# First openly gay Disney characters?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-openly-gay-disney-characters/750832>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 1, 2016, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-openly-gay-disney-characters/750832 "2016-04-01T14:10:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2016, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-openly-gay-disney-characters/750832/21 "2016-04-02T07:35:58Z")

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> [@Nema98](#):
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> There have been rumours since 1994 that Scar of Lion King fame was gay.

If you’re going to go with gay from the Lion King, there’s Timon and Puumba (Nathan Lane, Timon’s voice actor in the movie, claims they are a couple…I don’t know if Puumba’s VA or any of the writers have weighed in).

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**Author:** ![Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_Arachnid_Laser_1)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2016, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-openly-gay-disney-characters/750832/22 "2016-04-02T08:19:32Z")

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I wonder if Gravity Falls is the first Disney show to have on-screen deaths, though.

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**Author:** ![OHS201](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/6de8d8/32.png) [@OHS201](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OHS201)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2016, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-openly-gay-disney-characters/750832/23 "2016-04-02T13:58:33Z")

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> [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser](#):
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> I wonder if Gravity Falls is the first Disney show to have on-screen deaths, though.

Huh? Back to the wicked witch in Snow White, there have been plenty Disney on-screen deaths…? (I haven’t seen Gravity Falls)

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**Author:** ![Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_Arachnid_Laser_1)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2016, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-openly-gay-disney-characters/750832/24 "2016-04-02T14:11:05Z")

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> [@OHS201](#):
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> Huh? Back to the wicked witch in Snow White, there have been plenty Disney on-screen deaths…? (I haven’t seen Gravity Falls)

Sorry, I meant TV shows.

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**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2016, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-openly-gay-disney-characters/750832/25 "2016-04-02T14:14:12Z")

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So are we all ignoring the word “openly” in the thread title and OP?

I can think of Disney animated characters who _seemed gay to me_, but none who were actually out and proud.

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