Maybe Disney’s real first gay character was the friends we made along the way💗🏳‍🌈

@rootfish2671

Жыл бұрын

Everyone knows it was Jafar

@sometimessomee3535

Жыл бұрын

damn -_-

@BBWahoo

Жыл бұрын

Maybe it was Disney himself 🤣

@niathemelaras3275

Жыл бұрын

@@rootfish2671 No, it was clearly Ursula lol

@rootfish2671

Жыл бұрын

@@niathemelaras3275 well she was based on drag queen Divine

"Strange World wasn't marketed as a gay movie" Yeah, but, strange world wasn't marketed at all, so it's an outlier in that pattern xD

@CGFillertext

Жыл бұрын

And the marketing they did get felt a little… I wouldn’t exactly say misleading? But I definitely got the impression they were going to another planet, and not a “journey to the center of the earth” situation

@Stargazer_Ley

Жыл бұрын

@@CGFillertext Yeah. Now that you mention it the ads (that did exist) lead me to think another planet was involved.

@chaos4654

Жыл бұрын

Strange World had marketing? i thought those leaks. XD

@theyakkoman

Жыл бұрын

Is it just me, or has Disney sucked at marketing their films lately? I mean, when Encanto came out I had no idea what the movie was about. What I got from the poster was that "Okay, it's a big family and they all live in this house... But what's the plot?" And, I mean, I still haven't seen the film but the marketing should have been obvious? Short spots focusing on the people with power and then cut to Mirabel. And hints of Bruno (cause we don't talk about Bruno). I mean that one became a meme so quickly, why didn't they utilize that? And now with Strange World... Yeah, I've seen some posters but once again, that's it. They pushed Avatar: The Way of Water much more than Strange World and that, to me, is odd.

@CGFillertext

Жыл бұрын

@@oranges7691 No they just go really far underground

Disney’s first gay characters were the Three Caballeros, as evidenced by the lyrics in their theme song: “We're three caballeros, three GAY caballeros”

@8randnewcity

Жыл бұрын

(vine boom)

@a_little_demon

Жыл бұрын

yes !

@8randnewcity

Жыл бұрын

@DaintiStarre that is the joke

Disney's first gay character was you and your fabulous content throughout the year.

@raydgreenwald7788

Жыл бұрын

Technically she is a heterosexual. Edit: queer yes, but heterosexual

The post-transition remake with you and your hubby is such a cute thing to do! Btw, love those killer nails. The color is so simple and classy. 😊 One thing to note about the Jungle Cruise, is I'm pretty sure it takes place in the past, right? Like 1940's, at the latest, I'd imagine. So, in a way, coming out wasn't really something one could just do. And if you did, you had to be discreet about it, choosing words carefully, to sorta dance around the subject. In a way, it reflects the struggles we used to face and that many of us still face, albeit in a different manner. Whether that was intentional, a way to try to satisfy the homophobic fans/skirt around the subject, or whether it was a mix of both, I cannot say.

@DreamsoundsVideo

Жыл бұрын

That’s definitely a good point and I agree that the way it’s handled in the movie is contextually accurate for the time period it portrays. I think my gripe is usually that it would be different if there had been other open representation in a mainstream Disney film, so I see it in that context as well, which makes it feel more disappointing.

@jf2801

Жыл бұрын

@@DreamsoundsVideo ah, so you mean more like it was potentially because the more popular stuff failed to set the precedent? Yeah, I get that point, too. And you'd be spot on. My niece is obsessed with Frozen, so I somehow fell down the "is she gay or ace" rabbit hole for Elsa. And the fact it wasn't addressed in the first one.

Ethan from Strange World wasn't marketed as 'Disney's eight billionth first openly gay character' because Strange World wasn't marketed at all.

I love this chatty walk-through of Disney's "first gays". Like, we talk a lot about the problems with these characters/moments/etc, and those discussions are so needed and vital and also deeply correct, but sometimes it's nice to note when some of those characters were also... kinda fun. 🙈 Happy New Year!

@christinalittleton3771

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I was confused about that, too. "Here's Disney's first gay character in Onward!" But, what about LeFou and Stanley from the live-action version of Beauty and the Beast? "Here's another first gay character for Disney called Owl House!" Well, if you're that open, why not give Elsa a girlfriend or a wife? "No, America's not that ready."

I think we’re ✨ ALL ✨ Disney’s first gay character

i love what you said about mean/rude queer characters, lol. i think a lot of (not all, but a lot) queer people have people-pleasing tendencies, myself included -- almost like a way to "make up" for being queer. like "yes i'm queer but also i'm super-nice and will always listen to your problems when you want me to and be morally perfect" etc. but now that i'm in my late twenties and am learning how to express emotions thought of as "negative" more (anger, sadness, disappointment, frustration, worry, etc.), it feels GOOD to see queer characters who aren't morally perfect. like it lets me exhale, like a little voice is saying, "yes, it's still good to try to treat people right, but you can be nuanced and human and complicated, too." like when giselle (sp?) in "enchanted" experiences anger for the first time. just to end this thought, i think one of the first less-than-wholesome queer characters i encountered in fiction is the titular baru cormorant of "the traitor baru cormorant" and its sequels "the monster baru cormorant" and "the tyrant baru cormorant". it's a fantasy story about a lesbian accountant who tries to work her way up within a cruel and prejudiced empire, with the hopes of destroying them and protecting her home. she has moments of ruthlessness and arrogance, but also deep vulnerability and empathy. the books are one of my favorite series ever.

@dinosaysrawr

Жыл бұрын

Really, I only object when a bad queer character plays into harmful or tired stereotypes or myths, or when the implication is that the character's evil or depravity is necessarily tied to their sexuality or gender identity--otherwise, I love me a messy gay or a queer-coded villain!

I had no idea the neighbors from Zootopia were supposed to be gay (no joke I genuinely thought they were just roommates lol) so that was cool to learn, and yay to the Carlos love. HSMTMTS has become sorta a mess the longer it goes on lol, but him and Seb are easily my favorite characters from the show after 3 seasons so it's nice to see them appreciated. Also maybe this was just me but I see chemistry between Artie and Horace from Cruella and have been shipping them since I saw it last year so if they somehow get together in the sequel with more than just longing glances that'd be cool imo.

@duckysguidetoshipping8930

Жыл бұрын

Amd they were roommates

@twiggledowntown3564

Жыл бұрын

Same. At first I thought they were roommates too!

@twiggledowntown3564

Жыл бұрын

Seb and Carlos rock!

I was so worried in Strange World when he was telling his grandfather about the guy he liked, but then the grandfather was so chill about it, it made me very happy.

@Stargazer_Ley

Жыл бұрын

I think I held my breath for a moment when Ethan did that because I was, like you, expecting Jeager to be unsupportive or make a deal out of it. I was happy they didn't. It was normal. The discussion was just the same as if Diazo was a girl. Just a thing that happens with no big moment. Just a boy with a crush asking his grandfather for help (albiet this is a bad idea because Jeager is an old guy who just...has bad advice. lol).

Fun fact: Apparently in the script, Spectre’s line referred to her having a boyfriend, but her voice actress was lesbian and wanted to make the character more relatable to herself. The director said sure, and marketing ran with it.

@Bunny-ks1md

Жыл бұрын

I don’t remember the marketing for the movie, but if the marketing team really made a big deal out of a whim, that’s embarassing 💀

@afoolishfopdoodle3284

Жыл бұрын

@@Bunny-ks1md It wasn't really marketing, it was more news outlets, but yeah. REALLY embarrassing.

I'm a little disappointed Cyrus is not higher. Doesn't he have, like, a love story? He's definitely a major character and I think his queerness was addressed in multiple ways, but I didn't watch much of Andi Mack and I don't remember it much.

