Disney’s Jungle Cruise is the studio’s latest release, and one of just a handful of Disney flicks to feature a queer character. There was a fair amount of reaction (some of it critical) to the announcement in 2018 that the straight British actor Jack Whitehall would play the gay character MacGregor in the movie, alongside Emily Blunt and Dwayne Johnson, but it’s worth noting that this is the first time a full-length Disney film directly addresses a significant character’s coming out.
Cinemagoers’ long-term feelings towards this representation remain to be seen, but in the vein of queer representation in children’s film, we take a look back at some of the most notable Disney characters that are or are rumoured to be queer.