Criminal justice reform is an especially personal issue for Aboushi, whoseparents were both impacted by the carceral system But for young queer people, even just one LGBTQ character — no matter how fictitious — matters. When you’re young, the media can be a lifeline. If you look at the reality around you and, at best, fail to identify with what you see or, at worst, feel that your environment is openly hostile to your impulses, then fiction can be a portal to another world. What happens, though, when you jump into the media rabbit hole and Wonderland doesn’t seem to want you, either? The live-action remakes aren't going away anytime soon, but it seems as thoughMulanmight contain one glaring difference fromBeauty and the Beastas well as the upcomingAladdinAccording toVulture of Jessica Jones, Disney’s had no problem using queer tropes to build the baddies I spent my childhood settling for. It has been seemingly easier to create characters like the flamboyant Uncle Scar than it has in finding the corporate motivation to introduce one of the many queer Marvel comic-book heroes, like Iceman, Hulking, Tong, Phyla-Vell, or Moondragon, into one of the many multi-hero movies.