@soulrecords857

Жыл бұрын

Yeah Cyrus is actually a pretty great character and good example of a gay rep for a Disney children’s show. Over the show you watch him develop a crush on a boy, date a girl and say it doesn’t feel right, come out slowly to his friends, get over his old crush and get a boyfriend in the series finale. He wasn’t a stereotypical gay character but a character who was also gay. It was one of the first times I actually felt like Disney did a gay character right.

@stellasdoesstuff

Жыл бұрын

Tbh I bet she hasn't watched Andi Mack and is just aware of the character from social media, so I don't fault her for putting him below characters she's actually seen and has some sort of emotional connection to. I'm just glad he's mentioned at all!

@kameahbenjamin178

Жыл бұрын

@@soulrecords857 This. It's such a shame almost no one talks about Cyrus when discussing Disney's gay characters because he's such a good one. He has a character and character arcs that don't entirely revolve around him being gay. Like you said he tries dating a girl and says it doesn't feel right. And, if I recall correctly, he is the first character to say "I'm gay" and come out on a Disney Channel show. My guy Cryrus walked so Luz and Amity could run yet nobody ever talks about him :(

@lilenwasnothere6867

Жыл бұрын

he did. he had a crush on a boy, jonah, dated a girl (which was practically so that he'd have an excuse to hang out with said boy), iris, realized he was gay and broke up with her. then he met another boy, tj, the captain of the basketball team who was an asshole to his friend, and also seemed to be interested in him first, developed feelings for him (due to tj having more faith in his abilities than his friends) and, even though tj struggled with internalized homophobia, he ended up accepting his feelings for cyrus and held his hand. cyrus also comes out three separate times to his friends, the third time actually saying "i'm gay", a first (and, so far, only) for disney.

@lilenwasnothere6867

Жыл бұрын

mind you, because tj's character development is rooted in both cyrus and buffy (they later become friends), that part of the storyline leans more towards being centered around him.

The first gay rep in Disney that I remember making an impact on me was the lesbian moms in one of the last episodes of Good Luck Charlie. I was in high school at the time and I remember the topic of gay rights was a very hot topic at the time. So when Disney announced this episode would have a lesbian couple in it, it was such a huge deal. And while I think they could have handled them better, I still think it was bold of Disney to do it at all.

I hope we’ll be able to have more positive representation coming from Disney and big media companies in general

Luz is bi, yes, but Amity Blight is our lesbian queen, though! Owl House deserves to be seen by more people!

@duckysguidetoshipping8930

Жыл бұрын

YES YES BOW DOWN TO THE LUZBIAN AND BLIGHTSEXUAL

@kspoo10_

Жыл бұрын

And Enby Raine!! :D

@fanaticism3204

Жыл бұрын

And, update, Luz is now confirmed gender fluid!

before the "first gay disney character" trend became a thing (so circa 2011 i think?) i followed a swedish disney blog where they'd ocassionally post fun facts about disney movies. i remember one post about the first gay disney character being one of the gargoyles from the hunchback of notre dame because he flirted with a male goat. i still think about that one blog post every time there's a new "first gay disney character".

@DreamsoundsVideo

Жыл бұрын

Truthfully the gargoyle kisses the goat so you could even say that’s Disney’s first gay kiss. But if we’re counting things like that, then I’d say the first gay kiss is definitely Ferdinand the Bill kissing the guy in the 1938 short.

Neat list! I'm surprised Owl House is considered obscure, but knowing how Disney doesn't really acknowledge its animated properties post-Phineas and Ferb in merch form or similar promotions, it i s kind of niche- and yet it's the side of Disney I've always enjoyed the most. The Disney Channel animated shows and acquired things like Club Penguin. Still neat seeing this slow acceptance of more and more diversity. Hype for January 21st!

