Disney-Pixar has revealed that the company’s first-ever animated LGBTQ character will feature in the forthcoming film, Onward. The character, cyclops police Officer Specter, will be voiced by Lena Waithe (Master of None). Onward will follow the story of two elf brothers (voiced by Tom Holland and Chris Pratt), who embark on a quest together.
The film’s producer Kori Rae revealed that the characters LGBTQ development “just kind of happened.”
“The scene, when we wrote it, was kind of fitting and it opens up the world a little bit, and that’s what we wanted.” director, Dan Scanlon added, “It’s a modern fantasy world, and we want to represent the modern world.”
Onward will be released on April 2nd. Check out the trailer below.
These past few years has seen an increase in LGBTQ representation in film. As GLAAD report, off the 110 major studio films evaluated in 2018, 18.2% of them included LGBTQ characters: a 5.4% increase from the previous year. Though there’s still a helluva long way to go, we should celebrate these tiny victories.
