A Brazilian minister has been mocked after she claimed that the children's film Frozen is turning young women into lesbians.

Speaking to missionaries and pastors, Human Rights Minister Damares Alves claimed that the character Elsa from Disney's Frozen is teaching young girls to grow up dreaming of marrying women as opposed to marrying 'Prince Charming'.

In the clip of a lecture she delivered last year, which has now been shared widely online, Alves can be heard saying:

You know why she only ends up alone in an ice castle, because she is a lesbian!

She also added:

The Princess from Frozen will come back to kiss Sleeping Beauty with a gay kiss.

The clip was shared on Twitter, where it has had nearly 5 million views:

The minister also claimed that the kiss the blonde heroine gave Sleeping Beauty is also proof of her homosexuality.

After the footage started to receive backlash online, Alves responded on her Instagram account. In a post, she wrote:

My criticism is known to all; I am criticising the attempted interference of gender ideologists in our children’s identities.

She also added that children need to play with toys rather than thinking about gender and sexuality.

Although Elsa is rumored to be gay, Disney has never explicitly stated her sexuality, but many speculate that she will have a girlfriend in the forthcoming sequel Frozen 2, reports Attitude.