Disney actively looking for trans actors to star in new 'Little Mermaid' show

Disney made some waves when it cast a black actress to play Ariel in its 2023 live-action adaption of "The Little Mermaid." The company is apparently now entertaining the possibility of making a bigger splash with a transvestite actor in its upcoming musical stage production at Hollywood Studios.

Disney has in recent months sought video submissions from "Equity actors" of both sexes and all ethnicities for the roles of Ariel and Prince Eric in "The Little Mermaid - A Musical Adventure."

Walt Disney World News revealed earlier this month that casting director Erika Ureña refined the open call to specify that for the role of the "spirited, fun-loving, yet curious mermaid princess," the company was looking for a white woman or white male transvestite between the ages of 18 and 30.

Included among the songs the actor or actress playing Ariel will sing at the Animation Courtyard Theater in the Walt Disney Resort is a number titled, "Kiss the Girl." The lead will also sing "Daughters of Triton."

Prince Eric, too, could be played by a member of the opposite sex. Ureña's posting indicated that for the non-singing role, Disney was looking for a white man or a "transgender man" between the ages of 18 and 30.

This potentially transvestic adaptation will replace the "Voyage of the Little Mermaid," which was a feature show at the Animation Courtyard from January 1992 until the pandemic.

While Disney has evidenced on multiple occasions its willingness to cast transvestites in various roles, That Park Place indicated that this is the first time the company is openly advertising it.

'I realized that I was just being gaslighted.'

Blaze News previously reported that a conservative Christian family paid for a meet-and-greet with the Evil Queen at the Walt Disney World Resort in April. When it came time to take pictures and glad-hand with the Disney cast member, they realized that instead of a poisoned apple, the Evil Queen had an Adam's apple. The father told That Park Place that when he complained, the manager assured him that "she is a woman."

"She went even further, trying to shame me, informing me that 'she' was so excited to get the part as the Evil Queen," said the father. "For a brief moment, I thought, 'Oh ... maybe I’m wrong,' but then I realized that I was just being gaslighted."

At the time, John F. Trent, the editor in chief of That Park Place, told Blaze News that this "appears to be a continued pattern from the Walt Disney Company and its 'not-at-all-secret gay agenda,' as the company's Latoya Raveneau confirmed in March 2022."

"It is clearly trying to target small children, their families, and even adults in an attempt to warp their minds into believing this objective evil is normal or even good," added Trent.

Disney park-goers have in recent years shared footage online showing other other cast members in drag, including mustachioed men in dresses dealing with young children.

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