Did Disney Bury 'Strange World' Bee of Gay Character?

Contents:

• ‘STRANGE WORLD’: DISNEY FALLY FEATUR A GAY UPLE AS PROTAGONISTS
• 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'
• STRANGE WORLD’S EXCELLENT GAY ROMANCE IS UNRMED BY DISNEY’S PAST FAILUR
• DID DISNEY BURY STRANGE WORLD BEE OF GAY CHARACTER?
• DISNEY'S 'STRANGE WORLD' FEATUR THEIR FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER — WHO IS BEHD THE VOICE?

‘STRANGE WORLD’: DISNEY FALLY FEATUR A GAY UPLE AS PROTAGONISTS

But the scene sparked bate due to two issu: Florida’s ntroversial “Don’t Say Gay” law, which prohibs any class discsn about sexual orientatn and genr inty to stunts younger than ne years old, and Disney’s efforts as a pany to have repealed. His father supports him and giv him advice, not focg on whether his son is gay or not, but simply as a father who is by his son’s si matters of love. 23, the movie also monstrat the Moe Hoe's renewed mment to LGBTQ reprentatn by showsg the first out gay teenager a Disney rtoon feature.

That character is Ethan Cla, and he's voiced by out gay edian and actor Jaboie Young-Whe. "For her part, Unn not that her recent remake of Cheaper by the Dozen — which premiered on Disney+ March — featured one of Disney's first live actn gay teens (played by Caylee Blosensk), but says much of that storyle was downplayed the fished film.

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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'

Ethan Cla’s homosexualy is one of the first thgs we learn about him.

It’s reprentatn that will mean so much to young people seeg a queer romance unfold for the first time, and Disney is right to put ont and centre like this, but llg Ethan Disney’s first openly-gay character when we already have so many shows how much the pany is playg to s own ridicule. Next: I Have Sent The Amphibia Fandom Into A Gay Spiral And I Regret Nothg.

STRANGE WORLD’S EXCELLENT GAY ROMANCE IS UNRMED BY DISNEY’S PAST FAILUR

Right-wg culture war spectators are hootg wh pleasure at what they see as evince of diversy and cln efforts g Hollywood, specifilly blamg director Don Hall and his -director and screenwrer Qui Nguyen's choice to make Ethan gay. The Cla's terracial marriage don't thrill those bigots eher, but given Disney rporate's msy rponse to Florida's "Don't Say Gay" law, Young-Whe's animated avatar is a more nvenient target.

The homophobic Disney haters are gog to hate regardls of what do.

DID DISNEY BURY STRANGE WORLD BEE OF GAY CHARACTER?

To be hont, if one were to fully scribe the Clas and Avalonia, would sound like the walk-up to a terrible joke someone's Fox News-addicted uncle revs up at the holiday table: "An terracial uple, their biracial gay son and their three-legged dog drive their vegan-fueled vehicle to a subterranean ve... The animated tale clud Disney's first biracial gay teen, Ethan Cla (voiced by Jaboie Young-Whe), wh a small scene of him gettg tongue-tied near his csh, Diazo -- and there are those who thk that led Disney to liberately bury the film.

A bunch of fat boomer parents are jt mad about the gay character.

If you thk gay people existg is them shovg their 'liftyle' down your throat and stggle to have simple nversatns wh your children bee of that then maybe jt skip .

DISNEY'S 'STRANGE WORLD' FEATUR THEIR FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER — WHO IS BEHD THE VOICE?

Chapek had been cricized for, among other thgs, a belated and mishandled rponse to the "don't say gay" legislatn Florida, where Disney is the largt employer.

While “Strange World” explor a fantastil environment full of myster creatur and flora, cludg flyg fish and walkg rock lumns, the actn-adventure film also clus a first for Walt Disney Animatn Studs: a gay teen romance.

The animated feature troduc viewers to Ethan Cla, a biracial, openly gay teenager who gets pletely tongue-tied when he’s near his csh, Diazo.