The "High School Mil" Franchise Jt Got Its First-Ever Gay Couple | Them

Contents:

• THANKS TO WHNEY HOTON, ‘HIGH SCHOOL MIL’ HAS S FIRST GAY ROMANCE
• THE HIGH SCHOOL MIL FRANCHISE JT GOT ITS FIRST-EVER GAY COUPLE
• HIGH SCHOOL MIL (FALLY!) HAS AN OUT GAY TEEN
• THE DIRECTOR OF "HIGH SCHOOL MIL" EXPLAED WHY RYAN WASN'T OPENLY GAY AND SAID HE WOULD "COME OUT IN COLLEGE"

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. Even as a teenager watchg High School Mil, was obv to me that Ryan Evans was gay. But now, a later, Disney+'s High School Mil: The Mil: The Seri is givg the LGBTQ+ muny the reprentatn the origals never one, there are at least two gay characters Carlos, a choreographer, and Seb, a teen boy who dns to play the tradnally female role of Sharpay East High School's productn of High School Mil.

THE HIGH SCHOOL MIL FRANCHISE JT GOT ITS FIRST-EVER GAY COUPLE

Though the movi never addrsed Ryan's sexualy, Lus Grabeel, who played him, seemgly nfirmed the character was gay a 2016 terview wh BuzzFeed. "After readg the script, the first thg I said to [director Kenny Ortega] was, 'OK, Kenny, Ryan's gay, right?

I know 's Disney Channel so I'm not really gonna be gay, but I mean, yeah, right? Yeah, I knew I was gay high school, but I didn't tell anybody. "Ryan is not officially gay any of the movi, " Grabeel said.

HIGH SCHOOL MIL (FALLY!) HAS AN OUT GAY TEEN

" Now image how helpful havg out gay characters will be. High School Mil has troduced s very first outwardly gay uple and storyle, a major step for the hugely popular Disney anchise that began origal Kenny Ortega-directed High School Mil film did clu some characters that many viewers believed to be queer, like teenage show choir star Ryan Evans or piano-player and poser Kelsi Neilsen. From Ni meetg her gay blogil dad to Maddox's relatnship wh Madison, the h seri ntu to go above and beyond when to LGBTQ+ reprentatn.

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

Another add: "ashlyn and big red rng jt to tell each other that they’re both gay as fuck is my favore thg ever actually.