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The Disney Channel is breakg new ground this season by way of s seri “Andi Mack.” The teen-based show will be the first on the work to pict a character realizg and g to terms wh the fact that they are gay.

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‘ANDI MACK’ ACTOR, WHOSE CHARACTER ME OUT AS GAY, OUT AS BISEXUAL

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. * andi mack lgbt *

“Andi Mack” is the first Disney Channel program to clu a gay ma character, Cys, (played by Joshua Rh) who revealed his sexualy two simple but powerful words: “I’m gay. My parents are homophobic, and my sisters are, too.

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.

‘ANDI MACK’ CHARACTER TO COME OUT AS GAY: A DISNEY CHANNEL FIRST

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“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.

”“What andi mack has: cultural rep, gun ntrol rep, lgbt rep (CANON gay character), female empowerment rep, mental illns rep, disabily rep, jt the amount of clivy and diversy is sane + was and IS their most popular show.

In a first for Disney Channel, a key character on s popular tween seri Andi Mack will realize he’s gay and e out to his story arc will mark the channel’s first pictn of a g-out journey.

KENYA BANS ‘ANDI MACK’ OVER GAY CHARACTER, CRACKDOWN ON LGBT CONTENT

” The teen-based show will be the first on the work to pict a character realizg and g to terms wh the fact that they are gay. (Disney Channel/Craig Sjodi) (Disney Channel)The storyle marks the first time the work has tackled LGBTQ issu which a character disvers he or she is Variety not, advocy groups such as the Gay and Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn (GLAAD) have been praisg the choice sce they were allowed to screen the premiere advance. “Come on Disney stop forcg homosexualy down kids throat, ” one er wrote.

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‘Andi Mack’ actor, whose character me out as gay, out as bisexual .

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