A Brief Timele of Disney's 17 'First Gay Characters'

disney first gay tv show

Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach a US men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay.

Contents:

HERE'S HOW 'STRANGE WORLD' TRODUC THE FIRST OUT GAY TEENAGER A DISNEY ANIMATED FILM: 'IT WAS A BETIFUL THG TO BE A PART OF'

That character is Ethan Cla, and he's voiced by out gay edian and actor Jaboie Young-Whe. * disney first gay tv show *

The pany has never been known for s great LGBTQ+ reprentatn or polics, but 's e unr even more scty than ual after fans learned that the pany was donatg money to legislators Florida backg that state's ntroversial "Don't Say Gay" bill. Especially when the news broke that Pixar has been censorg gay ntent out of s films for Disney really been producg enough spirg ntent to unteract s donatns and lack of a statement?

When this live-actn remake me out, Disney touted LeFou (played by Josh Gad) as beg their first gay character and even said that he had an "exclively gay moment" the film.

PIXAR’S “OUT” WILL FEATURE DISNEY’S FIRST ANIMATED GAY MA CHARACTER - INSI THE MAGIC

Disney jt released more rmatn about the Pixar short "Out", which revealed Disney's first animated gay ma character! * disney first gay tv show *

Disney and Marvel Studs proudly announced that 2019 they had troduced their first gay character the Marvel Cematic Universe, only to have fans fd out that was an unnamed character one scene played by the movie's straight -director.

MacGregor, played by Jack Whehall, was supposed to be Disney's "first major gay character" when Jungle Cise was set to be released way back 2019, but bee of the global panmic, the film was layed until 2021.

Marvel's first gay superhero and the first married gay uple the MCU both happened 2021, which was que the year for "First Gays" for the pany.

DISNEY CHANNEL CHARACTER WILL BE THE FIRST TO E OUT AS GAY

Artie is one of several characters advertised as the pany's "first major gay character" after both LeFou Bety and the Beast and MacGregor the layed-for-several-years Jungle Cise. In one of the episos season 2, Seb is worried that Carlos is only datg him bee he's the only other gay kid he knows. After news broke that Disney not only donated to legislators backg anti-gay bills, but also repeatedly cut queer ntent om their movi, Pixar cid to rtore a scene the Lightyear film where a female character named Hawthorne (voiced by Uzo Aduba) kiss her female partner.

DISNEY INTRODUC ITS FIRST 'BOY PRCS' ON SHOW THAT ALSO FEATURED FIRST GAY KISS

Comedian Jaboie Young-Whe will be voicg a new character the upg animated film Strange World who is volved "the first openly gay teen romance a Disney feature" acrdg to Twter er Matthiew Saghezchi, who saw a clip om the film at the Annecy 2022 ftival. While many characters Disney’s past have been d as gay, many more recent movi and TV shows have had characters that are openly members of the LGBTQ+ muny.

KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

The show follows Victor Salazar (Michael Cimo) a teen at a new school, who is stgglg to e out as gay and navigate beg a teenager. It also troduced gay characters to the beloved anchise wh Carlos (played by Frankie Rodriguez), Seb (Joe Serafi), and Maddox (Saylor Bella Curda), as well as bisexual characters Ashlyn (Julia Lter) and Big Red (Larry Saperste).

Frankie opened up about how he was happy that the seri foc on gay characters whout harpg on trop a 2019 terview wh Gay Tim. I thk by allowg the character to be openly gay, actually kda adds more layers to be like, ‘Okay, he’s openly gay, but what are his dreams?

The revival of the seri featur the character Michael (voiced by EJ Johnson), who is openly gay and genr non-nformg. The show also featur the terracial gay uple Barry and Randall Leibowz-Jenks (voiced by Zachary Quto and Billy Porter, rpectively). Wh the live-actn spoff about one of Disney’s most famo villas, Cella also boasts the first gay character a live-actn Disney movie wh Artie (John McCrea), per Pri.

‘BETY AND THE BEAST’ TO HAVE DISNEY’S FIRST-EVER ‘EXCLIVELY GAY MOMENT’

“I thk ’s important to say he is queer bee obvly, lots of people were drsed like that at the time that weren’t necsarily queer, but my head, he always was, ” he told Gay Tim. Disney’s 2022 sci-fi animated feature Strange World is one of the first animated films to feature a gay lead protagonist wh Ethan Cla (voiced by Jaboie Young-Whe). While some of Disney’s other gay characters have been cricized for eher queer-d characters or poor exampl of reprentatn, Strange World received much praise for the portrayal of Ethan’s story, per Mashable.

The movie me on the heels of Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill, which banned teachers om discsg sexual orientatn and genr inty the classroom. "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.

'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.

*BEAR-MAGAZINE.COM* DISNEY FIRST GAY TV SHOW

Disney Channel character will be the first to e out as gay .

TOP