These 3 Disney Songs Give Me Gender Feels
I may never be a perfect daughter, but now I know me, and I’m still here
Like many people my age, I grew up with Disney animated movies and still love them.
Much could be — and has been — said about queer-coding in those movies, good and bad.
Much could be — and has been — said about how Disney tends to refuse to do actual out-and-proud queer representation.
In fact, I think the only queer representation that has been confirmed through on-screen dialogue is in Strange World, a movie Disney refused to market, meaning it flopped, so there is now more “evidence” that “queer representation doesn’t sell”.
Despite this, I am still a big fan of Disney (and Pixar) animated movies, and this is partly because they help me to feel my feelings.
Onward, for instance, helps me to process my desire for brotherhood, something I will never have because my family is not accepting.
Mostly due to timing (it came out shortly before my gender “issues” came to a head), Moana helped me process my gender identity and what it meant.
So that’s where I’ll start!
