Including a (very short) kiss between two women in a Pixar movie light year received applause from most of the audience… and criticism from some who saw this loving exchange as an inappropriate example of “forced inclusion” for children. We don’t know how to tell you why recognizing the existence of lesbian women was forced into it; but yes it Alisha and Kiko Not far, most first gay kiss of a children’s animated movie (nor a pixarSince): Outside, adventure time, a crazy house, dragon prince… Join us on this journey with the most iconic gay kisses on the animated screen.
We will not include all gay characters, nor winking at the community LGBTIQ+ is something to give for another (very long) report. No. Here we’re going to talk about animated screen kisses, pixel clusters that qualify as same-sex kisses with strictly romantic intentions. The most recent (and so controversial it has caused some cinemas in Peru to contain a warning of dubious taste about it) is the one Commander Alisha and his wife Kiko recently shared. light year. A quick, everyday kiss you’ll miss if you blink at the wrong time. But apparently, it’s been enough to drive some people mad.
Interestingly, this isn’t even the first gay kiss Pixar has drawn. In 2020, the company is short Outside (in spanish, Leave) to the story of Greg, a young man who knows it’s time to tell his parents he’s gay and accidentally introduce them to his boyfriend Manuel. The story involved a kiss between the two and on the big screen.
That shared moment between Greg and Manuel was Pixar’s first gay kiss. But its parent company, Disney, has taken some steps in that direction. He actually showed his first gay kiss in 2017, although it’s hard to detect as it takes place in an auditorium full of people kissing. was in star vs. forces of eviland so you don’t have to scan the entire sequence (or the whole scene) that we’re showing here.
Three years later, on the show owl house The mouse company took a giant leap forward and was brewing beer section by section. enemies-lovers manual… and between two girls. At the end of the second season, the protagonist of the series, Luz, shared a romantic kiss with his girlfriend, Amity, who is his friend from his rival. And this time it took place in the foreground and between the two main characters.
But the animation universe goes far beyond Disney. And indeed, they often take the most decisive step in portraying inclusivity, by showing not just kisses but complex stories between people of the same sex. Undoubtedly one of the most loved romance novels by children and adults princess bubble gum and vampire marcelineof the adventure time, of course, including a kiss between ladies in love. But post-nuclear apocalypse may be that the love between girls isn’t getting much attention. let’s go then a crazy housemuch more realistic (well, as realistic as the day-to-day survival of a family of 11 children). Luna, one of Lincoln’s sisters, revealed that she is bisexual in an episode where she confessed. crush by Sam, a girl as we discover at the end of the episode; The incident took place, by the way, without any of Luna’s siblings or parents raising their eyebrows for that matter.
The series went one step further Steven Universefirst to show lesbian wedding kids animation: Ruby and Sapphire celebrated their love in broad daylight and in front of all their loved ones, and the kiss with which they sealed their love touched our hearts. Canadian Arthur He also made history with a gay wedding. Mr Ratburn and Patrickbut he couldn’t show the wedding kiss.
However, if an array is getting all tens of inclusions, this is dragon prince. Star partner consists of queens Annika and Neha: Düren rulers, experienced warriors and married couples in love like the first day. They’re not the only same-sex couple in the series: Elves Runaan and Ethari They are also among our favourites.
There are more examples (and many more if we’re talking about adult animation: Marge and Smithers) SimpsonScandal and Knockout suicide squad, Herbert Garrison inside South Parkin Todd cavalry…). Interestingly, Western society was not fragmented when two same-sex animated characters locked lips on the screen. Maybe it’s because it’s not what they do in real life.