Disney ’s history withqueer representationon - cover is , diplomatically , dicey at best . Thecompany ’s tedious arctoward introducingLGBTQIA+ characters in major roles and tentpole films has laid the groundwork for eventual substance , but here and now , they ’re mostly half steps — half steps that , more often than not , are more embarrassing than they are meaningfully reform-minded .
Disney is by no means theonly companythat come off wait bad during Pride every June — there ’s a reasonableness “ Rainbow Capitalism ” has become a snarkily accurate read on major brand rainbow - coating their societal medium profiles and calling it a job well done for the calendar month . But Disney count peculiarly egregious celebrating because , well , all year ‘ round it otherwise does the barest of lower limit to incorporate LGBTQIA+ stories and graphic symbol in its swelled material , leaving them on the cutting room floor or slight enough to be edited out of movies to good appeal to bigoted mart that Disney would otherwise have intercourse to see some money out of . And so , this Pride , here ’s eight of the queer type the House of Mouse has somehow superintend to hail as major “ first gear ” for the studio — order by just how embarrassingly nonaged steps they actually were for one of the biggest amusement corporations in the world .
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