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What's Queer Coding? And How Was It Used on Disney Villains?
What's Queer Coding? And How Was It Used on Disney Villains?
Nerd Out's Jessie Gender explores the history of queer coding, and how it was used on some of our fave Disney villains.
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October 14 2019 4:03 PM EST
December 09 2022 9:12 AM EST
Back in the not-so-distant, early days of Hollywood, queer coding was a way for filmmakers to signal to an audience that a character was queer without having to explicitly say it. But why was queer coding almost exclusively used for villainous characters, like that of some of our fave Disney bad guys?
Watch PRIDE's very own Jessie Gender break it all down in the latest episode of Nerd Out! And for more nerdy goodness, check out more episodes of Nerd Out here!
