7) Artie, Cruella
Artie is never explicitly depicted as queer in Disney’s new villain origin story, which made all the hubbub that he was the latest “First” gay character at the studio all rather silly. This is tempered, at least, by the fact that he’s played by out actor John McCrea, who performed the character and read him as queer regardless of the text. Perhaps maybe the closest Disney has come to not putting its Mickey-shaped foot in its mouth about LGBTQ representation in its big-screen output.
