{"id":567976,"date":"2021-06-18T14:07:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-18T18:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=567976"},"modified":"2021-06-18T14:07:05","modified_gmt":"2021-06-18T18:07:05","slug":"disney-partners-drag-queen-with-kermit-the-frog-to-host-lgbtq-pride-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disney-partners-drag-queen-with-kermit-the-frog-to-host-lgbtq-pride-concert\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney Partners Drag Queen With Kermit The Frog To Host LGBTQ Pride Concert"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdisney-partners-drag-queen-with-kermit-the-frog-to-host-lgbtq-pride-concert%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=567976&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1131039355.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p><span>Disney is following in competitor Nickelodeon\u2019s footsteps and planning an LGBTQ virtual concert for children in honor of Pride month. Like Nick Jr.\u2019s \u201cBlues Clues and You\u201d<\/span>\u00a0drag queen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/childrens-show-blues-clues-features-pride-parade-cartoon-drag-queen-children-explaining-pride-flags\"><span>parade<\/span><\/a><span>, the event will be hosted by Andrew Levitt, whose stage name is Nina West, as well as perennial kid-favorite Kermit the Frog.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dawsonlaurell\/status\/1405589018147004422?s=20\"><span>Deadline<\/span><\/a><span>, the June 27 \u201cThis Is Me: Pride Celebration Spectacular\u201d will consist of classic Disney songs reworked to celebrate LGBTQ individuals and lifestyles. A variety of past and present Disney stars will perform, including Alex Newell, DCappella, Frankie A. Rodriguez and Joe Serafini, Jackie Cox, Jesse James Keitel and Michael James Scott.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Disney+\u2019s Twitter<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/disneyplus\/status\/1405503663934623744?s=20\"><span>announcement<\/span><\/a><span> provoked stark reaction from some users, with one<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Nobody73224497\/status\/1405709329013956608?s=20\"><span>saying<\/span><\/a><span>, \u201cThis is the last straw for me and my family. Unsubscribed as of right now.\u201d Another<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dawsonlaurell\/status\/1405589018147004422?s=20\"><span>responded<\/span><\/a><span>, \u201cI am unsubscribing from your service for my children ASAP. I don\u2019t know what changes have taken place within your company re: hiring\/ personnel- but this is not an appropriate direction for children\u2019s content. Push of sexualization that children are too young\/don\u2019t yet comprehend.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The company\u2019s Pride promotion has also received some pushback from gay critics who have accused the company of hypocrisy, pointing out that it tends to keep its rainbow flag waving on American shores.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cGravity Falls\u201d creator Alex Hirsch claims Disney executives balked when he outed two major characters as gay in the 2016 season finale over fears of losing money in the Russian and Chinese markets. \u201cDisney privately: Cut the gay scene! We might lose precious pennies from Russia &#038; China. Disney publicly: Honk honk we put rainbow bumper sticker on Lightning McQueen today CONSUME OUR PRODUCTS TEENS,\u201d he<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_AlexHirsch\/status\/1400119136198397953?s=20\"><span>tweeted<\/span><\/a><span> in response to a Disney Pride-themed Twitter post.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Hirsch has a point. While the Mouse House prominently<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/disneys-animated-movie-onward-to-feature-first-explicitly-lgbtq-character\"><span>celebrated<\/span><\/a><span> its \u201cfirst openly gay character\u201d in an animated movie in Pixar\u2019s \u201cOnward,\u201d it<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/onward-censored-in-russia-over-lgbtq-character\/\"><span>quietly allowed<\/span><\/a><span> Russia to censor the content.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/movies\/disney-reportedly-limit-lgbtq-characters-mcu\/\"><span>We Got This Covered<\/span><\/a><span> reported last year on insider claims that Disney execs are trying to pump the breaks on LGBTQ representation in its films and television shows:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"10\">\n<p><span>It\u2019s sounding like there may be some internal conflict going on at Disney. Word is that Marvel Studios\u2019 Kevin Feige is eager to get more openly LGBTQ characters in the MCU, but those plans are having the brakes put on them by the Mouse House. Sources close to WGTC \u2013 the same ones who said that \u2018National Treasure 3\u2019 was moving forward and that Marvel was planning a \u2018She-Hulk\u2019 show, both of which turned out to be correct \u2013 are telling us that Disney are scared that the inclusion of too many LGBTQ characters may mean that Marvel movies will be unable to be screened in the increasingly lucrative Chinese market.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>There is some evidence the move could cost them domestically as well internationally. As the Daily Wire previously<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/nickelodeon-ratings-crash-amid-lgbtq-push\"><span>reported<\/span><\/a><span>, recent ratings analysis shows Nickelodeon\u2019s hard push on LGBTQ content appears to be resulting in a significant drop off in viewers. The network has lost two-thirds of its audience since 2017.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>The views expressed in this opinion piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>member<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Disney is following in competitor Nickelodeon\u2019s footsteps and planning an LGBTQ virtual concert for children in honor of Pride month. Like Nick Jr.\u2019s \u201cBlues Clues and You\u201d\u00a0drag queen parade, the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2280699,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1131039355.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Disney Partners Drag Queen With Kermit The Frog To Host LGBTQ Pride Concert","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-567976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1131039355.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Disney Partners Drag Queen With Kermit The Frog To Host LGBTQ Pride Concert","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=567976"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567976\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2280699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=567976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=567976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=567976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}