How 'Strange World' troduc the first out gay teenager a Disney animated film

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That character is Ethan Cla, and he's voiced by out gay edian and actor Jaboie Young-Whe.

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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'

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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. Both the 2020 animated feature, Onward, which featured Disney's first self-intified lbian character, and 2022's Lightyear, which featured the stud's first same-sex kiss, were banned Sdi Arabia and other Gulf natns where homosexual nduct is still illegal.

The dispirg explanatn uld be that Disney, fearg uproar om all matters of the right, has chewed any big promo s more homogeno films receive.

‘STRANGE WORLD’ IS DISNEY’S FIRST ANIMATED MOVIE WH A GAY LEAD. WHY IS IT BEG BURIED?

Strange World was never sted to be a hot button issue wh anti-gay, racist, fossil fuel-lovg punds. 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.

DID DISNEY BURY STRANGE WORLD BEE OF GAY CHARACTER?

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

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.

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How 'Strange World' troduc the first out gay teenager a Disney animated film .

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