How Many Tim Is Disney Gog To Introduce Its ‘First’ Gay Character?

Contents:

• NEW DISNEY FILM TO INCLU STUD’S 25TH FIRST GAY CHARACTER
• ISABELA OM ‘ENNTO’ IS GAY ACRDG TO HER VOICE ACTRS DIANE GUERRERO
• HOW MANY TIM IS DISNEY GOG TO INTRODUCE ITS ‘FIRST’ GAY CHARACTER?
• THE YEAR THAT QUEER ANIMATED CHARACTERS MA HISTORYTHE MCHELLS VS. THE MACH’S KATIE MCHELL AND FLEE’S AM LEAD THE WAY A MEDIUM THAT HAS LONG GIVEN VOICE TO STRIVG OUTSIRS.BY CHRIS FEILMARCH 16, 2022EVERYONE THE MCHELLS VS. THE MACH IS AN ENARG ODDBALL, BUT ELST DGHTER KATIE FEELS SEPARATE OM EVEN HER MISF FAY.COURTY OF SONY PICTURES ANIMATION. SAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVEAT THE EMOTNAL CLIMAX OF DISNEY’S ENNTO, OUR HEROE, MIRABEL, NSIRS HER REFLECTN. SURROUND BY HER BEAMG FAY, THE OIME BLACK SHEEP OF THE MADRIGAL CREW IS NOW S LEAR, EMBRACG HER LACK OF A MAGIL GIFT AND HELPG REBUILD THE FAY’S SPRAWLG HOME. “WHAT DO YOU SEE?” ASKS MIRABEL’S STERN ABUELA ALMA, WHO HAS LEARNED TO EMBRACE HER GRANDDGHTER’S DIFFERENC. “ALL OF ME,” MIRABEL REPLI.“I THK MANY OF , BUT SPECIFILLY QUEER PEOPLE, N INTIFY WH THAT FEELG,” SAYS STEPHANIE BEATRIZ, WHO VOIC MIRABEL AND INTIFI AS BISEXUAL. “FOR MANY OF , OUR EXISTENCE HAS BEEN SORT OF SPRKLED WH THE VERY PAFUL, SOMETIM, MOMENTS [OF] HIDG PARTS OF OURSELV OM OUR FAI OR FEELG LIKE WE WERE OUTSIRS OUR OWN FAI.”IN ENNTO, ’S MIRABEL’S LACK OF A MAGIL GIFT THAT DIVIS HER OM HER FAY BUT ALSO EVENTUALLY ALLOWS HER TO SAVE .COURTY OF DISNEY.FOR S, LGBTQ+ DIENC HAVE INTIFIED WH ANIMATED CHARACTERS WHO ARE SEARCH OF THEIR INTY OR A PLACE TO BELONG. THE OUTSIR NARRATIV HAVE APPEALED TO A WI RANGE OF DIENC BUT HAVE HELD SPECIAL RONANCE FOR VIEWERS WHO ULDN’T OTHERWISE SEE THEMSELV ACTUALLY REPRENTED. IN RECENT YEARS THAT HAS SHIFTED, AND LAST YEAR PARTICULAR BROUGHT OPENLY, INTIFIABLY LGBTQ+ ANIMATED HERO, ADDN TO CHARACTERS LIKE MIRABEL WHO EXPRS A MORE UNIVERSAL YEARNG.A GUI TO HOLLYWOOD’S BIGGT RACARROWNETFLIX’S THE MCHELLS VS. THE MACH FEATUR AN ASPIRG FILMMAKER NAMED KATIE. SHE’S VOICED BY QUEER EDIAN ABBI JABSON—AND IS THE FIRST OPENLY QUEER PROTAGONIST AN ANIMATED FAY FILM. ALL OF THE MCHELLS ARE ENARG ODDBALLS, BUT EARLY THE FILM KATIE SCRIB HERSELF VOICEOVER AS “A LTLE DIFFERENT THAN EVERYONE ELSE” AS A TY ANIMATED RABOW POPS UP BEHD HER. AT FIRST SEEMS LIKE THIS MIGHT BE A WTY PARODY OF HEAVY-HAND, HIDG--PLA-SIGHT QUEER DG, BUT AT THE END OF THE MOVIE THE FILMMAKERS MOVE WELL BEYOND THAT. HAVG THWARTED A ROBOT APOLYPSE TOGETHER, KATIE AND HER FAY ARE PREPARG TO RNE FOR THANKSGIVG. IN A VIO LL HER MOM ASKS AFTER HER NEW LLEGE IEND JA, AND WHETHER SHE AND KATIE ARE “OFFICIAL.”