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Contents:
- 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)
Jaboie Young-Whe plays Ethan Cla, an openly gay teenager, "Strange World." He nsirs the character "a normal reflectn of our realy." * disney's first openly gay character *
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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'
* disney's first openly gay character *
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DISNEY'S FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER 'DIDN'T GO FAR ENOUGH’ ADMS JOSH GAD
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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.
JUNGLE CISE: DISNEY’S FIRST GAY MA CHARACTER (AND COMG OUT SCENE) EXPLAED
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ONWARD’S OPENLY GAY CHARACTER STILL LEAV DISNEY BEHD S PETORS
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.
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ALL 10 TIM DISNEY INTRODUCED ITS FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER (AND GAVE US NOTHG)
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THE 8 FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTERS OF DISNEY
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.
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