The trailer for Pixar’s Finding Dory has been released to both fanfare and controversy after viewers pointed out the two-minute clip may feature a lesbian couple. Feminist Culture founder Alexis Isabel even started the hashtag #GiveElsaAGirlfriend that trended in social media a few weeks back.
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The studio has yet confirm whether there is, in fact, a lesbian couple in the scene, but as of late, it’s been receiving plenty of pressure to include an LGBT character.
At one point in the trailer, two women are seen helping a baby (that turns out to be a sea creature) in its stroller.
In any case, the showcase of lesbian couple in “Finding Dory” is likely to help Disney to improve its reputation. Pixar has gayness. Yes yes yes.
Another added that Disney and Pixar just made “a big step towards acceptance”. “I mean to be clear, I’m still rolling my eyes into another dimension that people are mad about the possibility of gay moms in it”.
Dory is voiced by talk show host Ellen DeGeneres, who is gay.
The trailer irked some fans who threatened to boycott the film because of its inclusion of a lesbian couple.
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Mattie Stretton wrote: ‘People going mental over a supposed lesbian couple in the Finding Dory trailer but forgetting the voice of f***ing dory is the queen of lesbians’.