“I THINK MANY OF US, BUT SPECIFICALLY QUEER PEOPLE, CAN IDENTIFY WITH THAT FEELING… HIDING PARTS OF OURSELVES FROM OUR FAMILIES.”IT’S A QUTN SANDWICHED A FLURRY OF OTHER FAY TOPICS, PRENTG QUEERNS AS SIMPLY PART OF THE FABRIC OF EVERYDAY LIFE. KATIE’S INTY IS KEY TO HER CHARACTER ARC—SHE IS SPERATE TO GET TO LLEGE PARTLY SO SHE N BE A MUNY WH PEOPLE LIKE HER—BUT NOT A POT OF NFLICT THE STORY. THE MCHELLS VS. THE MACH CCIALLY SHOWS A FAY THAT IS NOT ONLY SUPPORTIVE BUT SUAL ABOUT THEIR DGHTER’S SEXUALY—WHICH FEELS RIGHT FOR TODAY’S DIENCE.BUT EVEN AN ERA WH MORE POSSIBIL­I FOR REPRENTATN THAN EVER, THERE’S STILL POWER THE MORE TRADNAL OUTSIR NARRATIV, AS ENNTO AS WELL AS PIXAR’S LU. ENNTO IS A FANTASY TALE OF A COLOMBIAN FAY GIFTED WH MAGIL POWERS—EXCEPT FOR AWKWARD MIRABEL. LIKE KATIE MCHELL, MIRABEL IS A MISF—HER LACK OF A MAGIL GIFT, THE ONE THG THAT SETS HER APART OM HER FAY, IS ALL ANYONE SEEMS TO NOTICE.ENNTO ALSO GENTLY NUDG AT THE FALSENS OF GENR BARI, AS MIRABEL’S SUPERSTRONG OLR SISTER, LUISA, STGGL TO EXPRS EMOTN, WHILE THE BETIFUL ISABELA FEELS NFED TO THE HYPERFEME ROLE SHE’S EXPECTED TO PLAY THE FAY.THEN THERE’S BNO, THE OUTST UNCLE EVERYONE SAYS THEY DON’T TALK ABOUT BUT ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT AN AWFUL LOT. AT THE END OF THE FILM, MIRABEL HELPS BRG HIM BACK TO THE FOLD, AND THE TWO JO FORC TO BREAK THE NSTRICTIVE L OF HOW THE FAY’S GIFTS ARE “SUPPOSED” TO OPERATE. AS BEATRIZ PUTS , “BEE MIRABEL CID TO REALLY EPLY LISTEN TO HER FAY, [AND] EPLY CHALLENGED THE FAY STCTURE, THAT IS HOW THE FAY WAS HEALED.” ENNTO GRACEFULLY PRENTS SOMETHG REGNIZABLE TO GAY DIENC’ LIVED EXPERIENC: THE WEIGHT OF FAY EXPECTATNS.MOST POPULARNEW ON NETFLIX: SEPTEMBER 2023'S BT NEW MOVI & SHOWSBY CHRIS MURPHYAND JT LIKE THAT… HERE’S WHAT WE NEED SEASON 3BY HILLARY BISOUR FLAG MEANS DEATH SEASON 2: EXCLIVE FIRST LOOKBY SARAH CATHERALLIN LU, TWO YOUNG SEA MONSTERS WHO N SHAPE-SHIFT TO HUMAN BOYS BUILD A POWERFUL IENDSHIP BASED ON A SHARED SECRET.COURTY DISNEY/PIXAR.LU FDS SIAR METAPHORIL POWER S STORY OF IENDSHIP BETWEEN TWO YOUNG SEA MONSTERS WHO N SHAPE-SHIFT TO HUMAN BOYS, LU AND ALBERTO. THEIR HIDN NATURE BONDS THEM IMMEDIATELY AS THEY REPEATEDLY GO ASHORE TO VIS A LOL ITALIAN VILLAGE HOSTILE TO SEA MONSTERS, WHILE LU NTU TO KEEP THE VISS SECRET