In The Little Mermaid, she seduces, she manipulates, she’s theatrical. Perhaps the most famous example of a direct tie to the LGBT community, Disney created the iconic villain Ursula the Sea Witch using the likeness and personality of drag queen Divine.
So let’s take a look back on our childhoods and see exactly who are the 16 most ambiguously ‘gay’ Disney characters:ĭISCLAIMER: This is all up for interpretation and in no way should be seen as a factual representation of what the filmmakers intended. There are some characters that Disney could have intended to be gay, or characters that use gay stereotypes or even just has a large gay following. Thousands of LGBT people and their families regularly attend Gay Days at the Disney theme parks, where they wear red, have a good time and spread visibility for a company that has done very little in supporting them back – at least openly.īut while the movies are great (well, some of them), there has never been an explicitly gay, bi or trans character in an animated Disney children’s movie. Is it the message of being yourself? The underdog and misfit lead characters? Or just the idea good will triumph over evil and there will be a happy ending? What is it about Disney movies that the LGBT community loves?
