Pixar's 'Onward' Introduc Disney's First Openly Gay Character

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• DISNEY'S 8 'FIRST OPENLY GAY' CHARACTERS, RANKED (BY HOW EMBARRASSED DISNEY SHOULD FEEL)
• JABOIE YOUNG-WHE SAYS PLAYG DISNEY'S FIRST OPENLY GAY ANIMATED LEAD 'STRANGE WORLD' IS 'A NORMAL REFLECTN OF OUR REALY'
• DISNEY'S FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER 'DIDN'T GO FAR ENOUGH’ ADMS JOSH GAD
• JUNGLE CISE: DISNEY’S FIRST GAY MA CHARACTER (AND COMG OUT SCENE) EXPLAED
• ONWARD’S OPENLY GAY CHARACTER STILL LEAV DISNEY BEHD S PETORS
• ALL 10 TIM DISNEY INTRODUCED ITS FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER (AND GAVE US NOTHG)
• THE 8 FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTERS OF DISNEY

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

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JABOIE YOUNG-WHE SAYS PLAYG DISNEY'S FIRST OPENLY GAY ANIMATED LEAD 'STRANGE WORLD' IS 'A NORMAL REFLECTN OF OUR REALY'

It’s a faiar tone for the pany, as Disney has pneered their “first” gay character at least 7 tim, give or take; Onward, Bety and the Beast, Jungle Cise, The Rise of Skywalker, Zootopia, Toy Story 4, and Avengers: Endgame all feature mor characters who make exceedgly subtle referenc htg at same-sex attractn. John McCrea at the 2018 Olivier Awards nfirmed that his 'Cella' character is gay.Jeff Spicer/Getty Imag. Sure, legally Disney n ny that Mulan's Li Shang is a bisexual in, but the gays know the tth.

In "Strange World, " Jaboie Young-Whe plays the first gay lead an animated Disney movie. At first, Jaboie Young-Whe did not nsir how his role as an openly gay animated character Disney's "Strange World" uld have a social impact.

Young-Whe, 28, voic Ethan Cla, a biracial, gay teenager who gets fltered the prence of his csh Diazo. The character has ma history as the first openly gay lead a Disney animated film. It was more anic, " director Don Hall said about the character an terview wh, who is also openly gay, exprsed his appreciatn for Hall's creative choice on the red rpet.

DISNEY'S FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER 'DIDN'T GO FAR ENOUGH’ ADMS JOSH GAD

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JUNGLE CISE: DISNEY’S FIRST GAY MA CHARACTER (AND COMG OUT SCENE) EXPLAED

Disney's live-actn remake of Bety and the Beast was promoted as havg the pany's first openly gay character the form of Gaston's sikick LeFou, but when the movie buted, many nsired him a lacklter example of reprentatn. ' My regret what happened is that beme 'Disney's first explicly gay moment' and was never tend to be that.

It was never tend to be a moment that we should ld ourselv for, bee ankly, I don't thk we did jtice to what a real gay character a Disney film should be. Updated on June 7th, 2022 by Danielle Bnti: In the wake of Florida's extremely ntroversial "Don't Say Gay" bill and the strong cricism that me om wh The Walt Disney Company for not speakg up, seems like Disney is fally unrstandg out important LGBTQ+ reprentatn is for s fans and s st members. While the word "gay" never is spoken  Better Nate Than Ever, the notn that Nate is gay is hted at relentlsly.

ONWARD’S OPENLY GAY CHARACTER STILL LEAV DISNEY BEHD S PETORS

Phastos is a geni and ventor turned superhero who also happens to be openly gay.

Artie Cella is an openly gay character who teracts wh the ma character throughout the new movie that foc on Cella Vil om 101 Dalmatians.

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

Artie is able to be his thentic self and actor John McCrea is happy wh his portrayal of Artie and believ him to be a gay character, but Disney yet aga ma the mistake of not fully lvg to Artie beg an openly gay character. Orka and Flix Star Wars Ristance are two openly gay characters who aren't human and are actually two different speci but are openly a relatnship the seri. Jungle Cise hasn't technilly been released yet, but Disney has been clear that one of the major characters the movie, McGregor Houghton, will be gay.

There's been a lot of ntroversy surroundg the announcement of Houghton beg a gay character. Certa groups are upset at the ia of a children's movie reprentg the LGBTQ+ muny while progrsiv are upset at Jack Whehall's stg, believg a gay actor should be st, and the ia that might be a stereotypil, harmful reprentatn.

Viewers may not remember the gay prce om The Prcs Diari 2, and maybe that's bee the movie don't actually show him person.

THE 8 FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTERS OF DISNEY

In early 2017, Disney XD progrsed even more wh portrayals of gay love wh the rtoon Star Vs.