Are we ready for a gay Disney prcs? We may be closer than you thk. - The Washgton Post

Contents:

• DISNEY ANNOUNC 'PRC,' FIRST FILM WH OPENLY GAY CHARACTERS.
• 17 GAY AND LGBTQ DISNEY CHARACTERS – OM D TO NON TO TASTROPHE
• DISNEY PRCS PROMOT "GAY RIGHTS" AT DISNEYLAND, GUTS DELIGHTED - INSI THE MAGIC
• DISNEY'S ACTUAL 'FIRST GAY CHARACTER' HAS BEEN FOTTEN ABOUT
• BRS ARE BACKG A GAY DISNEY PRCS SO HERE'S WHY IT'S GOTTA HAPPEN ASAP
• RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON’S KELLY MARIE TRAN THKS HER DISNEY PRCS IS GAY
• KELLY MARIE TRAN SAYS HER DISNEY PRCS, RAYA, IS GAY - INSI THE MAGIC
• ARE WE READY FOR A GAY DISNEY PRCS? WE MAY BE CLOSER THAN YOU THK.

DISNEY ANNOUNC 'PRC,' FIRST FILM WH OPENLY GAY CHARACTERS.

Updated on June 7th, 2022 by Danielle Bnti: In the wake of Florida's extremely ntroversial "Don't Say Gay" bill and the strong cricism that me om wh The Walt Disney Company for not speakg up, seems like Disney is fally unrstandg out important LGBTQ+ reprentatn is for s fans and s st members. Artie is able to be his thentic self and actor John McCrea is happy wh his portrayal of Artie and believ him to be a gay character, but Disney yet aga ma the mistake of not fully lvg to Artie beg an openly gay character. Orka and Flix Star Wars Ristance are two openly gay characters who aren't human and are actually two different speci but are openly a relatnship the seri.

Certa groups are upset at the ia of a children's movie reprentg the LGBTQ+ muny while progrsiv are upset at Jack Whehall's stg, believg a gay actor should be st, and the ia that might be a stereotypil, harmful reprentatn. The show's creator and executive producer Terri Msky said that Cys and his story were largely spired by Terri's dghter's iends, who knew that they were gay middle school. As one cric said at the time of “closeted gay fashnista” Ken: “Pairg homophobia wh misogyny, the jok about Ken suggt that the worst thgs a boy n be are eher a girl or a homosexual.

17 GAY AND LGBTQ DISNEY CHARACTERS – OM D TO NON TO TASTROPHE

But when the gay actor playg Artie (John McCrea) took ownership of the character (tellg Attu an terview “to me ’s official: he’s queer“) the cricism didn’t really stick. It’s logil to assume the character is queer-d, for the film rri the DNA of the late lyricist Howard Ashman, who was gay, and whose magil songs, cludg A Whole New World, were creded wh reversg Disney’s wang fortun the 80s/90s. While the origal versn of Mulan (1998) sparked bate around reprentatn, as Che dienc largely rejected the movie, ially thought to be a great Asian-Amerin role mol, and sexualy, wh General Li Shang fallg love wh Mulan even before revealg her te inty, seeg the beloved prcs promote “Gay rights” at the Park shows that Disneyland tly wel “all who e to this happy place.

In as much as Artie n make any real "first" claim, 's bee he at least has more scen than Spectre Onward, who at least had a name unlike the gay guy Avengers: Endgame, whose inty was at least ls ambiguo than Lefou's the 2017 Bety and the Beast, and so on and so forth the list of Disney's bare-mimum "firsts. Amidst this cycle of unrwhelmg rporate hype, seems as if people have fotten who Disney's actual "first gay character" was, assumg they were even aware he existed the first place. Don't go to The Prcs Diari 2 expectg some sort of masterpiece of reprentatn or queer cema; the gay ntent is as mimal as that most of the films ught the "Disney's first gay character" hype cycle.

DISNEY PRCS PROMOT "GAY RIGHTS" AT DISNEYLAND, GUTS DELIGHTED - INSI THE MAGIC

Unls you unt a lbian uple appearg the background of Toy Story 4, this might be the only direct reference to beg gay a G-rated movie ever, which is all the more imprsive given the MPAA's reputatn for ratg gay ntent more harshly than equivalent straight ntent. Mia's reactn is also a stronger gay rights statement than most of Disney's other "exclively gay moments" movi (Disney's TV seri and streamg programs have notably been a lot more LGBTQ-iendly than s movi have been). Few Disney characters are explicly clared to be gay by the stud or s filmmakers, but viewers have picked up on "gay dg, " characters exhibg tras rrpondg wh LGBTQ.