OM MOST OF HIS FAY. AT ONE POT, LU BETRAYS ALBERTO TO SAVE HIMSELF, A HEARTBREAKGLY FAIAR SCENE FOR VIEWERS WHO HAVE HAD GAY IENDSHIPS LLAPSE FOR THE SAKE OF SURVIVAL AN UNKD ENVIRONMENT. BUT THE FILM IS ULTIMATELY ABOUT EMBRACG THENTICY SPE SOCIAL PRSUR. IN THE FAL SHOT, LU STEPS TO THE RA AND LOOKS AHEAD TO THE FUTURE, MAKG THE CISN TO LIVE THENTILLY AS HIS TE SEA MONSTER SELF.LU WORKS AS AN IMMIGRANT NARRATIVE TOO—AND AS AN ALLEGORY FOR ANYONE WHO HAS EXPERIENCED SELF-DISVERY THE FACE OF A MUNY THAT NMNS THEM. THE THEME IS PART OF WHAT MAK ONE OF PIXAR’S RICHT FILMS YEARS. AS LU’S GRANDMOTHER POTEDLY PUTS THE FILM’S CLOSG MOMENTS, “SOME PEOPLE, THEY’LL NEVER ACCEPT HIM. BUT SOME WILL. AND HE SEEMS TO KNOW HOW TO FD THE GOOD ON.”EVEN IN AN ERA WITH MORE POSSIBILITIES FOR REPRESENTATION THAN EVER, THERE’S STILL POWER IN THE MORE TRADITIONAL OUTSIDER NARRATIVES.FLEE, AN ANIMATED DOCUMENTARY OF ONE GAY MAN’S STORY OF PG AFGHANISTAN WH HIS FAY, BRGS A WELE SPOTLIGHT TO BOTH THE LGBTQ+ AND IMMIGRANT MUNI. THE FILM’S NARRATOR, AM, WHO IS ANIMATED PART TO PRERVE HIS ANONYMY, SPEAKS AS NDIDLY ABOUT HIS JOURNEY OF SELF-DISVERY AS HE DO ABOUT THE HORRORS HE SAYS HE EXPERIENCED AT THE HANDS OF SMUGGLERS AND RPT POLICE. AS HE SCRIB THE PROCS OF LEAVG AFGHANISTAN FOR AN EQUALLY HOSTILE RSIA BEFORE FDG SAFE HAVEN DENMARK, AM’S STORY IS PUNCTUATED BY MOMENTS OF GAY LONGG. AND THOUGH HE’S NOW A HAPPY RELATNSHIP—HUNTG FOR A NEW HOME WH HIS BOYIEND—THE STRA OF HIS PAST IS ALWAYS VISIBLE.BUT EVEN AM’S JOURNEY THROUGH A CEL SYSTEM IS NOT ALL DARKNS AND TRMA. IN THE FILM’S MOST SURPRISG AND UPLIFTG SEQUENCE, HE JECTEDLY OUT TO HIS SIBLGS, ONLY TO BE LOVGLY AFFIRMED BY HIS OLR BROTHER, WHO TAK HIM TO HIS FIRST GAY CLUB. IT’S HERE THAT AM SE THE FIRST GLIMMER OF A BRIGHTER FUTURE AND UNRSTANDS THAT THERE’S A WORLD WHERE HE WILL NOT ONLY BE SAFE, BUT SAFELY HIMSELF. FLEE IS A NEW KD OF QUEER STORY, TOLD A NEW WAY. AT A TIME WHEN LGBTQ+ STORI ARE FLOURISHG ANIMATED CEMA, MAY BE THE CROWNG ACHIEVEMENT.MORE GREAT STORI FROM VANY FAIR— JANE CAMPN: A CANDID INTERVIEW WH A MASTER— THE VANY FAIR OSR PARTY RETURNS: FILL OUT YOUR BALLOT AND WATCH THE LIVTREAM ON MARCH 27— THE AMY IS STANDG FIRM ON ITS CONTROVERSIAL CATEGORY CHANGE— SAM ELLTT HAS ONLY HELPED THE POWER OF THE DOG’S OSR CHANC— CAN CODA W BT PICTURE? IT’S COMPLITED— INDTRY TANS JO FORC TO SLAM OSR CATEGORY CHANG— SIGN UP FOR THE “AWARDS INSIR” NEWSLETTER FOR MT-READ DTRY AND AWARDS VERAGE.CHRIS FEIL

