Mouse pride: Loki became the first LGBT superhero in the MCU

This week on streaming service Disney + the premiere of the series “Loki“(Loki), in which the British actor Tom Hiddleston will again play the Scandinavian god of deception. However, the celebration of the so-called “Months of Pride“(Pride Month) makes its own adjustments.

Studio Marvel published a new video, in which you can see the dossier on Loki… In the column “gender” it is indicated that the antihero considers himself gender fluid (Fluid) – a person whose gender identity is “fickle”.

Thus, Loki became the first superhero / supervillain in the MCU to represent LGBTQIA communities… Initially, insiders reported that the project was supposed to be a film. “Eternal“(Eternals). Allegedly in the tape Chloe Zhao characters Fastos and Hercules turn out to be gay. Also information slippedwhat’s in the movie “Marvels“(The marvels) Captain Marvel (Brie Larson) allegedly declares himself a lesbian or bisexual. However, officially no confirmation has been received from the studio.

Manual Disney has long said that her projects should become more “diversified”. For example, the company rejected the idea of ​​a new project for Disney + on the grounds that white people were supposed to be the central characters. but Mickey Mouse House constantly accused of hypocrisy. The list of claims is quite long:

• The company got scared to do Princess Elsa in the cartoon “Frozen 2“(Frozen ii) lesbian.
• A scene with a fleeting kiss of two women against a blurred background in the final of the film “Star Wars: Skywalker. Sunrise“(Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker), which was not even noticed by everyone, was removed in Singapore.
• Lucasfilm has announced that the sharper Lando Calrissian (Donald Glover) from the movie “Han Solo. Star Wars Tales“(Solo: A Star Wars Story) is pansexual (in the old canon, he was a ladies’ man who eventually married a business woman Tendre Risant).
• Minor LGBTQIA character in the cartoon “Forward“(Onward) from the studio Pixar (lesbian cyclopsha Spectrum) were re-dubbed in Russia.
• Film “The beauty and the Beast“(Beauty and the beast) in Russia received a rating of 16+ due to a hint of falling in love LeFou in Gaston. State Duma deputies also demanded to check the tape for compliance with national legislation.
• In the film version “Avengers Endgame“(Avengers: endgame) for Russia, a scene was redone in which one of the directors of the film Joe Russo played a gay.
• The premiere of the film “Cruella“(Cruella), in which a gay appeared Artie… Despite the PR hype, the tape does not emphasize this (the character looks like a parody of David Bowie).

A new batch of accusations against Disney was voiced by the creator of the cartoon “Gravity Falls“(Gravity falls) Alex Hirsch wrote in Twitterthat Disney prohibited him from adding representatives of sexual minorities to his project. But in recent years, the situation has allegedly “changed”.

Given the track record of House of Mickey Mouse, it is unlikely that Loki will detail the gender fluid of the protagonist. The fact is that the company will have problems with censorship in the markets of Russia, China and the Middle East.

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