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

Contents:

• RICKY MART REFLECTS ON NOT BEG READY TO E OUT AS GAY, HOW 'AMAZG' FELT WHEN HE DID
• RICKY MART ON G OUT AS GAY: 'I'VE BEEN SUPER HAPPY EVER SCE'
• RICKY MART ON THE MOMENT HE CID TO E OUT AS GAY: ‘I’VE BEEN SUPER HAPPY EVER SCE’
• RICKY MART REVEALS HE'S GAY
• RICKY GAY
• GAY TEENS ON 'HIGH SCHOOL MIL' SERI FALLY GET A LOVE SONG OF THEIR OWN
• THANKS TO WHNEY HOTON, ‘HIGH SCHOOL MIL’ HAS S FIRST GAY ROMANCE

RICKY MART REFLECTS ON NOT BEG READY TO E OUT AS GAY, HOW 'AMAZG' FELT WHEN HE DID

"Am I gay? In 2000, when he was 29, he was asked by Barbara Walters on natnal televisn if he was gay.

"You uld say, 'Y I am gay or no I'm not.

"Mart officially me out via a statement on his webse 2010, statg: "I am proud to say that I am a fortunate homosexual man. "Mart said, " jt felt amazg" when he eventually share wh the world that he was gay, but he knows everyone do so their own time and when they feel fortable.

RICKY MART ON G OUT AS GAY: 'I'VE BEEN SUPER HAPPY EVER SCE'

”“I got to the place I was fightg as I was wrg my book between sayg, ‘Am I gay? Am I gay? And then I said, ‘Rick, you are a very fortunate homosexual man.

You are gay. " "I got to the place I was fightg as I was wrg my book between sayg, 'Am I gay?

RICKY MART ON THE MOMENT HE CID TO E OUT AS GAY: ‘I’VE BEEN SUPER HAPPY EVER SCE’

And then I said, 'Rick, you are a very fortunate homosexual man. Punk their subversn of nventn and celebratn of the absurd, they were also fiantly fun at a time when Print Ronald Reagan wouldn’t so much as say the word “gay” or addrs the fact that AIDS was quickly beg a panmic — one that would claim Ricky as one of s earlit high-profile sualti. Four of the band’s five origal members did, fact, intify as LGBTQ: Ricky, Schneir and Strickland as gay men, and Pierson, who was volved wh a man until the early 2000s, is now married to a woman.

RICKY MART REVEALS HE'S GAY

“Back then, was lled GRID [Gay-Related Immune Deficiency]. After years of sisteppg qutns about his sexual orientatn, sger Ricky Mart reveals a heartfelt postg onle that he is gay. “I am proud to say that I am a fortunate homosexual man, ” Mart, 38, said Monday on “I am very blsed to be who I am.

After Mart’s announcement Monday, the Gay, Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn issued a statement support of the sger. “When someone like Ricky Mart out, hundreds of lns of people now have a cultural nnectn wh an artist, a celebry and, perhaps most importantly, a father who happens to be gay, ” said Jarrett Barrs, Print of GLAAD.

RICKY GAY

“His cisn to mol this kd of openns and honty n lead to greater acceptance for untls gay people U.

I am proud to say that I am a fortunate homosexual man.

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.

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

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.

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

Ricky Mart opened up about the personal stggle he endured g to terms wh his sexualy while also wantg to bee a a new ver story for Out magaze, the 48-year-old sger said that he had difficulty acceptg that a gay man n also be a dad.

“Many years I dreamt of beg a father, and many, many, many tim I went through this grievg procs of I am gay, I am a closeted gay man, and I’m not gog to be able to be a daddy, ” he said of his experience.