Rudolph the Queer
Hermey the elf-turned-dentist, and prospector Yukon Cornelius are also gay, according to the Vulture founder. Now, some of you might be thinking – ‘Doesn’t Rudolph end up with the gorgeous. In the past, I've pointed to the X-Men mutant powers manifesting at puberty that require a coming out process and results in discrimination , Twilight 's gym queen werewolf, Morrissey-looking vampire and sulky girl in flannel technically, the books are a Mormon allegory for waiting until marriage, but the movies are totally a gay allegory , Maria von Trapp the musical version, not the historical one , and even the Little Mermaid. But Rudolph is special. ‘Rudolph,’ the Queerest Holiday Special
A fabulously blond elf who doesn’t like to make toys? A reindeer who is cast out by those who are supposed to love him, on account of an accident of birth? A whole island populated by outcasts?. Gabe: It's not gay if it's an elf. Tycho: I'd love to know why you have a rule for that. 
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Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer and Hermey the dentist elf weren’t just fellow misfits, then, they were queer misfits. They were surrogates for the companions I didn’t have, and bearers of a promise that better times would, if after much time and struggle, come. Join the HuffPost Community. Membership connects you to a movement of readers who believe good journalism builds a better world.
You may never see ‘Rudolph the Red
As a little boy I loved the classic Christmas cartoon, Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer. I must’ve watched it every Christmas as a child, then as a teenager, and almost every year since. Rudolph was my first queer role model and he was fierce! Rudolph was young, innocent, and playful. He just wanted to make friends. The other young bucks called him names and kicked him out of their reindeer. .
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Then we move to Hermey the elf. Hermey is gay. This is the one exception I made above, I think the creators intentionally made Hermey a gay character. One, he’s very sensitive and is the only male elf who styles his hair. This may seem like archaic stereotypes in , but in , these were tells. .
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Male elves are often portrayed as feminine or androgynous, in range from Pretty Boy or Bishōnen to Ambiguously Gay. This is often used to cause dumbfounded confusion on reveal. Occasionally, elves of both genders will be portrayed as . .