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  • 2017-04-03 (xsd:date)
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  • Will Simba the Lion Be Gay in 'The Lion King' Remake? (en)
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  • On 1 April 2017, the web site Pink News published an article reporting that Disney had announced the Simba character would come out as gay in the upcoming photorealistic computer animated (or CGI) remake of The Lion King: Although considerable hoopla took place over a gay moment in the recent live-action version of Beauty and the Beast, Disney did not make any announcements about the sexual orientations of its animated animal characters in The Lion King remake. The Pink News article was a spoof published on April Fool's Day. In addition to the clue of article's publication date, Pink News also hinted at its japing nature by reporting that the new Lion King film would be released on 31 June, a calendar date that does not exist. Still, many readers were fooled by the article, so Pink News published a second piece explaining that the previous Simba will be gay in upcoming live-action Lion King remake, Disney confirms story was a hoax: This isn't the first time that controversy has arisen over (alleged) depictions of homosexuality in Disney movies. In 2014, a fake news article asserted that Disney was working on a movie entitled Princes in which two men would fall in love with one another, and earlier this year the Disney XD show Star vs. The Forces of Evil featured a brief same-sex kiss. (en)
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