{"id":212089,"date":"2020-08-17T06:42:29","date_gmt":"2020-08-17T06:42:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=212089"},"modified":"2020-08-18T06:13:22","modified_gmt":"2020-08-18T06:13:22","slug":"disney-confirms-its-first-bisexual-lead-character-in-an-animated-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=212089","title":{"rendered":"Disney confirms its first bisexual lead character in an animated series"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">The Owl House features 14-year-old girl named Luz dancing with a girl who has a crush on her at prom<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><strong>The Owl House creator Dana Terrace confirmed lead character Luz Noceda, a 14-year-old girl, is bisexual<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><strong>Luz had previously been shown as being attracted to male characters<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><strong>A recent storyline explored Luz&#8217;s relationship with another female character\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><strong>Terrace said Disney executives had initially told her not to include LGBTQ characters in the series, but she fought to keep them in\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Maxine Shen \u2013 Daily Mail Aug 16, 2020<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Disney now has its first ever bisexual lead character, thanks to\u00a0The Disney Channel animated series The Owl House.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Following the debut of a recent episode in the series, show creator Dana Terrace revealed on <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/twitter\/index.html\"><strong>Twitter<\/strong><\/a><\/span> that the series&#8217; lead character,\u00a0Luz Noceda &#8211; a Dominican-American girl &#8211; is definitely bisexual.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The Owl House, which premiered in January, centers around 14-year-old Luz who finds a portal to a fantasy world and attempts to fulfill her dream of becoming a witch while attending school there.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_212090\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Owl-House-main-character-Luz-Noceda-left.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-212090\" class=\"wp-image-212090\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Owl-House-main-character-Luz-Noceda-left.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Owl-House-main-character-Luz-Noceda-left.jpg 634w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Owl-House-main-character-Luz-Noceda-left-300x141.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-212090\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Owl House creator Dana Terrace revealed that main character Luz Noceda (right) is bisexual after a recent storyline explored Luz&#8217;s relationship with female student Amity (left). Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I&#39;m bi! I want to write a bi character, dammit! Luckily my stubbornness paid off and now I am VERY supported by current Disney leadership. (Thank you <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NashRiskin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NashRiskin<\/a> and team!) Not to mention the amazingness of this crew.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dana Terrace (@DanaTerrace) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DanaTerrace\/status\/1292321440696422400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 9, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Previously, Luz was shown as being attracted to male characters, but in the recently aired episode &#8216;Enchanting Grom Fright,&#8217; the series started to explore a relationship between Luz and Amity Blight, a female student at the school.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">In the episode, Amity says she has feelings for Luz and wanted to ask her to go to Grom, a prom-like event. While there, the two dance together.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">In her tweets, Terrace confirmed that Luz is bisexual and said that she had fought with &#8216;certain Disney leadership&#8217; to ensure &#8216;queer kids&#8217; were in the main cast of her show.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Terrace, 29, first noted that she made &#8216;a prom episode to make up for my own experiences. Back then PROM was an anagram for &#8220;Perennial Ritual Offering Maiden&#8221;.&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_212094\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DanaTerraceNewYorkComicCon2019Day2q0_tIC9RcKdl.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-212094\" class=\"size-full wp-image-212094\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DanaTerraceNewYorkComicCon2019Day2q0_tIC9RcKdl.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DanaTerraceNewYorkComicCon2019Day2q0_tIC9RcKdl.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DanaTerraceNewYorkComicCon2019Day2q0_tIC9RcKdl-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-212094\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dana Terrace<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">She then went on to tweet that during development of the series, &#8216;I was very open about my intention to put queer kids in the main cast. I&#8217;m a horrible liar so sneaking it in would&#8217;ve been hard haha,&#8217; she <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DanaTerrace\/status\/1292321438901219328?s=20\"><strong>tweeted<\/strong><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">&#8216;When we were greenlit I was told by certain Disney leadership that I could NOT represent any form of bi or gay relationship on the Channel.&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Terrace refused to back down from her desire to represent LGBTQ characters on the show, however.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">&#8216;I&#8217;m bi! I want to write a bi character, dammit! Luckily my stubbornness paid off and now I am VERY supported by current Disney leadership,&#8217; she wrote, thanking her crew and specifically name-checking Doug Bensimon, director, current series at Disney Television Animation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">&#8216;Representation matters! Always fight to make what YOU want to see!&#8217; Terrace wrote.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-8631465\/Animated-series-Owl-House-makes-history-Disneys-bisexual-lead-character.html\">Continues \u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Being a Disney production the cartoon is largely for at kids and young teenagers. 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