Social Media Campaign Urges Disney to Make Elsa a Lesbian Princess in ‘Frozen’ Sequel
The sequel to Disney’s “Frozen” won’t be out for a few years, but some fans have already launched a social media campaign calling on Disney to make the main character, Elsa, a lesbian.
The campaign #GiveElsaAGirlfriend began when a teen named Alexis Isabel tweeted: “I hope Disney makes Elsa a lesbian princess imagine how iconic that would be.” Then she tweeted: “Dear @Disney, #GiveElsaAGirlfriend.”
Others have joined the call for Disney to make Elsa gay and use the movie to raise LGBT awareness, according to CNN [1].
“Dear @Disney [2] #GiveElsaAGirlfriend [3] because girls need to know everyone can be princess,” Ellie tweeted.
“#GiveElsaAGirlfriend [3] little kids need to learn young there is absolutely nothing wrong with being gay,” Isobel tweeted.
Elsa’s song, “Let It Go” in the original movie became a popular and catchy tune for young viewers, but according an April 10, 2014 blog [4] in The Guardian, it’s also an anthem for the LGBT community.
Kristen Anderson-Lopez, who co-wrote the song with Robert Lopez, told said the song is “also a coming-out anthem for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.”
“Outside the film, Let It Go is also a coming-out anthem [5] for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people: “Conceal don’t feel, don’t let them know/ Well now they know!” The lines “It’s funny how some distance/ Makes everything seem small/ And the fears that once controlled me/ Can’t get to me at all” could almost be from an It Gets Better video [6]. “I was really excited to write an anthem that said, ‘Screw fear and shame, be yourself, be powerful,’” said Anderson-Lopez.
“Frozen” raked in $1.3 billion at the box office in 2013. Its sequel is slated for release before 2018. Kristen Bell and Idina Menzel are confirmed to appear in it.
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