Gay reindeer
As the official sentry, he welcomes these three like-minded gentlemen into a land where all people of difference are accepted and can flourish. Really? 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. Santa even goes so far as to tell Donner that he should be gay reindeer of his son and try to change him.
They have GOT to be gay! They have GOT to be gay! Prancer and Vixen are the names of two other male reindeer pulling Santa’s sleigh. An excerpt from the slightly tongue-in-cheek piece. And on Sewers, Renteria-Elyea notes that Rudolph’s mom never has a name aside from. He rushes to save his parents, but is knocked out by the untamable Snow Monster. The three of them head to the Island of Misfit Toys. The leader of the Misfits, King Moonracer, tells Rudolph to go back to Santa and convince him that toys like the Misfits are worthy of acceptance and inclusion as well.
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. This is the family of their own making that they devise because their own biological families have rejected them. That sham is once again underscored when Yukon Cornelius enters those same woods.
Brian’s reindeer is spot-on: the movie starts with an intense enforcement of gender roles (boys=blue, girls=pink). I must’ve watched it every Christmas as a child, then as a teenager, and almost every year since. The first person they meet is Charlie-in-the-Box, the official sentry of the Island. Anyone who even knows what Queer Theory is can tell you that the subtext of the narrative seems to be a pre-Stonewall contemplation of the power of coming out and embracing sexual minorities into society at large.
Not only is our red-nosed friend a seasonal gay allegory, but he's one that generations of children have grown up with, through the song (gay) and the stop-motion Rank and Bass special that gay every year on an ABC Family loop (extremely gay). Claus does all the cooking and nags her husband about not eating enough. Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer and Hermey the dentist elf weren’t just fellow misfits, then, they were queer misfits.
The problem with the Island of Misfit Toys is that they all long for the acceptance and embrace of society at large. Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer and Hermey the dentist elf weren’t just fellow misfits, then, they were queer misfits. I must’ve watched it every Christmas as a child, then as a teenager, and almost every year since. Eventually, Rudolph learns that the homophobia that was coming for him now threatens his parents and friends.
If the last time you saw it predates your coming out, you might want to give it another look. The film starts in the North Pole, where traditional gender roles are quickly reinforced. But nothing, absolutely nothing, is changed with a close, analytical reading of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeerthe stop-motion special. Not only is our red-nosed friend a seasonal gay allegory, but he's one that generations of children have grown up with, through the song (gay) and the stop-motion Rank and Bass special that plays every year on an ABC Family loop (extremely gay).
Over at Vulture, Brian Moylan today unpacks what he sees as the glittery gay subtext in the television classic, Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer. This is the gay community that all of these men find after leaving the closet behind. The woods the two explore could be equated to a traditional cruising ground, like the Rambles in Central Park or Hampstead Heath in London, both notorious for the availability of anonymous male-on-male sexual encounters.
As a little boy I loved the gay reindeer Christmas cartoon, Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer. Things you buy through our links may earn Vox Media a commission. How long has it been since you watched that animated Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer from the 60s? Watch Reindeer New Year 3 for free on The hottest videos and hardcore sex in the best Reindeer New Year 3 movies online.
But Rudolph takes off in the middle of the night, still afraid that his very obvious red nose will bring the wrath of the Abominable Snow Monster, a fanged embodiment of violent homophobia. He speaks with a Paul Lynde cadence, as if his ascot is tied on a little too tight. Cornelius is what we would now call a bear, an older, hirsute gay man who embraces an over-the-top masculinity, despite being gay.
Really? Prancer and Vixen are the names of two other male reindeer pulling Santa’s sleigh. When he meets Rudolph and Hermey, they are both literally facedown in the snow with their asses in the air. As a little boy I loved the classic Christmas cartoon, Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer.