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

Contents:

• TOY STORY 4 BEG BOYTTED OVER SUBTLE GAY BACKGROUND CHARACTERS
• DISNEY RESTAT GAY KISSG SCENE BETWEEN TWO FEMALE CHARACTERS ON PIXAR'S 'TOY STORY' SPOFF
• DISNEY'S 8 'FIRST OPENLY GAY' CHARACTERS, RANKED (BY HOW EMBARRASSED DISNEY SHOULD FEEL)
• SAME-SEX KISS RTORED PIXAR’S ‘LIGHTYEAR’ FOLLOWG STAFF UPROAR OVER ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL (EXCLUSIVE)
• SAME-SEX KISS IN TOY STORY'S LIGHTYEAR MOVIE RTORED AFTER STAFF UPROAR OVER "DON'T SAY GAY" BILL
• 16 DISNEY CHARACTERS WHO WERE PROBABLY GAY
• DISNEY ACCED OF REMOVG GAY NTENT OM PIXAR FILMS
• CONGRATULATNS TO DISNEY’S 7TH FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER
• ALL 10 TIM DISNEY INTRODUCED ITS FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER (AND GAVE US NOTHG)

TOY STORY 4 BEG BOYTTED OVER SUBTLE GAY BACKGROUND CHARACTERS

The same-sex kiss first ma headl last month, when Pixar animators spoke out agast Disney an open letter obtaed by Variety, sayg that rporate executiv had mand cuts "om nearly every moment of overtly gay affectn.

But was later rtored light of Disney's "Don't Say Gay" ntroversy, when was revealed the pany had donated roughly $200, 000 to Republin policians who supported the bill, which forbids discsns of sexual orient elementary school classrooms.

DISNEY RESTAT GAY KISSG SCENE BETWEEN TWO FEMALE CHARACTERS ON PIXAR'S 'TOY STORY' SPOFF

"Other live-actn Disney films have relegated queer characters to the background, like a blk-and-you'll-miss- kiss between two women "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, " or the "exclively gay moment" of Josh Gad's LeFou dancg wh another man "Bety and the Beast. A year later, 2017, Disney’s live-actn remake of Bety And The Beast was surround by hype after was promised would feature an “exclively gay moment” – which end up beg LeFou dancg wh another man at the end of the film. "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?

DISNEY'S 8 'FIRST OPENLY GAY' CHARACTERS, RANKED (BY HOW EMBARRASSED DISNEY SHOULD FEEL)

" 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. Photos of 8 Disney, Marvel characters who are gay, lbian or bisexualWas there a gay character on 'Andi Mack' on Disney Channel?

SAME-SEX KISS RTORED PIXAR’S ‘LIGHTYEAR’ FOLLOWG STAFF UPROAR OVER ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL (EXCLUSIVE)

In 2017, "Andi Mack" ma s but on Disney Channel, and was the first seri on that work to feature a gay ma Elizabeth Lee played the tle character, and her world is turned upsi-down (jt before her 13th birthday) when she learns her olr sister is actually her mother, and her mother is actually her grandmother. Wh support om Andi and Buffy, Cys out to Jonah at a party (see vio above) show aired for three there a gay character 'Thor' 3 and 4? Episo 1 rep:The ‘Loki’ premiere fds the God of Mischief a strange new realyIt's Hiddlton's Loki nfirmed as Marvel's first bisexual lead characterIs there a gay character Marvel's 'Eternals?

"Eternals" also has the Marvel Cematic Universe's first love scene between Gemma Chan ("Crazy Rich Asians") and Richard LeFou gay Disney's 'Bety and the Beast? 'In the 1991 animated feature "Bety and the Beast, " 's clear LeFou worships Gaston − as his bt the 2017 live-actn film "Bety and the Beast, " starrg Emma Watson (the "Harry Potter" films) as Belle, Le Evans (the "Hobb" films) as Gaston and Dan Stevens as the Beast, LeFou worships Gaston − and, who was straight the animated classic, was gay this versn. The scene is toward the end of the film and featur two unnamed female Ristance soldiers an there a gay uple 'Onward?

SAME-SEX KISS IN TOY STORY'S LIGHTYEAR MOVIE RTORED AFTER STAFF UPROAR OVER "DON'T SAY GAY" BILL

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.

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.