Aud Bool on the blog Prezi scrib the term: "Cod gay is when a gay stereotype, 'gay behavrs' or 'mp' are ed to imply that a character is homosexual while never explicly statg that they are.

DISNEY'S ACTUAL 'FIRST GAY CHARACTER' HAS BEEN FOTTEN ABOUT

In other s, viewers have cricized the stud for dg s villas as beg gay, nflatg gayns wh evil or gog so over the top as to be sultgly stereotypil, pigeon-holg an entire muny. " Aga, this is an example of potential gay dg, where masculy is seen as beg rerved for straight men, but not those wh the queer muny, exemplified this se by Sr.

BRS ARE BACKG A GAY DISNEY PRCS SO HERE'S WHY IT'S GOTTA HAPPEN ASAP

In an article about the upg Ln Kg live-actn remake, Jezebel refers to Timon and Pumbaa as gay lovers and "their fiercely lovg and judgment-ee romance, " marked by the song "Hakuna Matata.

The hoopla over the "exclively gay moment" the live-actn versn of Bety and the Beast (2017) -- LeFou dancg wh a man while sgg Gaston's prais -- spurred several piec potg out there was another gay uple the film. In Tker Bell and Evil Queens: The Walt Disney Company om the Insi Out, thor Sean Griff not that Deja "adms to nceivg of the [Jafar] character as a gay man 'to give him his theatril qualy, his elegance.

RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON’S KELLY MARIE TRAN THKS HER DISNEY PRCS IS GAY

Her love of unprcs-like hobbi, cludg archery and rock-climbg, is sure to strike a chord wh gay viewers who felt siarly 'not like the other kids' growg up. But was still only one mor character, and many Disney fans were left hungry for you ask me, Lefou was clearly gay and tot cshg on Gaston the OG edn of Bety and the Beast. "Although I'd love for the number of people who would be happy to see a gay Disney prcs to be higher than YouGov's 49 percent, really is wonrful to see that people are gettg creasgly fed up wh heteronormative imag on their, as a lbian, do I thk that 's time for a gay Disney Prcs?

That is jt about the worst msage 's first official openly gay character — who is yet to be named — was announced earlier this month the upg film Jungle Cise, reports The Sun.

" However, the Whehall's character is not the lead, and some are not happy wh the fact that an actor who intifi as straight is playg Disney's first gay is time for gay lead?

KELLY MARIE TRAN SAYS HER DISNEY PRCS, RAYA, IS GAY - INSI THE MAGIC

Long before announcements about "Disney's first gay character" beme somethg of a meme, the first direct reference to a gay person a Disney movie om a somewhat surprisg source: "The Prcs Diari 2: Royal Engagement" 2004. " Rpons to the episo at the time were posive among the LGBTQ+ muny, wh GLAAD and queer former Disney star Miley Cys celebratg, while the far-right anti-gay group One Milln Moms protted the episo. The 2017 live-actn remake of "Bety and the Beast" arrived wh signifint prs verage about featurg an "exclively gay" moment volvg Gaston's sikick LeFou, played by Josh Gad.

ARE WE READY FOR A GAY DISNEY PRCS? WE MAY BE CLOSER THAN YOU THK.

Disney Channel had briefly featured gay romanc before, but wasn't until 2019 when Cys Goodman (played by bisexual actor Joshua Rh) on "Andi Mack" beme the first Disney Channel character to say the words "I'm gay.

Cys first out to his iends Buffy and Andi the show's send season, while the history-makg "I'm gay" le occurs the episo "One a Myan" om the seri' third and fal season. " Unnamed, non-speakg gay background characters alone, however, wouldn't qualify the show for this list — and while many queer viewers celebrated the genr nonnformy of male prcs Mar Diaz, Mar himself was never nfirmed to be queer. "High School Mil: The Mil: The Seri" featur two major gay characters who enter a relatnship wh each other: The choreographer Carlos Rodriguez (Frankie Rodriguez) and the actor Seb Matthew-Smh (Joe Serafi).

Officer Specter, a cyclops p voiced by Lena Wahe the 2020 film "Onward, " is the first gay character wh a speakg role a Pixar movie ("Fdg Dory" and "Toy Story 4" prevly clud same-sex upl as background extras). Followg "Avengers: Endgame" and "Star Wars: Episo IX — The Rise of Skywalker, " many LGBTQ+ viewers were creasgly cril of Disney's assorted "first gay characters" om s var studs beg hyped up, only to turn out beg so mor that all the reprentatn uld be easily censored jt by changg one le. Up until this pot on our list, most of the gay Disney characters promoted as the "first" of their kd uld still be clearly labeled as a specific "first" (first Disney character, first Marvel character, first "Star Wars character, " etc.