Gay disney villains

First — the Disney villain was invented at the same time that movies were figuring out how to queer-code villains, immediately in the wake of the film industry’s first self-censorship program. Unfortunately, almost all of these queer-coded characters were villains since dominant American culture of the early 20th Century was unwilling to accept queer people in heroic roles. RELATED: 10 Disney Villains That Would Be Impossible To Create Today. With that in mind, Disney villains are notorious for being queer-coded.

This article features the history of the representation of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) characters in animated productions under The Walt Disney Company, including films from the studios Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar, and programming from the Disney Branded Television channels as well as the streaming service Disney+. From onward, Disney struggled with. Mirror, mirror, on the wall who is the gayest one of all? Why: Her nickname is "The Mistress of All Evil" which seems fairly gay to us.

Disney Villains. We’re meant to root for their downfall. But somehow these scene-stealers are more beloved and memorable than the heroes. Literally slay Sleeping Beauty Yeah yeah yeah, we all want Simba to emerge victorious at the end of The Lion King ; and Snow White to wake up; and Ariel to walk on land; and the prince to marry Aurora, whoever the hell that is. Ursula has the best songs. The Evil Queen has the best cape.

The Mouse House has used several queer-coded villains like The Lion King's Scar throughout its animated history, for both better and worse. Recently after watching Pitch Perfect 2 I took to Twitter to compile a list of disaster bisexuals , in doing so and with the help of others I realised that a lot of the characters coming up were villains. Queer coding, much as the name suggests, refers to a process by which characters in a piece of fictional media seem — or code — queer. This is usually determined by a series of characteristics that are traditionally associated with queerness, such as more effeminate presentations by male characters or more masculine ones from female characters.