Disney’s Pixar has introduced its first self-identifying LGBTQ character in new fantasy film Onward.
The film about young elves (Tom Holland and Chris Pratt) who discover a wizard’s staff features a lesbian character, Officer Specter – a cyclops police officer voiced by out actor Lena Waithe.
Rumours that Pixar would bring an LGBTQ character to the big screen were first circulated on Reddit four months ago, after a still from the trailer appeared to show a female couple.
“It’s a modern fantasy world and we want to represent the modern world,” director Dan Scanlon said.