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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. 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. 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.

” 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.

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Brianna Hilbrand is the lead, and she is gay real life.

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While havg an openly gay uple was already a tone for Disney, the pair would soon be makg even more history. “Not only are we playg queer characters, but we're also on a Disney show that has an openly gay shownner advotg to make sure that our stori are told and done an appropriate, accurate way.

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