NEW DISNEY FILM TO INCLU STUD’S 25TH FIRST GAY CHARACTER

Last year, the voice of Raya Raya and the Last Dragon (2021), Kelly Marie Tran, stated her character was gay followg the movie’s release.

ISABELA OM ‘ENNTO’ IS GAY ACRDG TO HER VOICE ACTRS DIANE GUERRERO

Recently, followg backlash over The Walt Disney Company’s fancial backg of policians supportg Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill, a same-sex kiss has been restated to the upg Disney Pixar animatn movie, Lightyear (2022) starrg Chris Evans as Buzz Lightyear. ’ Inter meme explaedOK, I'm not the type to go full hardre headnon mo on other people's work but n we both agree that Bno and Isabela #Ennto are basilly the gay uncle and closeted overpensatg punk lbian sister? BURBANK — In a promotnal terview for the Walt Disney Company’s newt animated feature, Ennto, CEO Bob Chapek revealed that the film would clu the stud’s first openly gay character, the 25th such announcement the past six years.

“Gay fans have always held a special place at Disney, om ncsn stands, to box offic, to gift shops. Chapek had to ex the terview early to attend the premiere of “Bety & the Beast 2: LeFou’s Actually Gay This Time, We Promise. Isabella om Ennto is gay.

Though the theory was wily refuted by other Netizens, seems they weren’t that wrong after all sce Diane Guerrero, the actrs that gave Isabela her unique voice, has clared that she knows Isabela is gay.

HOW MANY TIM IS DISNEY GOG TO INTRODUCE ITS ‘FIRST’ GAY CHARACTER?

She bluntly rpond she “knew Isabela is gay” and would love to see that part of her inty unravelg on screen and see how the rt of the Madrigal fay would react to that. Diane Guerrero talkg about Ennto sequel and Isabela beg gay. Isabela wasn’t the only character om the movie fans were certa was gay.

RELATED | How Flee Used Animatn to Tell a Gay Afghan Refugee's Story. Audienc never saw Tom Hiddlton's trickster even spg out another guy or regalg Sylvie wh a gay experience. “When we were greenl I was told by certa learship that I uld not reprent any form of bi or gay relatnship on the channel.

Emma Stone's 'Cella' featur Disney's "first" gay character—for at least the seventh.

