Does inside out 2 have gay characters

Updated on September 23,by Robbie Robinson: There's nothing better than deep-diving into Disney's characters and reading between the queer-coded lines. Riley is a strong contender for an LGBT character, but will it ever come true? However, it's established in Inside Out 2 that Riley isn't queer, despite what seems like a crush on a fellow hockey player, Val.

This story finds Riley excelling with the Foghorns' hockey team, but she has a shot at moving up to the middle-school team, the Firehawks. In addition, she is struggling in her coming-of-age story to accept changes in school and with her friends.

Intriguingly, from the trailers and video clips, many fans were curious if this was a queer story teasing a conflicted Riley coming out. Onward features a minor character named Officer Specter who mentions her girlfriend's daughter, and Wade's younger brother in Elemental, Lake, is Pixar's first non-binary character.

Each had its own avatar, led by Amy Poehler's Joy. Now, the Inside Out sequel from new director, Kelsey Mannfinds year-old Riley going through puberty. When Riley meets her on the steps, Riley rattles off her stats and basically fangirls Val.

She geeks out and even admires Val's red hair streak. The following contains spoilers for Inside Out 2. The reason Riley has followed her career so much is because Riley wants to imitate it and use it as a road map.

Pixar Wanted Riley in

Inside Out 2 is taking the world by storm right now, but after a recent report that one of the characters, Joy, was a part of the LGBTQ+ community, many turned their backs on the box office success. Riley and her best friends, Grace and Bree, take part in a three-day hockey camp in the Bay Area, where Riley keeps fawning over an older player, Val.

Val was the youngest player to make the junior varsity team. This article has been updated to add further analysis and to get this article up to current CBR formatting standards. Inside Out 2 could have been the first confirmed instance of a Pixar movie protagonist being LGBTQIA+ if the story committed to Riley being gay.

Fortunately for curious fans, Inside Out 2 provides a definitive answer to this topic. It's a bit weird, but Val doesn't mind. Inside Out is one of Disney and Pixar's most interesting concepts. The animated movie by Pete Docter focused on young Riley and the emotions inside her head.

Her father had male emotions and her mother, female ones. Thus, some fans thought that Riley might be gender-fluid or non-binary. Disney might be too afraid to give fans queer protagonists, but that hasn't stopped fans from dreaming.

Pixar Allegedly Made Inside

The alleged confirmation that the character is gay followed the June 14 release of "Inside Out 2," which reportedly lit up global box offices. Once she breaks Val's records, she thinks she can shoot to fame and be universally loved like Val. Inside Out 2 is finally in theaters and, in some ways, it's even better than the original.

She was once that over-exuberant teenager herself. Fans wondered if Riley was queer in the first movie after her emotions were of mixed genders.