Cys From Disney Channel's 'Andi Mack' Will Come Out as Gay

Contents:

• 'ANDI MACK': CYS BE FIRST EVER GAY DISNEY CHANNEL CHARACTER
• ‘ANDI MACK’ ACTOR, WHOSE CHARACTER ME OUT AS GAY, OUT AS BISEXUAL
• DISNEY CHANNEL'S FIRST GAY TEEN UPLE BUTS ON ANDI MACK SERI FALE
• ‘ANDI MACK’ CHARACTER TO COME OUT AS GAY: A DISNEY CHANNEL FIRST
• <3CYS FROM ‘ANDI MACK’ WILL COME OUT AS GAY A GROUNDBREAKG STORYLE
• 'ANDI MACK' MAK HISTORY WH FIRST DISNEY CHANNEL CHARACTER TO SAY 'I'M GAY'
• DISNEY CHANNEL TO FEATURE ITS FIRST GAY MA CHARACTER ANDI MACK SEASON 2
• ‘ANDI MACK’: TEEN CHARACTER WILL COME OUT AS GAY ON DISNEY CHANNEL’S GROUNDBREAKG SERI
• ‘ANDI MACK’ REVIEW: GAY STORYLE GO STRAIGHT FOR THE HEART A SWEET AND EMOTNAL SEASON 2 PREMIERE
• DISNEY CHANNEL’S ‘ANDI MACK’ TO INTRODUCE GAY STORYLE SEASON 2
• ‘ANDI MACK’ CHARACTER TO COME OUT AS GAY: A DISNEY CHANNEL FIRST
• ‘ANDI MACK’: TEEN CHARACTER WILL COME OUT AS GAY ON DISNEY CHANNEL’S GROUNDBREAKG SERI
• <3CYS FROM ‘ANDI MACK’ WILL COME OUT AS GAY A GROUNDBREAKG STORYLE

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

Cys is the first Disney ma character to e out as gay.

He go om beg aaid of his feelgs for a boy and what means to proudly but sually g out as gay to his former csh.

While listg var foods, Cys sually nclus the list wh "and I'm gay! Cys is Disney Channel (US)'s first gay ma and first gay male character. When he out to Jonah, he says "I'm gay.

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

" This is the first time the word "gay" has ever been ed Disney-brand media. Cys is gay and is played by a bisexual actor (Rh me out Augt 2019, jt over a week after the seri fale).

That's gefilte fish, skip that, and I'm gay. The Disney Channel officially has s first-ever openly gay character.

DISNEY CHANNEL'S FIRST GAY TEEN UPLE BUTS ON ANDI MACK SERI FALE

Durg a recent episo of Andi Mack, Cys Goodman (played by Joshua Rh) ma history by utterg the words "I'm gay" to a iend. ""And I'm gay, " he add, played by Asher Angel, simply sed and said, "Yeah?

"While grabbg burgers one afternoon, he asked me to pass the ketchup, so I hand him the bottle while mumblg the words, 'I'm gay. "Beg Jewish, beg 14, gog to middle school, havg this small, close-kn group of iends, and beg gay are all jt parts of his personaly.

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

Disney Channel star Joshua Rh, whose "Andi Mack" character, Cys, me out as gay on the show Febary, is now openg up about his own 17-year-old took to Twter to reveal he's bisexual. "Even though his character was openly gay, Rh nfsed he experienced self-loathg toward his own sexualy. I suffered wh some level of my own ternalized homophobia even while playg the first openly gay character on Disney Channel.

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. They are notable as the first gay romance on Disney Channel.

<3CYS FROM ‘ANDI MACK’ WILL COME OUT AS GAY A GROUNDBREAKG STORYLE

TJ seems to be more about outsi acceptance and alg wh ternal homophobia. Tys is the first gay romance on Disney Channel (both between two male characters and volvg a ma character). Le Mullen nfirmed that TJ, like Cys, is gay.

'ANDI MACK' MAK HISTORY WH FIRST DISNEY CHANNEL CHARACTER TO SAY 'I'M GAY'

Disney Channel ma history — and lighted fans — by portrayg s first-ever gay teen uple on the seri fale of the show Andi fal episo of the seri aired on Friday, ncludg wh one the ma characters, 13-year-old Cys Goodman, holdg hands and uplg up wh fellow middle schooler groundbreakg moment was a major first for Disney Channel, and fans — who'd prevly watched Cys's g-out play out on the show — are both touched and thrilled wh the endg.

