20 Disney Characters Confirmed (Or Speculated) To Be Queer
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Wanting to break free from his provincial surroundings, like every queer midwesterner in a hetero-filled hometown, Timon moves out and embarks off on a quest to find his forever home in paradise.
On his journey, Timon encounters Pumbaa, whose protective instinct kicks in upon seeing Timon small and alone.
Cogsworth and Lumiere from ‘Beauty and the Beast’
The live-action movie “Beauty and the Beast” created a clock and candle to be in a relationship. We updated this article to include the most recent Disney queer characters.
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During an appearance on the “Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” actor Nathan Lane, who voiced Timon, expressed that since gay rights have evolved, Timon can now marry Pumbaa, which explains everyone’s suspicions about Timon and Pumbaa’s relationship.
6. Then, in February 2004 –– 20 years ago, jeez––a feature-length direct-to-DVD spin-off graced them: The Lion King 1 ½ (or Lion King 3: Hakuna Matata for ya European readers).
Inspired by Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (yes, the Tony award-winning Tom Stoppard play) and framed in a Mystery Science Theater 3000 format, The Lion King 1 ½ follows Timon and Pumbaa as they recount the events of The Lion King from their perspective.
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15 Scar's Queerness Makes Him a Member of Disney's Gender-Queer Villains
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Scar from The Lion King (1994) is clearly a queer-coded character, writes Monique Jones in the "Just Add Color" blog.
Miriam, on the other hand, is queer-coded, with a "tomboy" aesthetic. The three girls love the boy band 4*TOWN more than anything, and their biggest dream is to go to their concert. In a film about coming to terms with your own identity, it's great that Disney added two queer characters to the film, Priya and Miriam.
Unfortunately, Priya and Miriam are not openly queer, but there are clues around the film that confirm their queer identities.
To quote Timon and Pumbaa’s iconic phrase, “Hakuna Matata”
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Ursula from ‘The Little Mermaid’Ursula was the villain in the hit animated film “The Little Mermaid.” Ursula originated from Divine — a drag queen persona of the late Harris Milstead. In other cases, viewers have criticized the studio for coding its villains as being gay, conflating gayness with evil, or going so over the top as to be insultingly stereotypical, pigeonholing an entire community.
Timon and Pumbaa from ‘The Lion King’
This is a conversation that has been happening for years between these two characters!
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But it was never stated if the findings were, in fact, accurate. Timon and Pumbaa are outcasts who find solace in each other’s company. Aud Bool on the blog Prezi describes the term: "Coded gay is when a gay stereotype, 'gay behaviors' or 'camp' are used to imply that a character is homosexual while never explicitly stating that they are." This is often not seen as a positive practice.
In the last few years, Disney has featured its first lesbian kiss, its first gay protagonist, and a couple of amazing queer personalities. During Disney’s Michael Eisner era, any animated movie that broke the box office received additional flicks for the home video market and sometimes even a television series.