I totally agree with your list and you made some great points! Cyrus was the first queer character I probably ever saw on TV, so thanks for mentioning him! Also, your voice is lovely to listen to ❤

@aurora_skye

Жыл бұрын

Omg yess! Thoughts on Tyrus?

i love your voice it's so sweet and soft

"Number 2 is the gay prince from Princess Diaries 2" 😭

i'm curious as to whether you've watched andi mack, or just the scene where cyrus comes out in season 3? your list was great and super entertaining but it was a bit jarring to only hear about 20 seconds on cyrus when his character had 3 coming out scenes, his sexuality journey spanned the entirety of the 3 seasons of the show (but it also didn't define his character), he was played by a bisexual actor, and has a slow-burn romance with another boy who also ends up being gay... not trying to police your opinions or anything, it's just always such a bummer to see how little credit andi mack gets in regards to queer representation in the disney landscape! especially considering disney has been actively suppressing it since it ended! anyway - if there's anyone in the comments who hasn't actually watched the show, i would definitely recommend it - although you'll have to purchase or pirate it since d+ refused to put the full series on streaming💜

@DreamsoundsVideo

Жыл бұрын

I think Andi Mack is a wonderful show, I just wanted to keep this video on the shorter side and without a script, some characters got more detailed explanations than others just from my immediate thoughts. I hope to do more of a deep dive in the future into this era of representation and will revisit the show aside from the “first gay” moment

@shadowtoskyscraper

Жыл бұрын

@@DreamsoundsVideo fair enough!! would definitely be interested in hearing your thoughts on more of this era, it really is such a fascinating time in disney history.

Omg I totally missed or forgot the gay character in princess diaries

i really really hope you're right and that this is the start of a new era. and also that that era isn't "everytime disney creatives make a queer character, disney execs drop all marketing for that movie"

So many gay disney characters, yet I only care for Sheriff Blubs and his buddy Durland from Gravity Falls, it's a crime you didn't cover them Dx

@dinosaysrawr

Жыл бұрын

True!

@Bunny-ks1md

Жыл бұрын

I like how Disney blocked Hirsch from making them explicitly gay, but then they turn around and put them in their Disney+ pride collection 💀 like what

@Bunny-ks1md

Жыл бұрын

But yes I love them

Bro, I've seen trailers for Strange World and I would have never even guessed the main character was gay. The trailers market it as "Oh look at this cool alien planet with all these fun creatures and sci-fi stuff". I was almost gonna turn a blind eye to it because I didn't really like the look of the aliens, but nvm. Maybe I should give it a go. 🤔

@Stargazer_Ley

Жыл бұрын

I recommend it. The moive is very good, at least to me. I really enjoyed seeing Ethan interacting with his family and the family interacting in general.

I absolutely love Ethan! He is gay but it's not out of the ordinary to anyone in the movie and he has strong character traits outside of his sexuality.

@declanmckenna6854

Жыл бұрын

The thing about Ethan is that his sexuality, while important to his story arc (wanting to express his feelings to his crush) but it's the least interesting thing about him. He's more worried about doing his job, connecting with his grandfather, and reconciling with his dad than a teenage crush and once those things are taken care of he pursues his crush. Plus his family is more than willing to help get them together without a second thought.

Wow thanks for the shout out. People are always SO shocked when they hear people like me cant get married under disability. Back in the day I remember seeing other queer disabled people being asked to stop bringing stuff like that up because were not a disability group. After the the tears and rage over prop 8 there really was this feeling like we'd finally achieved equality. I never imagined I'd lose that right AGAIN. Anyway thanks for letting us come with you on your journey. Its been beautiful to watch and you got me all teary eyed at the end there. I hope you have a wonderful 2023.

idk how it is in the united states, but in scandinavia we usually have these medleys/compilation of disney's christmas specials and iconic moments that play on christmas eve every year. for some reason at the end of this year's medley, they promoted strange world seemingly out of the blue- mostly showing the scene where the MC finds the small blue alien and has to escape the other aliens while riding some red floating drops? it kinda put me and my parents off because it was neither cozy or christmas-y (plus the scene was more action packed, causing us shock lol). it's weird they didn't even pick a cozy or heartfelt moment tbh. so it's not like they haven't marketed the film at all internationally, they just either haven't done it enough or have been misplacing advertisements.

