Of course conservatives are losing it over Disney’s Baymax, healthcare robot and queer ally
Move over Lightyear, there’s a new Disney property in the conservative crosshairs this week.The family-friendly Disney+ series, Baymax!—a spin-off of the hit animated action-adventure movie, Big Hero 6—dropped recently, and its inclusion of LGBTQ+ characters has certain viewers freaking out.That’s right, the newest threat to our American ideals and values?
It’s this guy.via GIPHYSet after the large-scale super-heroics of the film, Baymax! follows the titular bot—essentially an inflatable robo-nurse—as he provides help and healthcare to the citizens of San Fransokyo (a fantasy city that combines San Francisco and Tokyo, naturally).
It’s a decidedly smaller-scale endeavor, each episode a brief 10-minute vignette where Baymax helps out different friends and comic hijinks ensue.
With its teachable lessons and sweet nature, Baymax! is essentially a modern-day Captain Planet.Harmless enough. Except some people can’t bare the thought of young viewers seeing humanity—in all its diversity—the way it actually is.Case in point, apparent “writer, filmmaker, activist” Christopher Rufo, who takes issue with a brief moment in Baymax!‘s third episode, in which Baymax helps out a middle school student named Sofia when she has her first period:EXCLUSIVE: I've obtained leaked video from Disney's upcoming show "Baymax," which promotes the transgender flag and the idea that men can have periods to children as young as two years old.It's all part of Disney's plan to re-engineer the discourse around kids and sexuality.
