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

Contents:

• STRANGE WORLD: EVERYTHG ABOUT DISNEY'S FIRST GAY CHARACTER ETHAN CLA
• 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'
• DISNEY'S 'STRANGE WORLD' FEATUR THEIR FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER — WHO IS BEHD THE VOICE?
• ETHAN IN STRANGE WORLD IS GAY…SO WHAT?

STRANGE WORLD: EVERYTHG ABOUT DISNEY'S FIRST GAY CHARACTER ETHAN CLA

Ethan is Disney's first openly gay character. 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.

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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. Jaboie Young-Whe, who is an openly queer standup edian, had the honor of voicg Ethan Cla after also reprentg the LGBTQ+ muny on Disney+’s Baymax seri as gay food tck owner, Mba. He noted: The ia that Ethan was gonna be a gay young man was day one.

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'

It was a nstant kd of feedback, showg stuff, gettg thoughts and support is the Gay & Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn, which is an anizatn that monors the reprentatn of the LGBTQ+ muny. Disney's 'Strange World' Featur Their First Openly Gay Character — Who Is Behd the Voice? Disney's new animated movie 'Strange World' foc on a fay of explorers, but the real exploratn the form of Disney's first openly gay Nov.

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

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Strange World's Ethan Cla is Disney's first out gay teen hero. So, when 's revealed that Ethan is gay, I braced for the evable generatn clash over queerns.

ETHAN IN STRANGE WORLD IS GAY…SO WHAT?

Sure, Searcher has no issu wh his son beg gay, and he even shows an earnt enthiasm when Ethan's csh Diazo by the farm. " But stead, Nguyen's screenplay dodg this trope and, wh , homophobia altogether. When Ethan answers, his grandfather, whom he's never met before, isn't shocked to disver the boy is gay.

Instead, Strange World acknowledg that gay kids n jt exist media and not have their inty treated like grounds for a teachable moment. Alternately, there was the embarrassment that was Josh Gad as the live-actn ​​LeFou 2017's Bety and the Beast, which director Bill Condon proclaimed would have a "nice, exclively gay moment. This "exclively gay moment" earned eye rolls om the LGBTQ muny, as did the proclamatn that the Rso Bros.

Would be troducg the MCU's first openly gay character Avengers: End Game. It wasn't until 2021's Eternals that the MCU offered a nonilly queer superhero wh Phastos, played by Brian Tyree even as Disney ma stris, the stud drew ire for their ial lack of actn agast the "Don't Say Gay" bill and for cuttg queer ntent om their projects. Outsi of the Disney landspe, stori of queer youth the media often center on moments of trma, be that the strs of g out, beg tranged om their fai, livg wh the creased risk of hate crim or partner vlence, or otherwise nontg homophobia.

Even movi about gay romance, the threat of homophobia is often lurkg nearby, ready to squelch any ht of reee queer joy. Ethan is biracial and gay, but the drama of his journey is not tied to the intifiers. Ethan is the first gay protagonist a Walt Disney Animatn Studs film.