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DISNEY CARTOON SERI ‘THE OWL HOE’ HAS FIRST GAY KISS
“When we were greenl I was told by certa Disney learship that I uld not reprent any form of bi or gay relatnship on the channel.
“Andi Mack” beme the first show on Disney Channel to have a character disver they are gay, and May, the Pixar short film “Out” featured a gay ma character s Disney Pl NBC Out on Twter, Facebook & Instagram.
Seri creator Dana Terrace tweeted about the episo, sayg that she was ially told by "certa Disney learship" that she was not able to reprent "any form of bi or gay relatnship on the Channel. "—Alex Hirsch (@_AlexHirsch) Augt 9, 2020Hopefully, "The Owl Hoe" is a harbger of further LGBTQ stori to e on Disney more:47 of the most groundbreakg LGBTQ characters and relatnships on TVDisney Pixar's first openly LGBTQ character to be voiced by Lena Wahe new animated movie, 'Onward'Pixar's new short film, 'Out, ' is about a gay man who fds love and acceptance, and many fans are llg an upliftg storyNickeloon's Pri Month tweet shows SpongeBob SquarePants as a symbol of the LGBTQ muny, and fans are appldg the msage.
2020 WAS ANIMATN’S BIGGT, GAYT YEAR SO FAR
The most Disney would seemgly allow were gay characters who served as wdow drsg, and a uple of supportg rol here or 2020, a director on the Disney Channel show The Ghost and Molly McGee, Sam Kg, tweeted about “certa nstrats” she had to work unr for a character to even phemistilly e out of the closet. And this past Pri Month, which also happened to be the anniversary of his show Gravy Falls, which ran om 2012 to 2016, creator Alex Hirsch revealed multiple emails he had allegedly received om Disney’s Standards and Practic team, one of which pertaed to a scene which two mor gay characters Sheriff Blubs and Deputy Durland simply put their arms over each other.
They began wrg petns and llg Disney out on social media but sadly, the fate was already long after, early 2022, the Magic Kgdom got shaken up after Disney’s CEO Bob Chapek failed to swiftly ph back agast Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ repulsive "Don’t Say Gay" bill, which ed multiple employe across Disney-owned properti to beg spillg tea. On Twter this March, while announcg her "Be Gay Do Wchcraft Chary Drawathon, ” an onle event wh the st and crew of The Owl Hoe which raised money for LGBTQ+ anizatns, she wrote, “I'm fuckg tired of makg Disney look good. ” Later that month, multiple employe anized a pany-wi walkout agast Bob Chapek’s failure to aquately rpond to “Don’t Say Gay.
Then, the Disney+ animated seri, Baymax, a trans man and an out gay man were both featured. In fact, actor and edian Jaboie Young-Whe is double dippg by voicg two openly gay characters both Baymax and the upg Walt Disney Animatn Studs film Strange World. A Say Gay Walkout anizer lls for Hollywood to better reflect the stggl and joys of today’s LGBTQ+ Disney seemgly thought uld s on the fence as anti-LGBTQ+ bigotry rurged Ameri, fans and creators proved that ntraly was not an optn.