On Film Images of Queers in Disney Animated Films

Disney animated films in the 21st century violates the conventional filming models, forsakes the unchanged featuring of characters and challenges the social rules and stereotypes, which consequently reestablishes a new identity for queers, the social subordinate or outcast. The final acceptance in the films reflects the self-identification of queers in the reality. Based on culture studies, queer theories and anatomy of Disney animated films, this paper takes examples of several animations to attain a comprehensive analysis of the images of queers established by the mass media. This research will be helpful in the further study on the gender roles in mass media.