Gay Teens on TV: A Timele |

Contents:

• HIGH SCHOOL MIL (FALLY!) HAS AN OUT GAY TEEN
• GAY TEENS ON 'HIGH SCHOOL MIL' SERI FALLY GET A LOVE SONG OF THEIR OWN
• GAY TEENS ON 'HIGH SCHOOL MIL' SERI HOPE TO BE THE REPRENTATN THEY NEVER HAD
• ‘HIGH SCHOOL MIL’ STAR AND HIS CHARACTER ARE BOTH GAY. IT’S NO BIG AL — EXCEPT WHEN TO REPRENTATN.
• GAY LATO LOS ANGEL: COMG OF AGE
• INSI A PRISON CELL FOR GAY FORMER GANG MEMBERS EL SALVADOR
• GAY NEW MEXI TEEN COMMS SUICI AFTER YEARS OF BULLYG
• FROM GAY CONVERSN THERAPY TO LEATHER COMPETNS: 11 MT-SEE LATO MOVI PLAYG OUTFT
• CARLOS VIGIL, US STUNT, COMMTED SUICI AFTER BEG BULLIED FOR BEG GAY
• REVIEW: ‘SOCRAT’ REVEALS THE STGGLE OF A GAY TEEN THE SLUMS OF BRAZIL

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

In the mockumentary-style show, Rodriguez plays Carlos, the gay choreographer of East High's stagg of High School Mil.

The actor is gay and Latx -- and his character Carlos is as well. For Disney, the cln of a queer character kids' entertament is a big al; the fay-foced pany only recently rporated a gay teen on Disney Channel's recently nceled Andy Mack, and the stud has yet to troduce an LGBTQ character one of s major films.

He relled watchg the gay teen character of Jt Suarez (Mark Inlito) on ABC's Ugly Betty, which was "was md-blowg, " he said. "I'm very happy that I got to portray this role bee I was drawg on so much of my actual high school experience and brgg that to the character, " he Carlos, whose sexualy is not an issue for his classmat around him, Rodriguez do not have the "dramatic story beg shoved to lockers" that one might associate wh stori about gay teens -- Glee clud. However, his fears were assuaged by Tim Ferle, the gay creator and shownner of High School Mil: The Mil: The Seri, who helped create a role that was "anic" and "te to life.

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

The origal High School Mil movi, directed by gay man Kenny Ortega (bizarrely! 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. Rodriguez stars on the Disney+ seri as stunt choreographer Carlos at Utah’s East High School who ― what was billed as a anchise first at the time of the show’s 2019 but ― is gay.

GAY TEENS ON 'HIGH SCHOOL MIL' SERI HOPE TO BE THE REPRENTATN THEY NEVER HAD

” So, hdsight, may surprise viewers that “HSM” never clud an openly gay character until now. Disney+/Fred HayThough the origal “High School Mil” featured Ryan Evans (Lus Grabeel), the tw brother of Ashley Tisdale’s Sharpay who was wily assumed to be gay, the character never formally addrsed his sexualy. He’s a teenager who, Season 1, experienc first, oh yeah, he’s gay.

Rodriguez is the first openly gay actor “High School Mil, ” and Carlos — one of 10 first-season regular characters — is the first openly gay regular the anchise. So while the show is not about gay kids, the school is portrayed as a place where a gay kid is safe and accepted.

“The arts saved my life when I was a kid, ” said Ferle, who also is openly gay.

‘HIGH SCHOOL MIL’ STAR AND HIS CHARACTER ARE BOTH GAY. IT’S NO BIG AL — EXCEPT WHEN TO REPRENTATN.

So Carlos is only the send gay regular a Disney seri; the first was Cys (Joshua Rh) “Andi Mack” — another ma--Utah unlike Cys, Carlos is out om the get-go. “For kids, wasn’t as big a al bee beg gay isn’t a big al.

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GAY LATO LOS ANGEL: COMG OF AGE

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INSI A PRISON CELL FOR GAY FORMER GANG MEMBERS EL SALVADOR

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GAY NEW MEXI TEEN COMMS SUICI AFTER YEARS OF BULLYG

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1992 — Billy Douglas (Ryan Phillippe), One Life to Live (ABC) Ryan Phillippe, One Life to Live | Network TV's first gay high schooler (played by a teenage Ryan Phillippe), me out to dispel mors that he was beg molted by the town's… Cred: ABC Network TV's first gay high schooler (played by a teenage Ryan Phillippe) me out to dispel mors that he was beg molted by the town's passnate pastor.

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FROM GAY CONVERSN THERAPY TO LEATHER COMPETNS: 11 MT-SEE LATO MOVI PLAYG OUTFT

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'' 2005 — Andrew Van Kamp (Shawn Pyom), Dperate Hoewiv (ABC) Dperate Hoewiv | The schemg — and openly homosexual — Andrew fied work stereotypg wh his bad-boy antics (nng over the neighbor's mother, scg his own mom's boyiend)… Cred: ABC The schemg—and openly homosexual—Andrew fied work stereotypg wh his bad-boy antics (nng over the neighbor's mother, scg his own mom's boyiend) to be the qutsential Dperate Hoewiv character. ''He's narcissistic, va, and then gay. 2007 — Kenny (Rami Malek), The War at Home (Fox) The War at Home | The first openly gay teen on a work fay s, neighbor Kenny me out durg the Long Island-set edy's send season, after which his Mlim… Cred: Fox The first openly gay teen on a work fay s, neighbor Kenny (Rami Malek) me out durg the Long Island-set edy's send season, after which his Mlim parents shunned him and the Gold fay took him .

CARLOS VIGIL, US STUNT, COMMTED SUICI AFTER BEG BULLIED FOR BEG GAY

"I wanted to see a gay character who wasn't victimized by his sexual orientatn, somebody I wish I had when I was g out to see that. ''It's the first posive portrayal of a gay character, pecially of a kid, whout him beg a punchg bag, or a punch le, or an annoyg sikick, '' said Chris Colfer. '' Advertisement 2009 — Griff (Brando Eaton), The Secret Life of the Amerin Teenager (ABC Fay) The Secret Life Of The Amerin Teenager | The teen-sex heavy show's first gay youngster, Griff is also one of the kids who agreed to a high school chasty pact.

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REVIEW: ‘SOCRAT’ REVEALS THE STGGLE OF A GAY TEEN THE SLUMS OF BRAZIL

The show leav subtle hts of Will's sexualy all over, pecially season 4, but Schnapp nfirmed his character is gay, tellg Variety that the seri' creators "are wrg this real character and this real journey and real stggle, and they're dog so well.

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