Disney: 30 Queer-Coded Disney Characters Other Than Else
LGBTQ+ Community has faced a lot for ages. And representation? Nah! That’s not in the cards. They’ve suffered a lot, but the least we can do is give them the recognition they deserve. This will also help them feel included, accepted and might as well enlarge audiences’ perception! In some of the projects, if they are represented, they’re ended with silly death scenes that don’t even make sense or weren’t required. Don’t ask me for names, there are many! Disney, being such a huge network that impacts both kids and adults does no good either. Instead of respectfully portraying the community, they portray Queer-Coded characters. It’s when a fictional character is shown to be portraying stereotypical traits such a body language, dialogues, or putting them in situations that show they’re queer. However, they do not explicitly state them as being queer. Check out 30 of Disney’s queer-coded characters!
1. Pleakley From Lilo & Stitch On Disney
When are we going to talk about how Pleakley is an LGBTQ icon who was constantly serving RANGE in Lilo & Stitch?! The girls nowadays could never ….. pic.twitter.com/3MBdEKgzY8
— brendan jordan (@brendanwjordan) May 4, 2020
2. Li Shang From Mulan On Disney
🏳️🌈 LET’S CELEBRATE 🏳️🌈
It sucks that Disney completely erased Li Shang, bi icon, from the live-action Mulan.
But by erasing him, they INADVERTENTLY confirmed animated Li Shang is canonically bisexual! They played themselves.
We love our bi Prince!!
❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 pic.twitter.com/SW1N4CrJ83
— cece ❤️🧡💛💚💙 (@imperfectbIue) June 7, 2018
3. Timon And Pumba From The Lion King On Disney
Timon and Pumba are Simba's gay dads. fight me.
— Dorothy N. Charles, MD (@dn_charles) July 21, 2019
4. The Reluctant Dragon From The Reluctant Dragon On Disney
The Reluctant Dragon makes Liberace look like John McClane. pic.twitter.com/bQ6zioOB0o
— Sam Cleal (@sam_cleal) July 1, 2021
5. Scar From The Lion King On Disney
https://twitter.com/SyrusHyena/status/1190414978940989440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1190414978940989440%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.buzzfeed.com%2Fsam_cleal%2Fqueer-coded-disney-characters
6. Jafar From Aladdin On Disney
https://twitter.com/AliseNavidad/status/1399023879448842243?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1399023879448842243%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.buzzfeed.com%2Fsam_cleal%2Fqueer-coded-disney-characters
7. Francis From A Bug’s Life On Disney
Not sure if this counts as it is pretty obvious, but it took me 23 years to realise this detail, in A Bugs Life (1998) Francis the ladybug's role in the circus was literally just a drag queen pic.twitter.com/r7mBGasRmw
— Hidden Movie Details (@moviedetail) August 8, 2020
8. Shego From Kim Possible On Disney
the amount of people who replied to this saying that shego was the cause of their gay awakening is outstanding so here’s an appreciation post for our queen pic.twitter.com/WzyZYDZSmI
— allie (@katsuk1s) June 3, 2019
9. Artie From Cruella On Disney
I just know James Corden was watching Artie in Cruella and saying “that should have been me” pic.twitter.com/O7gmPlSwPS
— 💫 (@heyjaeee) June 1, 2021
10. Ryan Evans And Chad Danforth From The High School Musical On Disney
Ryan Evans is gay
Chad Danforth is bi
& they had a Thing™️ before Disney reined it in.#HSM #Chyan conspiracy thread BASED IN facts/truths. pic.twitter.com/M5tlT9TqKi— Char 🌈✨ (@CharCubed) May 16, 2017
11. Captain Hook From Peter Pan On Disney
what a wonderful day to remember that captain Hook is gay
— johannes (yo-han-ehz) / semi-professional cuntboy (@JohannesTEvans) May 22, 2021
12. Raya And Namaari From Raya And The Last Dragon On Disney
raya and namaari from raya and the last dragon are lesbians pic.twitter.com/NWuwDIR6T0
— your fav is a lesbian ⚢ (@faveislesbian) May 1, 2021
13. Governor Ratcliffe From Pocahontas On Disney
Governor Ratcliffe is gay!! My realization while watching Pocahontas today. #Disney #Pocahantas #gay pic.twitter.com/jct3KzueJI
— Lezzie Problems (@LezzieProblem) January 25, 2015
14. Prince John, Sir Hiss, And Little John From Robin Hood On Disney
https://twitter.com/LouisatheLast/status/1259214618410483713?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1259214618410483713%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.buzzfeed.com%2Fsam_cleal%2Fqueer-coded-disney-characters
15. Merida From Brave On Disney
https://twitter.com/MyLovelyfools/status/1322255673523085312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1322255673523085312%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.buzzfeed.com%2Fsam_cleal%2Fqueer-coded-disney-characters
16. Basil And Professor Ratigan From The Great Mouse Detective
Basil and Professor Ratigan are exboyfriends you can’t change my mind.
