Doc mcstuffins lgbtq episode
Watch a clip of the controversial 'Doc McStuffins' episode featuring same-sex parents.
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Disney’sanimatedchildren’s series “ Doc McStuffins” received high praise from LGBTQ rights advocates after airing an episode depicting a family with two mom dolls last weekend.
The episode, titled “The Emergency Plan,” focused on two mom dolls (voiced by Wanda Sykes and Portia de Rossi, who are both queer in real life) who were separated from the children after a toy dragon caused an earthquake. The show’s 7-year-old protagonist, Dottie “Doc” McStuffins, eventually helped reunite the family, helping them learn the value of having a backup plan in place for emergency events. (Catch a snippet of the episode above.)
But “The Emergency Plan” didn’t go over so well with One Million Moms, a conservative group notorious for getting worked up over everything from Ellen DeGeneres to Chobani yogurt.
In a upload on its official website, One Million Moms officials blasted Disney for “pushing an agenda” by featuring the two-mom family on “Doc McStuffins,” which airs weekly on both The Disney Channel and Disney Junior.
“Controversial topics and lifestyle choices should be left up to the parents to discuss and Disney Junior should not present this to young children,” they wrote.
Disney Show 'Doc McStuffins' Features Interracial Sapphic Moms
Disney Junior's animated show "Doc McStuffins" aired an episode last week in which a family experiences an earthquake and learns how to plan for it in the future. The family just happens to be headed by two mothers: one black and one white.
Voiced by comedian Wanda Sykes and actress Portia de Rossi, Thea (Sykes) and Edie (de Rossi) are the latest same-sex couple to be featured on a children's television show.
In a video made by LGBTQ activism organization GLAAD, Wanda Sykes, who came out as a lesbian in 2011, said she was very happy to be a part of a television program that her own children watch.
"With this episode, [my kids] see a family that looks like our family," Sykes said. "We're two moms, and we have a boy and a girl -- two kids. It's going to be very exciting for them to see that -- to observe our family represented."
Chris Nee, the show's creator and executive producer, said the episode resonated with her personally as well.
"I always envision 'Doc McStuffins' as a show about what it means to accept everyone as part of our communities," she said. "As part of a two-mom family, I’m pleased to have
Disney features gay parents on children’s television show
Disney is receiving a lot of attention after featuring a queer couple in the hit Disney Junior show, Doc McStuffins. The episode, titled “The Emergency Plan” premiered on August 5, and centers around child medic, Doc McStuffins, as she helps to reunite a toy doll family after they are separated, during an earthquake caused by a stomping dinosaur toy, due to their lack of earthquake preparedness. The overall message of the episode is to teach children and their families the importance of entity prepared for a natural disaster. For some families though, the biggest takeaway seems to be that this doll family has two moms.
The doll couple, voiced by celebrities Portia de Rossi and Wanda Sykes, is not the first time “Doc McStuffins” has featured a family that was not a one biological dad, one biological mom, stereotypical television family. In February 2016, the McStuffins family welcomed a third kid into their family, thanks to adoption.
Disney has previously been labelled in the media as a progressive organization, or at least one th
Childrenofsame-sex parents got some much overdue representation in mainstream animation this weekend, courtesy of the Disney Channel.
The animated children’s series “Doc McStuffins,” which premiered in 2012, follows 7-year-old Dottie “Doc” McStuffins, who dreams of one morning becoming a doctor. In the meantime, she helps her toys and stuffed animals recover from pretend ailments by giving them regular check-ups.
Saturday’s episode of the series stressed the importance of always having a back-up arrange in place for unexpected events. Titled “The Emergency Plan,” the story focused on two mom dolls who were separated from their kids when a toy dragon causes an earthquake.
The episode, which aired Saturday on The Disney Channel and Sunday on Disney Junior, featured two openly queer stars, Wanda Sykes and Portia de Rossi, as the voice of the moms. In a behind-the-scenes interview, Sykes said her 8-year-old twins, Lucas Claude and Olivia Lou, were both fans of the series, which teaches “very valuable lessons” and sent “a superb message.”
“With this episode, they see a family that looks like our family,” the 53-year-old actress and comedian said in the interview, which can