When people say that "Owl House is canceled" it discourages new viewers from starting the show because they get the wrong idea that the show isn't getting an ending. The show was SHORTENED and the creators are working really hard to finish it. Saying this is causing more harm than good. And what do you mean 4th season? As far as I know both Amphibia and Owl House were written with 3 seasons in mind

@DreamsoundsVideo

Жыл бұрын

Is there a source for TOH being written for 3 seasons only? I am aware that they are doing amazing work with making the 3rd season work after it was cut short, but when it was announced as the last season I remember reading that they weren’t given the option of a 4th season, which would imply it could have gone either way depending on what was ordered.

@slashandbones13

Жыл бұрын

It was soft canceled. They didn't get a third season. They got 135 minutes to wrap things up.

@schketchy

Жыл бұрын

@@DreamsoundsVideo The Owl House was supposed to have 4 or even 5 seasons which were being planned for years in advance, but in 2021 the fourth season was cancelled and the third was shortened to three 45 minute specials which have been premiering throughout the span of a few months. The reasoning was supposedly that the show “didn’t fit the Disney brand’, some thought it was too episodic or too scary for kids, but a vast majority speculate that the cause was homophobia. Seeing as Dana Terrace had a hard time getting queer rep in the show, and, (unlike some other disney shows) fought for her characters to be openly queer throughout the series and not just at the end. It would definitely make sense that they would want to get rid of the show faster seeing as it got a fair amount backlash from anti-gay parent groups, but the show was and is very successful. It has an incredibly large fanbase and gives Disney lots of views when they post ToH content. When Disney Channel posted the first 45 minute special to their KZread page in late 2022 it was one of their most successful videos, getting millions of views over the span of a few days. But, earlier in January the second special was mysteriously leaked weeks before its set premiere. Based on the crew’s tweets, they believe it was leaked by Disney in an effort to make the episode less successful (as a way to justify shortening/canceling the show), because it became abundantly clear that shortening it was a mistake, which has been acknowledged. Just yesterday the first special was mysteriously removed from the Disney Channel’s KZread, where it had millions of views. Obviously this is an ongoing situation and the series finale is yet to premiere, but there is still hope for a spin-off show in the future if people fight hard enough.

@schketchy

Жыл бұрын

Btw the reasoning for the first special being removed might have been because it did well and they don’t want it to be free now that it’s on Disney+, but it’s still unknown

I'm so glad I randomly found your channel this year. You've become one of my favorite creators. Everything is just so beautifully crafted. Here's to more gay Disney content!

Disney is way more conservative than people realize. I would say that assimilation to the point of invisibility isn’t acceptance. One of Disney’s hiring tag lines over the last decade or so has been “drawing creativity from Diversity “ I hope that is implemented more visibly going forward. 🏳️‍🌈♿️🏳️‍⚧️

I discovered your channel about a year and a half ago and loved the content. I just rediscovered you and I’m glad you’ve found yourself in that time! Much love ❤️

Omg you mentioned Cyrus Goodman! I never see him mentioned in this type of video, and I'm always wishing he would be

do kit and jade from the new disney+ willow sequel series count? even if they technically fall under lucasfilm? only, i felt we’d come *leaps and bounds* when they’re not only our female protagonists but we got a kiss from them within the first 30 minutes of episode 1… just watching a wlw romance take centre stage on a big budget disney+ series felt like quite a monumental moment to me.

I really enjoyed Strange World, got to see it streaming. But (as others have noted) promotion was so nonexistent that I honestly didn’t even know about it until your video! Love the thoroughness in your work, and the delight you take in it. Thanks for all your creativity, and hoping a fabulous new year for you! Also: looooooved your look in this vid, so pretty!

