Disney Channel Show Character to Come Out as Gay Network First

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• DISNEY CHANNELS’ FIRST SHOW FEATURG A GAY ROMANCE, ‘ANDI MACK’ ENDS: WATCH
• 'ANDI MACK': CYS BE FIRST EVER GAY DISNEY CHANNEL CHARACTER
• DISNEY CHANNEL SHOW CHARACTER TO COME OUT AS GAY NETWORK FIRST

DISNEY CHANNELS’ FIRST SHOW FEATURG A GAY ROMANCE, ‘ANDI MACK’ ENDS: WATCH

A 17-year-old -star of the jt end, ma--Utah seri “Andi Mack” has e out as bisexual — almost two years after the character he played me out as gay. “I suffered wh some level of my own ternalized homophobia even while playg the first openly gay character on Disney Channel, ” he Season 2 of “Andi Mack, ” Rh’s character, Cys, had a csh on another boy and me out to his iends.

'ANDI MACK': CYS BE FIRST EVER GAY DISNEY CHANNEL CHARACTER

It wasn't until the followg season that he said the words "I'm gay, " sually revealg the tth to his former csh the midst of his grandmother's the fal episo of the beloved tween show, was suggted that Cys might be about to embark on his first teen ss wh a iend, TJ, who shar somethg nobody knows about him -- his real name.

DISNEY CHANNEL SHOW CHARACTER TO COME OUT AS GAY NETWORK FIRST

""Y, " TJ two fally hold hands and se, and that's both the first and the last we get om the Disney Channel's first real queer relatnship between two ma 's an appropriately gentle moment for a show that's handled s gay character and his storyl such a relatable human manner. RELATED | This Is the First Disney Character to Ever Say "I'm Gay". Earlier this year, Cys beme the first ever Disney character to say the words “I’m gay”.