Just five days ago, the company publicly opposed the legislation, but it’s been a long time coming.ĭisney’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Disaster Is Shameful and Absolutely InfuriatingĪlong with that, Pixar employees recently penned a letter stating that Disney censors “nearly every moment of overtly gay affection” in its films, “regardless of when there is protest from both the creative teams and executive leadership at Pixar.” Nimona restarted production early last year with DNEG Animation, with Chloë Grace Moretz as Nimona, Riz Ahmed as Ballister Boldheart, and Eugene Lee Yang as Ambrosius Goldenloin, aka the man with the world’s best last name.ĭisney has been facing considerable backlash for its failure to support the LGBTQ+ community in recent weeks, thanks especially to Disney’s on-again, off-again support of Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill. Today, though, Netflix has revived the project, confirming a 2023 release. With the dissolution of Blue Sky, Nimona was no more. After the film was set up, Disney acquired Fox in 2020, and shut down the animation studio (most likely to prioritize its own animation teams). ND Stevenson’s fanbase will get to see the animated fantasy film on the streamer, as opposed to in theaters, as initially planned with Fox and Blue Sky Studios. Nimona, which comes from the creator of She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, will finally be adapted for the screen, but now will join Netflix’s bulked-up animation catalog instead of its original home with Fox. For now, we rounded up 35 of our favorite LGBTQ movies, from a sapphic historical romance to a cheesy early-aughts coming out rom-com and everything in between.As Disney continues to censor ( and uncensor?) its queer characters, Netflix has swooped in to pick up one of Disney’s scrapped LGBT+ projects. With more queer-identifying filmmakers, actors, producers, and directors than ever before given the opportunity to share their stories, we can only expect more fantastic LGBTQ+ films in the future. While we’re a long way from total inclusivity and gay movies sans stereotypes, the film industry has made recent strides in centering LGBTQ+ characters. For marginalized groups, truthful representation in film is imperative, even lifesaving, and in today’s stormy political climate there’s an urgency for straight cisgender people to see LGBTQ characters portrayed accurately and unapologetically - and by people who actually know what LGBTQ life is like because they live it.
Still, from Sacha Baron Cohen’s fashion-obsessed Brüno to a Scream Queens character nicknamed Predatory Lez, we unfortunately continue to see it all. LGBTQ people have long been buried under tropes and unsubtle stereotypes in film and television.
LGBTQ movies are a rarity, even more so than accurately portrayed queer characters in film nowadays.