Why do some people assume that Walt Disney was homophobic?

It wasn't/isn't a mere “assumption”: Walt Disney WAS a homophobe (and an antisemite, to boot). Because in 1964 he fired his young actor Tommy Kirk from all Disney media projects when he found out the 21-yr-old was gay. read more

Please keep in mind Walt Disney was born in 1901 and died in 1966; he lived in an era where everybody was homophobic (of course “everybody” is an exaggeration, but you understand what I mean). Homosexuality wasn’t taken off of the mental illness list until 1973 (7 years after his death). read more

Walt Disney appears in the skit, and along with him, the two stock Walt gags: he’s anti-Semitic and he’s frozen. I’ve collected some of the most representative questions and answers from Yahoo! Answers that show the scope of the perception problem for Disney. read more