The Disney Channel hit-show “Good Luck Charlie” introduced two new characters: a lesbian couple. In the most recent episode of the series, which has played on the network since 2010, parents Bob and Amy briefly argue about what the name of the mom of their daughter's friend is, while waiting for the girl and her parents to visit their home for a play date. But when Amy opens the door, she and her husband discover that they were both right because “Taylor has two moms,” as Bob quips. From the laugh track: jovial hilarity ensues. Unfortunately, this is not the first time Disney has tried to brain-wash children into accepting homosexuality as normal; although, now, there is no longer any subtle. In the past, many of Disney’s films contained gay subtexts embedded within the storyline: the all-male debauchery of the boys on “Pleasure Island” (reminds me of Fire Island;) the hurt boys who huddle into same-sex groups in Never Never Land; abandoned and unloved boy Mowgli being raised in an all-male society; Simba retreating into a fantasy world with same-sex couple Timon and Pumbaa; a traumatized boy in “Brother Bear” who would sooner remain trapped in the body of an animal, rather than return to the human world, in order to stay with his male-bear best friend. In Disney, heterosexual couplings are often driven by reconstruction into shallow perfection: “Snow White,” “Sleeping Beauty,” “Beauty and the Beast;” for instance, Snow White, Briar Rose, and the Beast are only worthy of love once they have been transformed by magic; in opposition, are those who have been injured – their only recourse are homosexual communities which offer safety, acceptance, and a reprieve from the trauma of home life. This cosmos is inherently unstable and perpetually in a state of flux; hence, the easy acknowledgment of same-sex couples into the Disney universe. The solidity and sureness of God and the family are absent or helplessly dysfunctional.
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