The first trailer for Sean Hay and Michael Schur’s animated gay spy seri Q-Force outraged a lot of people wh s open embrace of gay stereotyp and dated portrayals. The actual show is more of a medcry, not offensive so much as rny and unimagative. But queer dienc still wag to be acknowledged by the mastream, through endls Disney "first gay character" teas and sexls bt-iend characters, serve better. Q-Force is streamg on Netflix now.
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- Q-FORCE IS NETFLIX’S GAYT SHOW YET — GRA THE ANIMATED SUPERSPY SERI
- 'Q-FORCE' TRAILER: NETFLIX INTRODUC THE FIRST ALL-GAY SPY TEAM
Q-FORCE IS NETFLIX’S GAYT SHOW YET — GRA THE ANIMATED SUPERSPY SERI
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'Q-FORCE' TRAILER: NETFLIX INTRODUC THE FIRST ALL-GAY SPY TEAM
Or why there’s outrage every time Disney announc that s latt film will feature the stud’s “first openly gay character.
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I’ve sce learned that Darcelle’s partner, Roxy Nhardt, died 2017, a mere two years after the legalizatn of gay marriage the Uned Stat, and long before Q-Force was even a thought Sean Hay and Michael Schur’s mds. The ncept of payg tribute to those who me before gets paid a lot of lip service the gay muny, but for some reason, this performance and this exchange really h home for me jt how bted we are to the Darcell, to the Marsha P.