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Welcome to “Sinful Sundays,” where I scout and analyze some of the most notorious queer villains of film and TV (and sometimes literature, depending on my mood). These are the characters that entrance and entertain and revolt us, sometimes all three at the same time. As these queer villains show, very often it’s sweetly fine to be bitterly bad.

There are many sins that can be laid at the feet of the live-action remakes that Disney seems intent on forcing upon us every year, but arguably the worst, in my mind at least, is the systematic de-queering of so many of the classic villains. Gone are all of the things that made these characters so eternally delightfull: the hue and movement are subdued; the songs are rendered into

Scar Should Be Gayer

What is this? You’re giving me nothing! Photo: Disney

If there’s a moment where my vague, miasmatic disappointment in the uncanny, “realistic,” essence documentary-like universe of Disney’s CGI remake of The Lion King solidified into antipathy, it came between the parentheses on the film’s soundtrack, in the lyric titled “Be Prepared (2019).” In the original movie, Jeremy Irons plays Scar’s villain song appreciate he’s leading a dance party in hell, with full-on sulfur and camp. By contrast, the 2019 version, performed by Chiwetel Ejiofor, is … fine? “Be Prepared” is a good ballad, you can’t really contest that, but the new version is slower and lacks the edge and bite of the first. It feels a bit fond it’s being read off of cue cards, or as if the direction was to “make it evil, but you understand, not evil and gay.” Disney thankfully does not attempt to make the photorealistic hyenas goose-step as they did in the original, but like the unwind of the movie, the number feels safe, and therefore colorless. Scar, once a sneering and delightful villain, is now just boring, sad, and poorly groomed (someone, please, get that mane to

BY: Jasmine Tianna

Published 12 months ago

Disney has been around for decades, creating a network that is fit for all individuals — including the queer group. As the network expansion continues, we learn that many of the characters in the Disney series have represented the LGBTQ+ group. Some characters are speculated to be queer, as others were known.

For generations, Disney has created movies and series that illustrate togetherness. Disney provides hope for our future even when the rest of the world doesn’t agree with the decisions. We dive into the characters we believe were representing the Gay community.

Disney’s History with the LGBTQ+ community

Throughout history, Disney has stood with the people, especially with the LGBTQ+ people. During the tardy 1980s, Disney started recognizing queer folks. Queer coding began to develop in Disney movies and series such as “Toy Story,” “Beauty and the Beast,” “Mulan,” and more.

1. Ken from ‘Toy Story’

In “Toy Story 3,” Ken tries on approximately 21 outfits for Barbie. Most of the outfits were sparkly, and he even wore pink, which many clai

Queer Coded: Scar ("The Lion King")

I’m sure there’s going to be someone out there that’s going to say, “What, Monique? This is a lion! Scar doesn’t count!” Yeah, he’s a lion, invisible person who doubts my logic. But that doesn’t represent Disney, or any other studio, for that matter, won’t stoop to putting some Hollywood queer coding on a non-human traits. They made Simba and Kovu hot, didn’t they? (Don’t even act favor you didn’t think they were as a kid!) They’re lions, too, and putting human sexuality on animals is disturbing.

So what makes Scar a homosexual coded character? To quote Feminist Disney, queerness is “[a] character that is given certain characteristics that are likely to reference ‘queerness’ in the audience’s subconscious.” As a character, Scar is not only a villain because he has meglomaniacal and fratricidal urges. Those urges are couched and, to a certain extent, repackaged, as effiminate and slight tendencies. Watch this scene between Scar and Mufasa:

First of all: This is such a good scene. I’m a big Lion King fan (which includes seein