THE YEAR THAT QUEER ANIMATED CHARACTERS MA HISTORYTHE MCHELLS VS. THE MACH’S KATIE MCHELL AND FLEE’S AM LEAD THE WAY A MEDIUM THAT HAS LONG GIVEN VOICE TO STRIVG OUTSIRS.BY CHRIS FEILMARCH 16, 2022EVERYONE THE MCHELLS VS. THE MACH IS AN ENARG ODDBALL, BUT ELST DGHTER KATIE FEELS SEPARATE OM EVEN HER MISF FAY.COURTY OF SONY PICTURES ANIMATION. SAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVEAT THE EMOTNAL CLIMAX OF DISNEY’S ENNTO, OUR HEROE, MIRABEL, NSIRS HER REFLECTN. SURROUND BY HER BEAMG FAY, THE OIME BLACK SHEEP OF THE MADRIGAL CREW IS NOW S LEAR, EMBRACG HER LACK OF A MAGIL GIFT AND HELPG REBUILD THE FAY’S SPRAWLG HOME. “WHAT DO YOU SEE?” ASKS MIRABEL’S STERN ABUELA ALMA, WHO HAS LEARNED TO EMBRACE HER GRANDDGHTER’S DIFFERENC. “ALL OF ME,” MIRABEL REPLI.“I THK MANY OF , BUT SPECIFILLY QUEER PEOPLE, N INTIFY WH THAT FEELG,” SAYS STEPHANIE BEATRIZ, WHO VOIC MIRABEL AND INTIFI AS BISEXUAL. “FOR MANY OF , OUR EXISTENCE HAS BEEN SORT OF SPRKLED WH THE VERY PAFUL, SOMETIM, MOMENTS [OF] HIDG PARTS OF OURSELV OM OUR FAI OR FEELG LIKE WE WERE OUTSIRS OUR OWN FAI.”IN ENNTO, ’S MIRABEL’S LACK OF A MAGIL GIFT THAT DIVIS HER OM HER FAY BUT ALSO EVENTUALLY ALLOWS HER TO SAVE .COURTY OF DISNEY.FOR S, LGBTQ+ DIENC HAVE INTIFIED WH ANIMATED CHARACTERS WHO ARE SEARCH OF THEIR INTY OR A PLACE TO BELONG. THE OUTSIR NARRATIV HAVE APPEALED TO A WI RANGE OF DIENC BUT HAVE HELD SPECIAL RONANCE FOR VIEWERS WHO ULDN’T OTHERWISE SEE THEMSELV ACTUALLY REPRENTED. IN RECENT YEARS THAT HAS SHIFTED, AND LAST YEAR PARTICULAR BROUGHT OPENLY, INTIFIABLY LGBTQ+ ANIMATED HERO, ADDN TO CHARACTERS LIKE MIRABEL WHO EXPRS A MORE UNIVERSAL YEARNG.A GUI TO HOLLYWOOD’S BIGGT RACARROWNETFLIX’S THE MCHELLS VS. THE MACH FEATUR AN ASPIRG FILMMAKER NAMED KATIE. SHE’S VOICED BY QUEER EDIAN ABBI JABSON—AND IS THE FIRST OPENLY QUEER PROTAGONIST AN ANIMATED FAY FILM. ALL OF THE MCHELLS ARE ENARG ODDBALLS, BUT EARLY THE FILM KATIE SCRIB HERSELF VOICEOVER AS “A LTLE DIFFERENT THAN EVERYONE ELSE” AS A TY ANIMATED RABOW POPS UP BEHD HER. AT FIRST SEEMS LIKE THIS MIGHT BE A WTY PARODY OF HEAVY-HAND, HIDG--PLA-SIGHT QUEER DG, BUT AT THE END OF THE MOVIE THE FILMMAKERS MOVE WELL BEYOND THAT. HAVG THWARTED A ROBOT APOLYPSE TOGETHER, KATIE AND HER FAY ARE PREPARG TO RNE FOR THANKSGIVG. IN A VIO LL HER MOM ASKS AFTER HER NEW LLEGE IEND JA, AND WHETHER SHE AND KATIE ARE “OFFICIAL.”