Pixar revealed its first gay main character in May, when its new short film Out premiered on Disney+.
During the nine-minute film, a man named Greg struggles with coming out to his parents before moving in with his boyfriend, Manuel. He switches bodies with his magical pet and hears what his family really thinks about his love interest.
Greg is loosely based on the film’s writer and director Steven Clay Hunter. The US pro-LGBT group ‘GLAAD’ is celebrating the film as a ‘huge step forward’.
Pixar has previously showcased openly-gay supporting characters. The film Onward, released in 2020, featured a lesbian purple cyclops.
Disney faced criticism in 2017 when its live-action Beauty and the Beast film included two brief gay plotlines. A petition at the time calling for a Disney boycott collected nearly 150,000 signatures.
