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A Look at Disney’s LGTBQ Characters: Elsa
May 27, 2021 in A Look at Disney, Blogs
I’ll be honest and say I wasn’t sure if I was going to do this entry but the more I thought about it, the more it made sense. Whether or not, you like Frozen. It’s hard to ignore its impact, which also extends to how so many LGTBQ people have related to Elsa. After all, the hashtag #giveElsaagirlfriend exists. And we almost got that in the sequel.
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A Look at Disney’s LGBTQ Characters: Penumbra (DuckTales 2017)
May 14, 2021 in A Look at Disney, Blogs
I remember the Monday that this episode first aired and I heard this and I first heard Penumbra say that she had no desire to an earth male. I had an idea of what this meant but it wasn’t until I saw Sam King on Twitter confirm that this meant that Penumbra is indeed a lesbian.
After a fan on Twitter asked if the line meant Penumbra is queer, the episode’s writer and director Sam King confirmed it. “Hey yeah! For clarity, I had certain constraints I had to work in to get this across, so believe me I’m the first to say I wish it was more overt,” she said. “But yes, Penny calls everything on Earth “Earth -” her saying “Earth… male” is specifically saying “Men.” She’s a lesbian.
Knowing this information is rather interesting as it falls back into something that we have seen twice so far with lesbian characters, that they are strong almost warrior types I.e. Mulan and Cassandra, however, Penny seems to take it to an extreme. As she is nothing but a warrior and that is the only way she knows how to live. Penburma is struggling to find her place on earth. Which in many ways feels allegorical to how queer people constantly struggle to identify where they belong in the world. On the surface, one might think that everyone feels that way and there is a truth to that, yes but the difference when looking at how queer youth are struggling, it feels like a sense of added pressure.
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A Look at Disney’s LGTBQ Characters: Cassandra (Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventure)
May 10, 2021 in A Look at Disney, Blogs
This entry is frustrating. Anyone who knows me knows that I love Tangled and even adore the TV show so much that I have a series dedicated to reviewing material from the TV show world. I say this because we are looking at a great character that was done dirty by the show. That being the character of Cassandra. Cass is Rapunzel’s best friend/lady in waiting. And she is heavily gay coded, which is fine. She falls into what The Take describes as the stock lesbian that you’d want on your side in a fight. And yeah, considering that she knows her way with a sword is a good reason to want her on your side.
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A Look at Disney’s LGTBQ Characters: Mulan (Once Upon A Time Pt. 2)
April 29, 2021 in A Look at Disney, Blogs
In my eyes, the greatest failure of Once Upon A Time wasn’t losing track of its characters and the stories getting out of hand but rather how it treated its LGBTQ+ characters. This has already been discussed when looking at the episode Ruby Slippers. However, that was not the first (nor last) time that the show failed an LGBTQ+ character. Today, we are looking at the show’s first LGBTQ character who was introduced in season two and then let down in season three. That would be the character of Mulan. In many ways, the character of Mulan falls into what The Take describes as a queer coded female.
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A Look at Disney’s LGBTQ Characters: Luz & Amity (The Owl House)
April 22, 2021 in A Look at Disney, Blogs
This entry means a lot to me, The Owl House is one of my favorite shows and a big part of it is that yes I am a Lumity shipper. That is the ship name for Luz and Amity, however, there is more to it than that. I wish to take you back to when the trailer for the rest of the season was released.
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A Look at Disney’s LGTBQ Characters: The Characters of PIXAR
April 16, 2021 in A Look at Disney, Blogs
The first time I remember seeing something PIXAR related to the gay community is Woody showing up in an ad for It Gets Better. As noted here, it was a campaign against gay bullying. And the straights weren’t happy with Woody appearing in the ad.
Not everyone was happy to see Woody participating in the ad, however. Alan Chambers of Exodus International (Remember Exodus International? The ministry that recently released and then lost an iPhone app that taught how to convert gay people to heterosexuality?) tells The Christian Post “he was surprised and disappointed that they would use a children’s character for the project.
However, the people that this was meant to target seemed to enjoy his presence. We are now a decade out from when that ad originally aired and how has PIXAR gotten since then. Iffy to say the least. Let’s start with that there was a supposed lesbian couple in Finding Dory (my second favorite PIXAR film)
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A Look at Disney’s LGTBQ Characters: Ryan Evans/Carol and Dana/Carlos and Seb (The High School Musical Franchise)
April 13, 2021 in A Look at Disney, Blogs
In some ways, it is unsurprising that High School Musical would feature LGBTQ characters. As the series’ director and the one that helped in so many ways to shape the franchise, Kenny Ortega is openly gay himself.
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A Look at Disney’s LGBTQ Characters: Josh (The Lodge)
April 12, 2021 in A Look at Disney, Blogs
When I was looking up information for my entry on Cyrus, I came across the character of Josh. Apparently, he was the first Disney Channel character to have a coming-out scene. Now, I was not aware of this show as it was a Disney Channel UK show. Thankfully, the show was available on Disney+. So, I found the episode where the coming-out scene takes place and it appears to be part two of a two-part episode. And if I am, to be honest, the coming-out scene felt detached from the rest of the episode.
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In Help It’s announced that Josh is gay. Thereby he is the first openly gay main character on a Disney Channel series. They don’t specifically say the word “gay”, but he says he doesn’t like girls.
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A Look at Disney: Villains Profile: Cruella De Vil
April 5, 2021 in A Look at Disney, Blogs
Enjoy this older blog as a preview fro this year’s summer event.
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A Look at Disney’s LGTBQ Characters: Cyrus Goodman (Andi Mack)
April 1, 2021 in A Look at Disney, Blogs
Cyrus Goodman is one of the most important characters to look at when discussing LGBTQ+ Disney characters. He is the first Disney Channel character to refer to himself as gay.
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A Look at Disney’s LGBTQ Characters Pt. 4: Edie and Thea (Doc McStuffins)
March 18, 2021 in A Look at Disney, Blogs
Where do you think conservatives/homophobes hate seeing gay characters the most? From my experience, in children’s cartoons. Especially educational cartoons aimed at children. If you weren’t around in the early 2000s, you may not remember the uproar that happened when the Arthur spin-off, Postcards from Buster featured a real-life family that just happened to have two moms.
PBS pulled the episode because so many people were upset by this.
PBShas pulled an episode of the children’s show Postcards From Buster that includes children with lesbian mothers. The episode was yanked the same day that PBS received a letter from new Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings condemning the episode and asking PBS to “strongly consider” returning the federal money that went toward its production.
Frankly, I find this absurd but that was 2005 and it speaks to how far we’ve come. And even looking at Arthur, it featured a same-sex wedding with longtime character and Arthur’s teacher Mr. Ratburn getting married.
