Correction: I mistakenly said Paramount when talking about Oswald, it was Universal. Must've had Paramount on the brain for obvious, very timely reasons 👀

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It's vital to consider that under the Hays Code, no "bad" character could have a "good" outcome. Thus even coded characters when queer were unequivocally given the worst fates. The damage this has done to the psyche of queer folk in the USA and across the world (as Hollywood was a major export of the USA even and perhaps especially during the Hays Code era) is both generational and incalculable.

The late David Ogden Stiers, voice of Cogsworth, Ratcliffe, Jumba, and several other Disney characters, and a Gay man himself, summed it up before he passed when someone asked him if Disney was Gay-friendly -
"For the most part they are, but that doesn't mean for them that business does not come first."

We could have skipped a whole lot of bullshit if Disney had taken DeSantis to court.  Classic view point discrimination.  That case would have been a precedent setting win that would have protected everyone, not just the mouse.

Ferdinand and the Reluctant Dragon deserve more exposure as they were good representation for queer people. Both were presented as the protagonist who were derided by their cultures and only wanted to live their lives. And, in the end, they did get to live their lives. RD even found a partner.

Ugh, I hate the sheer amount of queerbaiting Disney does.  Like they made such a huge deal about there being one tiny gay kiss in Lightyear.  Or how they touted The Acolyte as "The gayest Star Wars ever", and it wasn't even the least bit gay.  (Not that any other Star Wars movie or series has been the least bit gay, either, so I guess technically it was tied for "gayest Star Wars ever.")

A while back, someone on YouTube suggested "The Rocky Horror Muppet Show", and that would be truly incredible if it was done right.  Disney could do it; they have all the rights.  But they'll never have the balls, and that's sad.

When Disney cancled TOH cuz it was too gay, cut Kai's trans storyline from Win or Lose, and then cut Michael's enby storyline in the Proud Family reboot, I was pissed off. Cuz WHY?!

I got an American ad (I am not American) about how bad it as that children learn at school that being gay is okay is on this video.

Yeah. With mickey and oswald in public domain, as a would be writer, I hoped to redeem them but im starting to see thats easier said than done.

when there is an ad break during your demonstration of the Kuleshov Effect it makes it look like he wants small business accounting software.

I can't believe Captain hook's queerness went completely over my head as a kid, the Captain Eyeliner thing is way more funny to me now. That could either mean they did their job att sneaking in queerness or maybe I just grew around a lot of open-minded people, which may speak about the whole issue. I do know a few Disney villains were also queer like Ursula being based on Divine and Scar being all that which has lead a lot of queer fans to sort of reclaim them in a way. It's rough because on one hand I do love Captain Hook, I love these characters, society has changed to love villains, does not change the original intent.

With Owl House in mind, I want to bring attention to another queer show, the show that genuinely put these ideas on the map for me that being Steven universe. There was a certain someone who had misinformed me of the intention of Rebecca Sugar and harmed the entire media as a whole so after revisiting it, I realize how important it was for the progress of LGBTQ.  The main way they did this was the show had many Ride or die scenarios. Garnets reveal as a fusion was the season finale, already setting up a bunch of plot points.  The greatest example though was her wedding, straight up two queer characters getting married on screen. They managed to get away with this because the next major story beat followed right after so you could not cut it, they had to fight for a lot of their choices, make a lot of pushes, ect.  

For Owl House? This would never have worked. You can't bend Disney that way, and it really goes to show how they feel. And it's just money at the end of the day for Disney.  God, don't even get me started on Fin from Force awakens. Would have been a much better Jedi, but they just can't have a black Jedi, not when they're trying to sell to the Chinese market.

It won't happen under the current administration, but there needs to be a federal enquiry into the damage done by allowing Disney and others to build mega-size media companies

I've always LOVED The Reluctant Dragon ! I used to watch it all the time with my sister and my dad and I had NO IDEA of the dragon's gender. At first, I was convinced they were a girl but then I realised that other characters called them "he" but I was so used to refer to them as a girl that I couldn't bring myself to see them as a boy so now, they're my non-binary icon ! Their gender is dragon !

I am definitely not going to buy any Disney merch after this.

remember there's a really cool thing on internet archive if you like moon girl and want to see excellent trans rep

Thank you for this deep dive. This was fascinating

Just found your channel cause this video popped up on my feed. Really enjoyed it, looking forward to watching more of your stuff!

You're not going to like the recent merger of paramount and others, and who the kinds of opinions the new ceo pushes (and what they cancel with media around it)

I was shocked when I first discovered that Disney Renaissance  was kicked off by Howard Ashmamna gay man who wrote Little Mermaid, Beauty & Beasts, and laid groundwork on Aladdin. Disney isn’t LGBT friendly but they sure like reaping the rewards from Ashman's works. P.S You think its wrong if anyone likes Disney Villians given how queer coded they are or no

Thank you so much for making these videos - they’re informative and honest, but also so hopeful, thanks for the work you put into this!