Does ‘Kung Fu Panda 4’ Have Two Gay Dads?

In Kung Fu Panda 4, cinema's best panda Po (Jack Black) has two gay dads.

Okay, so Po’s parents aren’t canonically gay, though if they want to come out in a future installment they are extremely welcome to do so. They’re not even a couple. Mr. Ping (James Hong) has raised Po as his adoptive father ever since he was a baby, while Li Shan (Bryan Cranston) is Po’s biological father who first appeared in Kung Fu Panda 3. Much of that film involved the two figuring out their new roles in Po’s life as co-parents, but in Kung Fu Panda 4, they’ve settled comfortably into their dynamic.

Openly queer characters in Western animation movies are incredibly rare. That’s especially true of DreamWorks, who in nearly 50 films have no characters who’ve actually said they’re queer. We’ve come close; How To Train Your Dragon’s Gobbler says “This is why I’ve never married. This, and one other reason”; Margot in Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken wears a rainbow flag pin; Floyd in Trolls Band Together wears an earring on his right ear. (Look, I told you it was slim pickings!).

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