Girl your voice is so soothing It's like ASMR. Thanks for the research and videos you do!

Thank you for a wonderful year of content! I remember when I first stumbled across your channel around the time when Disney had just announced that splash mountain would be getting a re theme and your video on the history of splash and song of the south was a very nice breath of fresh air amongst a sea of ignorant Disney adults with horrible takes. I loved your content then and I love your content even more now. Can’t wait to see what you got for us in 2023! Have a happy and healthy new year! 💕

I’ve been watching this channel all year, and it meant so much to me because I’d listen to your videos while working on my animation assignments for college. Your writing always touched me and I would often be teary eyed during the covers you played in the outros. I know it’s been a while, and you might be quite comfortable doing it yet, but I would absolutely love a return of the covers next year. As the L in lgbt and a fellow lover of Disney and music, your videos always enrich my activities and work. Much love! Happy new year!

@DreamsoundsVideo

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kindness! I did sing at the end of my last video (the Disney and Trans Kids one) and a few other recent ones, but it's not an every-video-thing, finding my singing voice again has been taking much longer than my speaking voice. But about a month ago I hit a turning point, so that's why that last video has music and in 2023 I'll come back to that more frequently :)

Your videos this year have evolved in such a strong way, and I'm into it! Happy New Year - love you and your stuff. Keep it up, beautiful

Wishing you and your husband the happiest of years ❤ its been such a joy to follow your channel and journey. Can't wait to see more this year, you are so so lovely.

Diary of a Future President had a great arc about discovering sexuality that added a lot of complexity to Booby in the show. It's a shame it got cancelled, but the arc throughout the show ends on a pretty solid note of I remember correctly kzread.info/dash/bejne/m6Wmw8NwfMjgdrA.html Will have to give HSM The Musical The series a watch too since it sounds like it has similarly good representation Also shout-out to the lesbian moms in that one episode of Good Luck Charlie. A toddler received death threats for that episode so I appreciate the push for explicit representation, even if minor

i only found your channel this year and i’m so glad that i did!! have a happy new year ❤

love your videos, you have such a soothing voice, perfect for podcasts

I find it ironic that you referred to Luz as niche when she was one of the few who I actually knew of beforehand. I knew Specter and Greg (but not by name) and I had heard of La Fou (again, not by name), but the others were brand new to me. Maybe it's different for me since I'm part of Gen Z.

I'm still upset that they killed off the lesbian couple in Lightyear.

The “First Gay Disney Character” era was kind of hilarious, in a depressing way. But heres to hoping that they continue down the Strange World route (and maybe actually market it)

Lovely end to the year! Also, those colors are great on you!

You remind me of a really sweet science teacher I have, ur voice is so cozy even though we're talking abt homophobia rn 💀💕

I enjoyed this video, made my night better :) love your videos sm, have a happy new year 💗 hope good things come your way!!

thanks for a wonderful year of documentaries :) Its been a delight. Love you and your wonderful husband dearly, and happy new year :)

I love your videos! They have such a nice atmosphere!

Unless I'm mistaken, the Disney sitcom Good Luck Charlie had the first lesbian couple. Ducktales also had a gay couple.

@Stargazer_Ley

Жыл бұрын

Violet's (I think that's her name) dads don't have names so I don't think they count.

So proud of you for this year. Keep being yourself

Your voice is very pretty and soothing :)

cyrus goodman will always be number one for me, because he was the first gay on disney, or at least to me, like everyone else, whenever i saw their articles i'd always be like but cyrus though! and when hsmtmts came out, we always jokes, cyrus and tj walked very slowly so carlos and seb could freaking soar ( that entire show is so queer i love it)

I remember casually putting Andi Mack on in the background once on what happened to be the episode you reference (Cyrus's 3rd coming out scene) and was so surprised to get to see something like that. I started going back and watching more of the show and it's representation of other minoritys is great too but they did such a good job with Cyrus's main episodes (also his eventual boyfriend is great Thelonious Jagger forever)

It's wild that the gay joke from The Princess Diaries 2 made it in a 2004, G-rated Disney movie. I'm not complaining, just surprised.

