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"Leroy N. Soetoro" wrote in message
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http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2017/03/04/russia-beauty-and-beast-ban-due-over-gay-character-lefoux/98743116/

The backlash over a gay character appearing in Walt Disney's Beauty and the >Beast is rising, putting an Alabama theater and Russian government
officials on common ground.

A Henegar, Ala., drive-in has canceled plans to screen Beauty, while the >Russian government is considering banning the film following revelations
that the character LeFou, played by Josh Gad, is gay.

Walt Disney would've had every queer that invaded his company drop-kicked
out the door.

If you're a Baby Boomer, you might remember Tommy Kirk, who starred in a
slew of Disney pix ("Old Yeller," etc.). He was a moneymaker for the Disney Studios but then he suddenly disappeared, later turning up in low-budget
beach films like "Pajama Party." It seems wholesome, handsome young Tommy
was as queer as a three-dollar bill, and he was "outed" when he picked up on
a teenage boy at a swimming pool and the kid's mother ratted him out to
Uncle Walt. Disney allowed Kirk to finish the film he was working on and
then personally fired him. The news was not made public. He finally came
out of the closet in 1973, at which time he was working as a busboy in a restaurant.

It happened: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Kirk

Also: http://www.nationalenquirer.com/celebrity/shaggy-dog-star-tommy-kirk-walt-disney-fired-me-because-i-was-gay

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