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We would talk in the typical elementary school girl fashion about what boys were cute and what boys weren’t, who had a crush on who, who was totally getting married someday. What we did not talk about was queer people. We did not discuss if we thought any girls were cute. Being gay was not something that anyone talked about. If I was asked who I had a crush on, I’d say no one. And when I was inevitably pressed because “Come on, you’ve got to have a crush on someone”, I’d pick some random popular guy I’d never be expected to actually talk to, because I didn’t realize that I could have a crush on a girl. But my question is, why did I have to wait until I was 14 to have this self-discovery? Why, in my childhood, had queerness never been presented to me as an option? I had no idea how my parents felt about the LGBTQ+ community. I was afraid, because being queer was something that had been presented to me as something to be afraid of. No child should have to feel that kind of fear. That’s why it’s so important for children to have not only queer representation, but positive queer representation. Queerness is not something to be feared, and should never be presented as such. Queer representation in children’s media is integral to children’s understanding of the LGBTQ+  \nPhilbrook 2  \ncommunity and provides countless other benefits, such as creating safer spaces for queer kids and helping them be more confident in their identity.  \nDisney and Queer-coding  \nLike many people, I grew up on Disney. Me and my sisters were always watching Disney princess movies. But what none of those princess movies has, and indeed no Disney movie at all has, is explicit queer representation. Notice my use of the word “explicit”. Characters like Captain Hook from Peter Pan, Hades from Hercules, and Ursula from The Little Mermaid are portrayed as queer people without ever being explicitly stated to be queer. This is a phenomenon called queer coding, which is intentionally giving characters stereotypically queer traits to give the impression that the character is queer. However, one thing all of those characters have in common is the fact that they’re villains. Furthermore, these characters' villainy is often tied directly to their queer traits and behaviors. Take Captain Hook for example. Throughout the film Hook is portrayed very femininely in contrast to the other pirates with his long hair and more effeminate mannerisms, creating an obvious level of separation.  \nWhile the other members of Hook’s crew wear torn, casual clothing, Hook’s clean and dapper cloak creates the illusion not only of masculinity, but of propriety. Hisperformative masculinity hides his femininity and his villainous acts at the same time, implying a connection between the two (Brown 5) .  \nBy tying Hook’s femininity, a trait in men that the media typically uses to characterize a gay man, with his villainy Disney creates a negative connotation around queerness. This sends kids the message that there is something wrong or evil with having these traits. In contrast, the hero of the movie, Peter Pan, is portrayed as your typical masculine man despite the fact that “Peter Pan  \nPhilbrook 3  \nhas historically been portrayed as a feminine character, with many adaptations even going so far as to cast a woman in the role”(Brown 6). Disney takes lengths to avoid portraying their protagonist as anytype of queer, further reinforcing the idea that there is something evil or wrong with the femininity, and hence queerness, that Captain Hook portrays.  \nAnother example of Disney’s use of queercoding is Ursula from The Little Mermaid. Ursula, as you may know, was based on the drag queen Divine (Brown 8) . 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