Gay Teens On 'High School Mil' Seri Fally Get A Love Song Of Their Own | HuffPost Entertament

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• THANKS TO WHNEY HOTON, ‘HIGH SCHOOL MIL’ HAS S FIRST GAY ROMANCE
• GAY TEENS ON 'HIGH SCHOOL MIL' SERI FALLY GET A LOVE SONG OF THEIR OWN
• THE DIRECTOR OF "HIGH SCHOOL MIL" EXPLAED WHY RYAN WASN'T OPENLY GAY AND SAID HE WOULD "COME OUT IN COLLEGE"
• HIGH SCHOOL MIL THEORY SUGGTS TWO CHARACTERS WERE GAY AND A RELATNSHIP
• 'HIGH SCHOOL MIL': WHAT LUS GRABEEL SAID ABOUT RYAN EVANS BEG GAY
• 'HIGH SCHOOL MIL' DIRECTOR SAYS HE DIDN'T THK DISNEY WOULD BE OK WH GAY CHARACTER

THANKS TO WHNEY HOTON, ‘HIGH SCHOOL MIL’ HAS S FIRST GAY ROMANCE

After three h movi, a ncert tour and untls stage productns, the “High School Mil” anchise troduc s first gay love story wh Friday’s episo of “High School Mil: The Mil: The Seri. ”“Today’s world” was the operative amework for approachg a kd of story that never played out the earlier “High School Mil” films, spe many speculatg — and hopg — that the anchise’s origal choreographer character, Ryan, might be gay. Gay marriage wasn’t legal, so even though seems like that was 50 years away, really wasn’t, ” Rodriguez said.

”It wasn’t until 2017’s “Andi Mack” that Disney Channel troduced s first gay ma character middle schooler Cys Goodman. The romance between East High School’s gay teens epens on “High School Mil: The Mil: The Seri” this week wh the but of a tenr love ballad.

Season 1 of “High School Mil: The Mil: The Seri” garnered praise ahead of s 2019 Disney+ premiere for troducg Carlos as the anchise’s first-ever gay teen. Though actor Lus Grabeel, who plays Ryan, has revealed his character has "a very nfg csh" on Zeke Baylor (via Insir), he isn't openly gay the "High School Mil" seri. " It wasn't meant to be this homoerotic thg, " he argued.

GAY TEENS ON 'HIGH SCHOOL MIL' SERI FALLY GET A LOVE SONG OF THEIR OWN

" Moreover, "High School Mil" director Kenny Ortega, an openly gay filmmaker himself, nfirmed that Ryan is gay a 2020 terview wh Variety. Troy earned the posn as pta of the basketball team his junr year after jog the team as a sophomore. News·Posted on 1 Jul 2020The Director Of "High School Mil" Explaed Why Ryan Wasn't Openly Gay And Said He Would "Come Out In College""I was ncerned bee was fay and kids that Disney might not be ready to cross that le.

THE DIRECTOR OF "HIGH SCHOOL MIL" EXPLAED WHY RYAN WASN'T OPENLY GAY AND SAID HE WOULD "COME OUT IN COLLEGE"

In a new terview wh Variety, director Kenny Ortega opened up about his experience makg the High School Mil seri and said he thought the character of Ryan would have e out as gay later life. A lot of them see both Ryan and Kelsi — who went to prom together and had a subtle romantic storyle High School Mil 3 — as gay.

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Here is the gayt HSM song om the whole three movi. everyone who grew up wh hsm, 10 years later, as adults: He Is Gay. I Dont Dance Is Gay.

HIGH SCHOOL MIL THEORY SUGGTS TWO CHARACTERS WERE GAY AND A RELATNSHIP

But now Ortega has nfirmed Ryan would probably have e out as gay " llege", addg that his character the movi was "ls about g out and jt more about lettg his te lours e forward".

He went on to say that while Disney is "the most progrsive group of people" he's ever worked wh, he had ncerns that they "weren't ready" to have an openly gay character a Disney Channel movie 2006.

'HIGH SCHOOL MIL': WHAT LUS GRABEEL SAID ABOUT RYAN EVANS BEG GAY

I wanted people to thk, "That character's more plex than I thought, " stead of sayg, "Oh, he out pk and you know he's gay. However, fans now thk there was a homoerotic subtext that many viewers were missg all along.

Another fan of the films tweeted: "Chad and Ryan are gay" I say to the mic. " Elsewhere, another noted: "the high school mil 2 scene of I don’t dance is major gay vib between Ryan and chad.

#hsm2 #DisneyPl " A different fan was nvced of Chad and Ryan's love story the third film: "m u s i c a l l y stick to the stat quo outdo i don't dance but 's all about the sweet gay character velopment on both ryan and chad's sis. They nclud: "ryan and sharpay were both gay.

'HIGH SCHOOL MIL' DIRECTOR SAYS HE DIDN'T THK DISNEY WOULD BE OK WH GAY CHARACTER

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Source: DisneyArticle ntu below advertisementThe Hoc Poc director nfirmed to Variety that Ryan is ed gay, and though was not disclosed the film, Kenny explaed that was "cid he's probably gog to e out llege.

"The director, who is openly gay himself, explaed that at the time, he didn't thk Disney would "be ready to cross that le and move to that terrory yet, " even though he nsired the work the "most progrsive group of people" he's worked wh. "Now, Ryan is not officially gay any of the [HSM] movi, but I thk anyone that watch him n intify wh who he was high school: someone tryg to figure out, " he told Billboard 2018.