Not a first gay character but the BEST Disney gay character (imo) is Bobby Cañero Reed from Diary of a future president. It’s such an authentic depiction of questioning and later coming out. It doesn’t center around homophobia yet it still portrays the anxiety that comes along with being gay. And it has my favorite coming out scene where he just gets slammed with a hug

Not me getting an ad for prep on this vid lmao. They clocked me

this was a great watch

Love your videos! I love Luz (& Amity), Carlos, and Seb. 💗

In the end,we were all Disney’s first gay characters.

love how wholesome you made this video. Guten Rutsch!!! 💕

i think my favorite gay disney character story comes out of ducktales 2017! the character penumbra wasn’t initially planned to be gay , but a storyboarder, sam king, thought it would be nice to not have her end up in a relationship with launchpad. he has a crush on her and thinks she hates him, but she ends up saying that she’s just not interested in an “earth male”, and launchpad immediately just accepts it and they end up being great friends instead. the wording isn’t crazy explicit, but if you watch the show, you’ll see that penny refers to everything on earth is an “earth ___”, like “earth rock”, “earth ship” (she’s an alien from the moon). the same storyboarder also gave us bisexual launchpad bc “he has too much love in his heart”. so basically buff moon lesbian and airheaded bisexual hunk for the win

4:43 To be fair, the movie was barely marketed at all.

Just started the video but wanna say that your voice is so soothing to listen to 💕

Wow! You pass really well! I just got here and I had no idea you were trans until you showed the old photo!

That mini mouse rice chrispy looks so good

Pretty sure that Timon and Pumbaa are both Bi or Pan, considering they have female love interests in Timon & Pumbaa yet are pretty much a couple in Lion Guard.

Seeing all the comment about Luz made me stop watching because the owl house didn't fully "come out" in my country.(it's wordplay, we don't have season 3 yet.)

Girl is serving looks, facts and incites yass✨✨✨💎💎💎

Wow! This was a big year for you! I hope 2023 is an amazingly wonderful year for you! #transrights #community

i'm excited for this new era!!!

I'm so glad Disney's done with its "first gay" era- though I HATE how Disney advertised Strange Worlds.

I had no idea that Judy's neighbors from Zootopia were married, all these years I thought they were brothers 😭

@mjangelvortex

Жыл бұрын

Yep. Their last name are both their names combined (which is something that happens in some queer marriages) and one of them was voiced by one of the directors (who is openly gay himself).

Omagad your Magic Kingdom Honeymoon photo 💖🥰💖 PERFECTION! 🌈💖 I wish you and your husband joy in the coming year 🎊🥰🎊

I think it absolutely sucks strange world is getting so much shit Here I was thinking that we were getting better. Here’s a tip for all my queer peeps out there; do NOT read the one star reviews for strange world 💀 it’s a cesspit of homophobia. It’s absolutely ridiculous and just goes to show how much we NEED this rep. But watch Disney turn around and say that “oh gay people clearly aren’t marketable” when it was absolutely their own fault that this movie had shit marketing. Anyways I really appreciate your optimism, it’s a big help rn when I just feel so hopeless

@rho-starmkl4483

Жыл бұрын

If anything, it’s the painfully generic plot and Searcher Clade’s overall attitude towards Ethan that brings Strange World down.

@athena-moena5507

Жыл бұрын

@@rho-starmkl4483 I also agree with this tbh. It just sucks that all of the 1-star reviews I saw were *just* complaining about the gay stuff. If people have actual criticisms for the movie, I don't care, and probably agree with them, but if all they have to say is that Disney is 'pushing the gay agenda onto children', that's not a criticism and it's rlly sad to think we haven't moved past that yet.

