Cruella, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, and Beauty and the Beast come to mind immediately). But those characters’ identities were so barely acknowledged (or only featured in quick, blink-and-you’ll- miss-it moments) that the visibility they provided felt...inconsequential.
It almost leaves fans wondering what the point of including these “queer” characters is in the first place.Where big-budget, silver-screen Disney offerings have left LGBTQ+ fans wanting more, the company’s television slate is slowly but surely becoming more and more inclusive.
Disney+’s original musical streaming series High School Musical: The Musical: The Series (we know, that’s a mouthful) is the perfect example of that.(Joe Serafini as Seb [left] and Frankie A..