man this scenar. H/T Gay Tim.

‘THE LTLE MERMAID’ ORIGALLY MEANT AS GAY LOVE LETTER TO AUTHOR’S CSH

A gay man 1980s Ameri, Ashman had personal experience wh the culture wars over “fay valu” and gay rights. The “Reagan Revolutn” lnched 1981 was aggrsively anti-gay, and while Print Ronald Reagan ignored the AIDS epimic that swept the natn (refg to appropriate any feral funds for rearch or treatment), Republins general claimed the “gay plague” was God’s punishment for homosexualy.

Conceived by Ashman, Ursula is based on the famo drag queen Dive, who was associated wh the openly gay filmmaker John Waters. ”) A 1989 screeng of the film at the Universy of Southern California likewise yield qutns about femist terpretatns, but nothg about inty, genr or gay rights. Gay Rights,.

GAY SUBTEXT THE LTLE MERMAID? STORI WH A SECRET MSAGE FOR QUEER YOUTH

As a gay youth I spent untls hours lookg for myself the pag of the books on the mandatory readg list at my Catholic school. Gay.

In honor of Gay Pri Month take a look at some of my favore piec of young lerature that I believe have a secret msage for gay kids. The books make perfect gifts for the child your life that seems a ltle different, a touch set apart om their peers and a b too fabulo to grow up to be anythg but gay.

The 1980 film adaptatn by Francis Ford Coppola hts at the novel's gay subtext but don't e near pturg on screen. AKA nerds AKA GAYS!!! Crack jt about any issue of the long nng superhero ic and you see the "mutants as gays" metaphor.