In honor of the movie’s 15th anniversary, one wrers talks about the personal impact Disney’s “Lilo & Stch” had on him as a gay, parentls child
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- “LILO & STCH” MEANT THE WORLD TO MY GAY, PARENTLS 10-YEAR-OLD SELF
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- STITCH: A POIGNANT RELATNSHIP BETWEEN TWO YOUNG GAY MEN
“LILO & STCH” MEANT THE WORLD TO MY GAY, PARENTLS 10-YEAR-OLD SELF
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As a gay person, ’s also difficult not to read to some of the film’s subtext. The aliens who e to pture Stch, Jumbaa and Pleakly, often read as a pictn of a gay uple. The two choose to stay wh Lilo, Nani, and Stch, beg almost like two dads their unnventnal feels more tentnal when you know that one of the -directors for the film, Dean DeBlois, is gay.
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