16 DISNEY CHARACTERS WHO WERE PROBABLY 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.

DISNEY ACCED OF REMOVG GAY NTENT OM PIXAR FILMS

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. 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. If One Milln Moms is mad now bee of a uple of background gay characters, jt wa till they fd out where Disney may be head next.

Me unr fire for s ial silence regardg a Florida bill rtrictg classroom discsn of sexual orientatn and genr inty — dubbed “Don’t Say Gay” by crics. Durg the tumult, Pixar employe lled out Disney executiv for cuttg “nearly every moment of overtly gay affectn” om the animatn stud’s films. And the live-actn Bety and the Beast, Gaston's flunky LeFou is seen dancg wh another man a scene director Bill Condon scribed as a "exclively gay moment.

CONGRATULATNS TO DISNEY’S 7TH FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER

"Jack Whehall will play Disney's first openly gay character the upg movie Jungle Cise, based on the popular theme park ri. Much like the micro-send “Poprn” am dropped surreptly to 1950s movi to subnscly persua theater patrons to make a vis to the ncsn stand, seems that subtle same-sex domtic moments are beg dropped to children’s vios an effort to ndn kids to accept homosexual behavr as normal — and even warm and zy. In a high-five to Pixar and Disney, the pani rponsible for Toy Story 4, the edors at the UK’s Gay Tim reported that while the latt stallment of the adventur of Woody, Buzz Lightyear, and the rt of the Toy Story gang is “every b as magil and visually imprsive as we knew would be, one thg we didn’t expect to see was LGBTQ characters, no matter how signifint to the overall story they were.

The pro-homosexual news se go on to expla that at the very start of the film, “when Woody’s new owner Bonnie go for her first day of krgarten, there’s a blk-and-you’ll-miss- scene where one child is dropped off by two moms. Disney is reportedly puttg a kissg scene between two women back to their upg 'Toy Story' spoff 'Lightyear' after Pixar employe acced the parent pany of cuttg gay characters om films. The dispute is the latt salvo fired by staff amid a row about the entertament giant's stance on gay rights as policians Florida attempt to pass a law that's bee rid as the 'Don't Say Gay' bill.

ALL 10 TIM DISNEY INTRODUCED ITS FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER (AND GAVE US NOTHG)

' The letter claims that 'nearly every moment of overtly gay affectn' had been cut, spe 'prott om both the creative teams and executive learship. ' The Pixar staff also mand that Disney whdraw fancial support of all legislatur who supported the 'Don't Say Gay' bill and that Disney 'take a cisive public stand' agast the legislatn and bills like elsewhere the is noted for only featurg a ty number of LGBTQ characters their most famo to date is Specter, a cyclops police officer 2020 fantasy film Onward, voiced by Lena Wahe. Demonstrators are seen si the Florida State Capal Tallahassee on Monday, the day before the bill passed Specter, top right, is one of the few gay characters Pixar films - but her sexualy is only mentned passg Bucky and Pronk Oryx-Antlerson, om the 2016 Disney animated feature film Zootopia, were 'outed' by the actors who voiced them.

'The same year, Pixar released a short film, Out, on Disney+, about a gay man who stggl wh g out to his lists curate the number of gay characters Disney: Fans pot out that the actors who voiced Bucky and Pronk Oryx-Antlerson the 2016 animated feature film Zootopia said the characters were a gay uple, and Disney did not ny also note that Fdg Dory and Toy Story 4 both featured, briefly, lbian mothers - but their characters were so mor they were not named. In regards to Disney's fancial volvement wh legislators behd the 'Don't Say Gay' bill, we hoped that our pany would show up for . Nearly every moment of overtly gay affectn is cut at Disney's beht, regardls of when there is prott om both the creative teams and executive learship at Pixar.

Beyond the 'spirg ntent' that we aren't even allowed to create, we require are llg on Disney learship to immediately whdraw all fancial support om the legislators behd the 'Don't Say Gay' bill, to fully nounce this legislatn publicly, and to make amends for their fancial volvement. 'Disney has been unr prsure to take a public stand agast the legislatn that crics say will harm the lbian, gay, transgenr and queer muny. The Florida legislatn, referred to by s opponents as the 'Don't Say Gay' bill, has stirred natnal ntroversy amid an creasgly partisan bate over what schools should teach children about race and genr.