Will Disney Finally Give Elsa A Girlfriend In Frozen 3?

Early on in the development of Frozen 2, rumors swirled that the film would delve into Elsa's sexuality. Idina Menzel, who voices the character, appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show (via Entertainment Weekly) in September 2016 and voiced her support for the idea of Elsa being revealed as gay. "I'm all for it. I think it's a wonderful idea. It's a wonderful conversation that we should all have about whether a Disney princess or queen could be gay," Menzel said at the time, although she later noted that she couldn't promise it would actually happen.

By August 2019, it was confirmed that Frozen 2 would explore the source of Elsa's powers, but it would not address her sexuality. Songwriter Kristen Anderson-Lopez told IGN that Frozen 2 wouldn't feature any kind of love interest for the Queen of Arendelle, stating, "Like the first movie, Elsa is not just defined by a romantic interest." She then explained that Frozen 2 directors Jennifer Lee (who co-wrote the script) and Chris Buck didn't want romance to be the movie's core focus or the most interesting thing about Elsa. "There's so many movies that define a woman by her romantic interest," Anderson-Lopez said. "That's not a story that we wanted to tell at this point in time. What we really wanted to tell was if you have these powers, how do you grow and change and find your place in the world and find answers that haven't been found before?"

There may be more to it than that, however. In August 2018, Revenge of the Fans claimed that Disney was actually planning to give Elsa a girlfriend in Frozen 2. According to We Got This Covered's new report, this plan fell apart because Disney was afraid of revealing the Queen of Arendelle's sexuality. The studio allegedly feared that if Frozen 2 included a girlfriend for Elsa, the film would be be banned in countries where homosexuality is considered taboo or is still punishable by law. Now, Disney is said to be hopeful that the time between Frozen 2 and Frozen 3 will give the world a chance to change, and that the revelation of Elsa being gay "won't cause as much controversy as it would right now."