“I THINK MANY OF US, BUT SPECIFICALLY QUEER PEOPLE, CAN IDENTIFY WITH THAT FEELING… HIDING PARTS OF OURSELVES FROM OUR FAMILIES.”IT’S A QUTN SANDWICHED A FLURRY OF OTHER FAY TOPICS, PRENTG QUEERNS AS SIMPLY PART OF THE FABRIC OF EVERYDAY LIFE. KATIE’S INTY IS KEY TO HER CHARACTER ARC—SHE IS SPERATE TO GET TO LLEGE PARTLY SO SHE N BE A MUNY WH PEOPLE LIKE HER—BUT NOT A POT OF NFLICT THE STORY. THE MCHELLS VS. THE MACH CCIALLY SHOWS A FAY THAT IS NOT ONLY SUPPORTIVE BUT SUAL ABOUT THEIR DGHTER’S SEXUALY—WHICH FEELS RIGHT FOR TODAY’S DIENCE.BUT EVEN AN ERA WH MORE POSSIBIL­I FOR REPRENTATN THAN EVER, THERE’S STILL POWER THE MORE TRADNAL OUTSIR NARRATIV, AS ENNTO AS WELL AS PIXAR’S LU. ENNTO IS A FANTASY TALE OF A COLOMBIAN FAY GIFTED WH MAGIL POWERS—EXCEPT FOR AWKWARD MIRABEL. LIKE KATIE MCHELL, MIRABEL IS A MISF—HER LACK OF A MAGIL GIFT, THE ONE THG THAT SETS HER APART OM HER FAY, IS ALL ANYONE SEEMS TO NOTICE.ENNTO ALSO GENTLY NUDG AT THE FALSENS OF GENR BARI, AS MIRABEL’S SUPERSTRONG OLR SISTER, LUISA, STGGL TO EXPRS EMOTN, WHILE THE BETIFUL ISABELA FEELS NFED TO THE HYPERFEME ROLE SHE’S EXPECTED TO PLAY THE FAY.THEN THERE’S BNO, THE OUTST UNCLE EVERYONE SAYS THEY DON’T TALK ABOUT BUT ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT AN AWFUL LOT. AT THE END OF THE FILM, MIRABEL HELPS BRG HIM BACK TO THE FOLD, AND THE TWO JO FORC TO BREAK THE NSTRICTIVE L OF HOW THE FAY’S GIFTS ARE “SUPPOSED” TO OPERATE. AS BEATRIZ PUTS , “BEE MIRABEL CID TO REALLY EPLY LISTEN TO HER FAY, [AND] EPLY CHALLENGED THE FAY STCTURE, THAT IS HOW THE FAY WAS HEALED.” ENNTO GRACEFULLY PRENTS SOMETHG REGNIZABLE TO GAY DIENC’ LIVED EXPERIENC: THE WEIGHT OF FAY EXPECTATNS.MOST POPULARNEW ON NETFLIX: SEPTEMBER 2023'S BT NEW MOVI & SHOWSBY CHRIS MURPHYAND JT LIKE THAT… HERE’S WHAT WE NEED SEASON 3BY HILLARY BISOUR FLAG MEANS DEATH SEASON 2: EXCLIVE FIRST LOOKBY SARAH CATHERALLIN LU, TWO YOUNG SEA MONSTERS WHO N SHAPE-SHIFT TO HUMAN BOYS BUILD A POWERFUL IENDSHIP BASED ON A SHARED SECRET.COURTY DISNEY/PIXAR.LU FDS SIAR METAPHORIL POWER S STORY OF IENDSHIP BETWEEN TWO YOUNG SEA MONSTERS WHO N SHAPE-SHIFT TO HUMAN BOYS, LU AND ALBERTO. THEIR HIDN NATURE BONDS THEM IMMEDIATELY AS THEY REPEATEDLY GO ASHORE TO VIS A LOL ITALIAN VILLAGE HOSTILE TO SEA MONSTERS, WHILE LU NTU TO KEEP THE VISS SECRET OM MOST OF HIS FAY. AT ONE POT, LU BETRAYS ALBERTO TO SAVE HIMSELF, A HEARTBREAKGLY FAIAR SCENE FOR VIEWERS WHO HAVE HAD GAY IENDSHIPS LLAPSE FOR THE SAKE OF SURVIVAL AN UNKD ENVIRONMENT. BUT THE FILM IS ULTIMATELY ABOUT EMBRACG THENTICY SPE SOCIAL PRSUR. IN THE FAL SHOT, LU STEPS TO THE RA AND LOOKS AHEAD TO THE FUTURE, MAKG THE CISN TO LIVE THENTILLY AS