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Don't miss these. The Annie Award winner said that before production began on Beauty and the Beast, the creative team got together to decide on what level of love LeFou had for Gaston. LeFou was the loyal servant to one of the best live-action Disney villainsGaston.

Carly Levy. Here was the decision they came up with:. That “gay moment” turned out to be a fleeting shot of LeFou and Gaston dancing together at the movie’s end. However, even before, there were several characters that were queer-coded or whose journey positively inspired many LGBTQ+ fans.

Through this brief, unexplored representation in Beauty and the Beastthe Disney remake proved itself to be the stepping stone towards greater inclusivity that would later follow upcoming Disney movies. Open menu Close main menu.

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At the time of its release, the Christian-owned Henagar Drive-In theater banned Beauty and the Beast from being shown as well as censorship in countries like Russia, Malaysia, and Kuwait because of the insinuated same-sex attraction LeFou shows for Gaston.

I for one certainly didn't exactly feel like LeFou was who the queer community had been wistfully waiting for. I can't quite imagine a Pride celebration in honor of the 'cinematic watershed moment' involving a quasi-villainous Disney sidekick dancing with a man for half a second.

I mean, if I were gay, I'm sure I'd be pissed. Just your average South Floridian cinephile who believes the pen is mightier than the sword. US Edition. The live-action “Beauty and the Beast” remake is set to make history by featuring Disney’s first-ever “exclusively gay moment,” director Bill Condon revealed.

We updated this article to include the most recent Disney queer characters. Sign in View Profile Sign out. Gad says in his book he felt the character was too peripheral to live up to Condon. You can also read his memoir In Gad We Trust available for purchase on Amazon or your local bookstore.

If queer audiences watching wanted to see themselves in Beauty and the Beastmore could have been done to make that happen than a few seconds of a same-sex dancing scene. In the last few years, Disney has featured its first lesbian kiss, its first gay protagonist, and a couple of amazing queer personalities.