That is the hit song from 2013s Frozen.
Make sure you stay tuned because we will be playing another clip from that song down the
list.
Hey guys welcome back to the most amazing top 5 im court McGinley.
Disney has always had a progressive attitude towards the LGBT community.
Pride events have been hosted at Disney World since 1991 and the company offered its gay
employees health insurance benefits for their partners since 1995.
So its no secret Disney is supportive of the community.
So with that lets get started on our list of the top 5 Disney movie characters you didn’t
know were gay.
Coming in at number 5 spot--Genie- So aside from being a great friend to Al- apparently
Genie is known for his flamboyant antics and his cross dressing.
In the scene where genie is transforming Aladdin into a prince people have mentioned that it
seems like he is playing a stereotypical gay man- take a look- 0:20-0:28.
Genie also promotes Aladdin by saying- That physique how can I speak?
Weak at the knees.
A lot of people also say that genie had a crush on Aladdin- and its been suggested if
guys just have their right ear pierced then that means they are gay And Genie has his
right ear pierced.
Another reason people speculate that Genie is gay is because of the scene where Aladdin
selflessly used his last wish to free Genie.
Once free Gunie says hes off to see the world- now I just thought it was because he was trapped
in a lamp for years upon years but apparently some people read into that as Genie leaving
because he could no longer stand to see his love Aladdin being with Jasmine.
Yet Genie is there when the 2 of them get married- heck hes even setting off fireworks
and crying happy tears.
So yeah this one is a little far fetched for me but a lot of people do consider him to
be a gay character so hes on the list.
https://youtu.be/5OCF_icJIYU in at number 4--Governor Ratcliffe—when
you watch Pocahontas as a kid and see Governor Ratcliffe you just think hes some evil villain
because hes so mean to all his men.
But then you re-watch it as an adult and you start to notice somethings you didn’t really
catch on to when you were younger.
So apparently the filmmakers on this movie wanted to display Ratcliffe as a fop.
If your like what the heck is that- don’t worry I had no idea either.
When I looked it up I discovered this word was used back in 17th century England.
Its used to negatively describe fashionable effeminate cowardly men.
So basically they said this was the modern gay male stereotype.
Which I don’t agree with but that’s what the filmmakers said.
But I do think Ratcliffe had some crazy fashions and then he did pretty much always were his
hair in two pigtails with bows on the end of them.
Also the filmmakers pointed out this character was played by David Ogden Stier who is in
fact gay.
So they thought this would add an extra dimension to the film.
At number r3--Hades- So this one im a little iffy about.
But this whole list is basically based off of stereotypes so in that case it fits in.
Also people are saying that if this was a romcom then Hades would be the typical gay
best friends.
Reminding Meg that Herc will leave her because hes a guy and drinking cosmos- mind you his
had worms in them- but you get the point.
Coming in at number 2-- LeFou- There were many times in the animated Beauty and the
Beast where fans thought LeFou was in love with Gaston.
Then When The live action Remake came out last year LeFou who was played by Josh Gad
and was confirmed as being gay.
This makes LeFou the first openly gay character in a Disney movie.
So it’s a really big deal.
And this means the speculation made from the animated film seemed to be correct.
About this the director of the film Bill Condon had this to say- I talked before about how
we translate THIS INTO LIVE ACTION.
That means building out the characters.
Its also a translation to 2017 you know.
And what is the movie about?
What has the story always been about for 300 years?
Its about looking closer- going deeper- accepting people for who they really are.
He went on to say- LeFou is somebody who on one day wants to be Gaston and on another
day wants to kiss Gaston.
But of course this decision did end up making a lot of headlines- and with that came some
backlash.
There was even a theater in Alabama that didn’t screen the movie due to this change.
However Josh Gad Who as I mentioned played this character was very proud of bringing
this new element to the big screen.
And in at number 1-- Elsa- So many fans and critics have pointed out that they believe
Elsa is a Lesbian.
One major reason for this being that they viewed the Oscar- winning song Let It Go played
as a coming out anthem.
Literally the whole song can be related to coming out.
I never looked at it that way but Listening to it again relating it to coming out it really
does seem to represent that.
This part in particular- 2:55-3:05.
Another thing that pushed people to believe she was a lesbian was the fact that in the
end she doesn’t end up with a knight in shinning armour which just shows there are
no boundaries when it comes to love.
I just viewed that as a strong message towards female empowerment- but apparently some people
looked into it more deeply then that.
Another thing was the fact that Elsa was trying to hide her ice-powers which was looked at
as a metaphor for staying in the closet.
On top of that theres also the fact that Elsa was just born with her powers.
Just like gay people are just born gay- and straight people are just born straight- its
not a choice.
And theres more- Theres also been a lot of speculation that Elsa is going to have a girlfriend
in the frozen sequel.
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