re: Can we discuss Frozen?

Sigh. Nitpicking is dumb. the Banana pretty much answered everything with aplomb, but I'll expand on a few thoughts:

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She has worn the gloves her entire childhood, remember? Her father gives her the gloves when she's a little girl and he says something like "conceal, don't feel" right? I think keeping the girls separated like that is a drastic measure, but it adds to the drama of the story.

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It's also heavily symbolic. She has stifled and suppressed who she is, and removing the gloves allows her to finally be her true self. Continuing to deny your true self is not a long term strategy. and yes, the parents make some poor decisions here, on the advice of the trolls, who give consistently bad advice throughout the movie.

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I don't think she was a lesbian, but I have read where some think the story is a feminist narrative.

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Well, you could argue "conceal don't feel" is a reference to staying in the closet. So from this standpoint, Else could be a gay icon. I'm not opposed to that interpretation, but its not really required for the story to work. Her sexuality is largely irrelevant.

But of course it's a feminist narrative. That's not even subtle. Anna is her own salvation in the film, and the act of true love is A) performed by a woman B) towards another woman. Despite, THOSE DAMN TROLLS AGAIN, telling us it was love's first kiss, presumably with a boy. Anna and Elsa are both agents of their own actions, and the story doesn't happen TO them, it derives FROM them. Contrast that to the damsel in distress who waits for a boy to save her. Here, the prince betrays her.