Too Gay for Disney

Too gay for Disney? Well then it’s maybe finally gay enough for us. The new trailer for “Nimona” has been released and it looks fun and fantastical which means Ron DeSantis would absolutely hate it. To which I say, GOOD. Anyway, the backstory on this animated film is it is based on nonbinary queer creator ND Stevenson’s graphic novel by the same name. You may know ND’s work from their Netflix series “ She-Ra and the Princesses of Power” and comic series “Lumberjanes.”

Anywho, “Nimona” was made by Blue Sky Studios, which Disney bought and then closed, but passed on distributing the film because of a purported on-screen gay kiss. The kiss in question is said to be between accused villain/actual good guy Lord Ballister Blackheart and perceived hero/crush object Sir Ambrosius Goldenloin. Ballister and Goldenloin? OK, now the too gay for Disney stuff is starting to make sense (though, obviously, still not justified, like how are gay kisses still controversial in this year of Our Savior RuPaul 2023?) I am also catching serious nonbinary vibes from the namesake shape-shifting hero voiced by Chloë Grace Moretz.

I watched most of “She-Ra” because I am a queer woman and that’s the law. So I’m looking forward to checking out Too Gay for Disney project when Netflix releases it on the very last day of pride month. But then, we’re always running fashionably late — it’s what QST is all about.