Disney is sexualizing kids and pushing LGBT identification even in a TV-PG family movie about Christmas.
At the 11:55 minute mark of “The Naughty Nine,” released on Nov. 22, Disney portrays the lead female character’s home: Her four siblings are opening gifts around a Christmas tree and one child tells another to go to “Dad.” Dad is shown standing alongside a much taller man, who has his arm around Dad’s shoulder, which he then lingeringly drapes along Dad’s back as they walk off. There’s no mom around. Just in case it’s not clear to the audience, later on they are referred to as “Dads.”
Portraying “two dads” as normal is one thing, but in another scene (at the 19:05 mark), Jon Anthony, a boy with gay mannerisms played by Deric McCabe, is selling clothing under his own designer label. To a potential buyer asking about an item, he gestures at another taller male and says, “I told that hottie over there I’d sell it to him for $200.”
Hollywood’s Christmas movies rarely include the “Christ” in “Christmas” anymore (please nudge my memory on when they last did), but to me this is a new low.
With this scene, Disney is sexualizing children and blurring the lines of what’s acceptable behavior. Later on, Jon also calls the male lead character Andy (played by Winslow Fegley) “cute,” which isn’t quite as sexual as “hottie,” but adds that element.
It’s not clear how old Jon’s character is supposed to be, but Andy
