Twitter users have asked entertainment giant Disney to give Elsa a girlfriend in Frozen 2.
Using the hashtag #GiveElsaAGirlfriend Twitter users across the world have asked entertainment giant Disney to give the central character of Elsa a girlfriend in the next instalment of Frozen.
Frozen is the biggest grossing animation film of all time, and as already been hailed as ground breaking and progressive for not following a traditional narrative for the film’s lead Elsa.
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To date no mainstream Disney film has ever had an LGBT character at its centre, although Frozen does contain one of the most visible gay characters ever. When Oaken, the store owner introduces his family – it is another man with a number of children around him.
The Hashtag #GiveElsaAGirlfriend is the brainchild of Twitter user @lexi4prez who commented on how big the hashtag had become.
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The hashtag managed to trend on Twitter at number 3 – with tens of thousands of tweets, many from people agreeing with Alexis Isabel’s stance. The Disney team have yet to respond to the request.
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Speaking on BBC Radio Scotland, The Gay UK’s editor Jake Hook said it would be a welcome move from Disney, but remarked even if they didn’t go down the path of giving Elsa a girlfriend to not give into traditional trends and make Elsa fall in love with a man in order to win the day.
The film Frozen already has some good LGBT credentials – Jonathan Groff, who stars as Kristoff in the film was the first openly gay actor to portray a love interest in a Disney film.
