#BoycottDisney campaign sparked by ‘gay moment’ in ‘Beauty & The Beast’
RT.com
2 Mar, 2017
News that the much-anticipated live action remake of ‘Beauty and the Beast’ will feature Disney’s first “gay scene” has been met with approval from many quarters, however it has also sparked anger online with people calling for a boycott of the company.
The film’s director Bill Condon revealed in an interview for April’s edition of Attitude Magazine that one of the characters will struggle with his sexuality and have a “gay moment” during the eagerly-anticipated movie.
The character LeFou, sidekick to the film’s chief antagonist Gaston, grapples with his sexuality and his powerful feelings for meathead Gaston, according to the director.
“LeFou is somebody who on one day wants to be Gaston and on another day wants to kiss Gaston,” Condon said to Attitude. “He’s confused about what he wants. It’s somebody who’s just realising that he has these feelings. It is a nice, exclusively gay moment in a Disney movie.”
Attitude Editor-in-Chief Matt Cain welcomed the news, describing it as a “landmark moment” for LGBT representation in the media.
“It may have been a long time coming but this is a watershed moment for Disney,” Cain said.
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