HIS TE SEA MONSTER SELF.LU WORKS AS AN IMMIGRANT NARRATIVE TOO—AND AS AN ALLEGORY FOR ANYONE WHO HAS EXPERIENCED SELF-DISVERY THE FACE OF A MUNY THAT NMNS THEM. THE THEME IS PART OF WHAT MAK ONE OF PIXAR’S RICHT FILMS YEARS. AS LU’S GRANDMOTHER POTEDLY PUTS THE FILM’S CLOSG MOMENTS, “SOME PEOPLE, THEY’LL NEVER ACCEPT HIM. BUT SOME WILL. AND HE SEEMS TO KNOW HOW TO FD THE GOOD ON.”EVEN IN AN ERA WITH MORE POSSIBILITIES FOR REPRESENTATION THAN EVER, THERE’S STILL POWER IN THE MORE TRADITIONAL OUTSIDER NARRATIVES.FLEE, AN ANIMATED DOCUMENTARY OF ONE GAY MAN’S STORY OF PG AFGHANISTAN WH HIS FAY, BRGS A WELE SPOTLIGHT TO BOTH THE LGBTQ+ AND IMMIGRANT MUNI. THE FILM’S NARRATOR, AM, WHO IS ANIMATED PART TO PRERVE HIS ANONYMY, SPEAKS AS NDIDLY ABOUT HIS JOURNEY OF SELF-DISVERY AS HE DO ABOUT THE HORRORS HE SAYS HE EXPERIENCED AT THE HANDS OF SMUGGLERS AND RPT POLICE. AS HE SCRIB THE PROCS OF LEAVG AFGHANISTAN FOR AN EQUALLY HOSTILE RSIA BEFORE FDG SAFE HAVEN DENMARK, AM’S STORY IS PUNCTUATED BY MOMENTS OF GAY LONGG. AND THOUGH HE’S NOW A HAPPY RELATNSHIP—HUNTG FOR A NEW HOME WH HIS BOYIEND—THE STRA OF HIS PAST IS ALWAYS VISIBLE.BUT EVEN AM’S JOURNEY THROUGH A CEL SYSTEM IS NOT ALL DARKNS AND TRMA. IN THE FILM’S MOST SURPRISG AND UPLIFTG SEQUENCE, HE JECTEDLY OUT TO HIS SIBLGS, ONLY TO BE LOVGLY AFFIRMED BY HIS OLR BROTHER, WHO TAK HIM TO HIS FIRST GAY CLUB. IT’S HERE THAT AM SE THE FIRST GLIMMER OF A BRIGHTER FUTURE AND UNRSTANDS THAT THERE’S A WORLD WHERE HE WILL NOT ONLY BE SAFE, BUT SAFELY HIMSELF. FLEE IS A NEW KD OF QUEER STORY, TOLD A NEW WAY. AT A TIME WHEN LGBTQ+ STORI ARE FLOURISHG ANIMATED CEMA, MAY BE THE CROWNG ACHIEVEMENT.MORE GREAT STORI FROM VANY FAIR— JANE CAMPN: A CANDID INTERVIEW WH A MASTER— THE VANY FAIR OSR PARTY RETURNS: FILL OUT YOUR BALLOT AND WATCH THE LIVTREAM ON MARCH 27— THE AMY IS STANDG FIRM ON ITS CONTROVERSIAL CATEGORY CHANGE— SAM ELLTT HAS ONLY HELPED THE POWER OF THE DOG’S OSR CHANC— CAN CODA W BT PICTURE? IT’S COMPLITED— INDTRY TANS JO FORC TO SLAM OSR CATEGORY CHANG— SIGN UP FOR THE “AWARDS INSIR” NEWSLETTER FOR MT-READ DTRY AND AWARDS VERAGE.CHRIS FEIL

Disney’s upg Cella, a live-actn orig story for the inic antagonist of 101 Dalmatians, is beg praised for featurg Disney’s first gay character. 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.

” Ennto gracefully prents somethg regnizable to gay dienc’ lived experienc: the weight of fay Lu, two young sea monsters who n shape-shift to human boys build a powerful iendship based on a shared secret.