— Tessa Violet (@TessaViolet) January 12, 2021
17. Karen aka Voyd From Incredibles 2
i know im late but ive just seen incredibles 2 and im claiming voyd as nonbinary 💚 thanks for coming to my ted talk 💙 pic.twitter.com/s9nYacRa0e
— just nonbinary things (@nonbinarythings) October 6, 2018
18. Baloo And Bagheera From The Jungle Book
Baloo and Bageera are gay dad goals. #TheJungleBook
— Philip J. Ellis (he/him) (@Philip_Ellis) December 6, 2015
19. Evelyn Deavor From Incredibles 2
evelyn deavor is a lesbian pic.twitter.com/bsFglFLLqK
— your fav is a lesbian (@favsarelesbians) August 5, 2018
20. Nuka From The Lion King II: Simba’s Pride
https://twitter.com/JustBeeNice_/status/1314414325117997056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1314414325117997056%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.buzzfeed.com%2Fsam_cleal%2Fqueer-coded-disney-characters
21. Rider And Honeymaren From Frozen II
For a not gay film, Frozen 2 is so gay pic.twitter.com/8EiAsLFaA0
— Hassle (@bettinachewed) May 25, 2020
22. Vitani From The Lion King II: Simba’s Pride
Also if Vitani was your favourite Lion King character growing up… you are now sapphic. Sorry I don’t make the rules 🏳️🌈 pic.twitter.com/lVE80I4WHS
— Carla Irwin (@HalfGoldTiger) March 13, 2021
23. Mike And Sulley From Monsters, Inc.
https://twitter.com/PopitTart_/status/1313929857433169920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1313929857433169920%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.buzzfeed.com%2Fsam_cleal%2Fqueer-coded-disney-characters
24. Preston B. Whitmore From Atlantis: The Lost Empire
https://twitter.com/Silvermender/status/975628650706976768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E975628650706976768%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.buzzfeed.com%2Fsam_cleal%2Fqueer-coded-disney-characters
25. Cruz Ramirez And Natalie Certain From Cars 3
https://twitter.com/dirtysp00n/status/1222977058046791681?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1222977058046791681%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.buzzfeed.com%2Fsam_cleal%2Fqueer-coded-disney-characters
26. Terk From Tarzan
Rosie O’Donnell’s voice artistry as Terk really is queer excellence pic.twitter.com/HD3sK8Yh7P
— james (@jamesholod) December 26, 2019
27. Cogsworth And Lumière From Beauty And The Beast
disney: beauty and the beast has an openly gay character
me: it's cogsworth and lumiere
disney: it's le fou!
me: pic.twitter.com/jEH8dFavRC— ask me about my (@stereoroo) March 1, 2017
28. Luca And Alberto From Luca
https://twitter.com/lolaslovebot/status/1406114002640551941?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1406114002640551941%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.buzzfeed.com%2Fsam_cleal%2Fqueer-coded-disney-characters
29. Guilia From Luca
exhibit a for giulia being a lesbian #Luca pic.twitter.com/a6l8D5TUAb
— cher 🦋⋆｡˚ (@cherbearsz) June 20, 2021
30. Riley Anderson From Inside Out
Riley Andersen // Genderqueer
Headcanon
Movie: Inside Out pic.twitter.com/j4zmOj3zbE
— your fave is queer (@yourfaveisqueer) January 22, 2016
If we’ve missed any (which we must’ve), please comment below! Disney is such a large network that must simply portray and include the LGBTQ+ community in their shows and movies. What do you think? Using Queer-Coding is just not what they should do. Millions of people across the globe watch Disney movies and shows, they should be more inclusive and representative! For more entertainment news, follow AnimatedTimes on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter to keep yourself up-to-date!