@marcusclark1339

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it was a bad movie, pacing was off and just even for its characterization was lacking, it didn't help main lead being gay (if on says see yourself on screen then seeing someone else there doesn't make movie goers go to the movies)

People wanna crap on the film and call it woke.....there's been a lot of KZreadrs who wanted to complain about it but Disney didn't market it like they did with other productions

@marcusclark1339

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not crapping on to critique obvious brand virtue signaling for media praise and shielding while removing it for other regions cause hypocrisy

I never knew Judy's neighbors in Zootopia were a couple! Absolutely wild.

Merry Christmas happy new year dear you are perfect ♥️❤️ keep going

Girl seeing where we were and where we are now, we were in the trenches😭, now let's hope and work for better things so we can all chill and relax with vegetation in the background hearing saxophone music and eating Disneyworld food✨💜🌌🤗

@DreamsoundsVideo

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We were truly fighting for our lives with some of the earlier Disney rep 😭

I'm glad to see Carlos is also number one for you! He's one of my favorite characters in the series, and I really like that he has a real personality outside of being gay in the show. (also i agree, in a heartbeat is a fantastic song)

YOU ARE A LEGEND

Tbh I feel like the person that gets a makeover from the wardrobe, looks thankfully up at the wardrobe and then walks off to live their truth is the better queer rep in that movie. It feels weirdly genuine and is not played for laughs. Props to their actor.

@shelbeanie143

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I will clarify, in live action Beauty and the Beast

Artie from Cruella kinda reminded me of Noel Fielding. He had the same kind of mannerisms and look as Noel Fielding. Also, Luz is best girl.

In defense of the gay gazelles maybe they don't respect Judy as a cop lol. Maybe they're annoying on purpose lol

so the #3 could be called... the Lavender Marriage Era? 💅 Edit: Happy new year everyone!

Good luck to all and everyone have a happy new years

i forgot the princess dairys one

I feel like we all collected forget the lesbian moms in Good Luck Charlie, which prompted death threats to Charlie the baby...

Can we at least give a shoutout to one of the major precursors to Disney's first gay character - the lady who calls Aladdin "rather tasty." She solely exists to aggressively thirst after the (admittedly dashing) hero, and aided in the sexual awakening of a whole generation of gay men who realized they felt that way about Aladdin as well. She is absolutely iconic and deserves to be acknowledged.

There’s all these and then there’s whatever Luca and Alberto are lol

love this

im sorry but i think you look so pretty in this video

god i love your outfit.

As someone who was in the Andi Mack fandom years ago, Cyrus Goodman was one of my favourite characters, and him coming out like that was incredible! He also ends up with a guy, in canon!

I feel as though we also gotta consider how the streaming service business has eaten up a lot of the attention of various production's within Disney, like Pixar in particular at the moment. As a result, this push for LGBTQ+ content matches other streaming services pushing for that, the most infamous example now being Netflix. It's not entirely COVID's fault that relatively queer-friendly movies like Luca, Turning Red and recently that Baymax short series all emphasize inclusion and diversity while also being platformed specifically for disney+. This of course has major issues, where these streaming companies tell various creators (and their audiences) they want "diverse" content but then will also platform garbage like Dave Chappelle in the same breath. Ironically, The Incredibles 2 deals with this rather bluntly in its story if you watch it. Seems like Brad Bird has had some grief getting pitches out there for distributors. Seeing various relatively progressive films, shorts and series get put up on disney+ coincides relatively well (up until the second half of 2022, gee wonder why...) with Disney's really trashy "first gay x" mantras that really never hold water in comparison to even 2012's ParaNorman.

I really hope companies like Disney finally figure out how to represent us properly. The general Homophobia /queerphobia when they do sort of acknowledge our existence isnt great however.

Ok what was going on with Ryan and his sister though? Like I'm not the only one who was weired out right?