DISNEY CHANNEL TO FEATURE ITS FIRST GAY MA CHARACTER ANDI MACK SEASON 2

Groundbreakg: Disney Channel ma history on Friday by portrayg s first-ever gay teen uple on the seri fale of the show Andi Mack A big al! In the fale, Cys gets to a relatnship wh TJ, wh the two sweetly holdg handsThe show, which ran for three seasons and was a top-rated seri for the six to 14 mographic, follows the liv of middle schooler Andi Mack and her iends and show has been nsired groundbreakg for some time — particularly sce an episo aired October 2017, which one of Andi's tween iends out as gay.

Gay: The show first touched on the subject when Cys me out to his iends Inclive: The show has been hailed for sensively portrayg teen sexualy Feelgs: The show's creator, Terri Msky, said of the hand-holdg: 'I thk that first physil ntact wh somebody is so tense'The romantic nnectn is credibly chaste. 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.

‘ANDI MACK’: TEEN CHARACTER WILL COME OUT AS GAY ON DISNEY CHANNEL’S GROUNDBREAKG SERI

Buffy is nothg but supportive of Cys g out as gay and he then is faced wh how to tell Iris, his new girliend. "I'm gay. His performance as Cys also marks the first portrayal of an openly gay character on Disney Channel.

" "Beg Jewish, beg 14, gog to middle school, havg this small, close-kn group of iends, and beg gay are all jt parts of his personaly, " he reactn to his character g out? Cys fds 's the right time for him to e out to his bt guy iend, Jonah, played by actor Asher out the piece of Disney Channel history for yourself:Cys prevly me out to his iends Andi and Buffy two separate past episos of the show, but has never actually said the words, "I'm gay" until 's one of those scen:"Cys has tght me a lot about beg fortable wh myself no matter what others thk, " Rh told "GMA. While grabbg burgers one afternoon, he asked me to pass the ketchup, so I hand him the bottle while mumblg the words, 'I’m gay., '" Hurwz wrote.

Already nsired groundbreakg for s handlg of unnventnal pregnanci — the show’s tular character (played by Peyton Elizabeth Lee) learns that her “olr sister” is actually her mother — the g-of-age dramedy will soon troduce the work’s first gay character.

‘ANDI MACK’ REVIEW: GAY STORYLE GO STRAIGHT FOR THE HEART A SWEET AND EMOTNAL SEASON 2 PREMIERE

Though this is the first time Disney Channel has shown a character’s journey to self-disvery as a gay person, ’s not the first time an LGBT character has been featured on one of s origal seri.

As the show returns for a sophomore season, ’s revealed that Andi (Peyton Elizabeth Lee) isn’t the only character wh a csh on one of the boys at school, Jonah Beck (Asher Angel). This leads to Cys gog on a journey to fe himself as a gay dividual this season, spe the fact he has a girliend Iris (Molly Jackson). This is a first for Disney Channel to pict character’s journey to self-disvery as a gay dividual.

DISNEY CHANNEL’S ‘ANDI MACK’ TO INTRODUCE GAY STORYLE SEASON 2

” Disney Channel had prevly tted the waters for LGBTQ-adjacent storytellg by cludg gay parents on both the live-actn edy “Good Luck Charlie” and animated seri “Doc McStuffs.

Read More‘Will & Grace’: Beyond Its Gay Characters, Revival Will Tackle Transgenr And Other LGBTQ Issu. Disney Channel announced this week that one of s characters would beg a journey to disverg his inty as a gay dividual, and doubled the ntime for the episo to give space to properly explore this storyle alongsi the ma plot.

This pth of re shows bee how Cys (Joshua Rash) slowly begs to realize he’s gay and discs this wh his iend Buffy (Sofia Wylie) is note-perfect many ways. The word “gay” or “homosexual” and “queer” are never mentned eher. And not to mimize Cys’ journey as a gay dividual, but this story uld appeal to anyone who feels like an outsir, which is to say, most teenagers.

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

Disney Channel seri “Andi Mack” will reveal that one of the ma characters is gay the upg Season 2 premiere. This realizatn begs an important part of his journey to self-disvery as a gay dividual and ultimately, his self-acceptance. The story arc marks a first for Disney Channel, as will be the first time the channel has picted a character’s journey to disverg they are gay.

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 iends.

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.

‘ANDI MACK’: TEEN CHARACTER WILL COME OUT AS GAY ON DISNEY CHANNEL’S GROUNDBREAKG SERI

""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".

One word that Le Mullen strsed on when asked about beg a part of 'Andi Mack', the first Disney show to star an openly gay character, was 'Honor'. He relled his journey while talkg about the show on the sil of the recently nclud 30th Annual GLAAD Media Awards that regniz and honors the media for their fair, accurate and clive reprentatns of the lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer (LGBTQ) muny.

<3CYS FROM ‘ANDI MACK’ WILL COME OUT AS GAY A GROUNDBREAKG STORYLE

As time go by, TJ is shown to change as a person wh the help of Cys (Joshua Rh, the first gay ma character), who also helps him wh his personal issu.