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"High School Mil: The Mil: The Seri" on Disney+ troduced a gay love story volvg characters Carlos and Seb s Dec. 6 episo.

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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.

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.

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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. While most televisn was slow to diversify and bee an clive space for characters of all sexuali, the realm of gay teen shows seems to have been embraced by televisn favor.

In the first season, Bobby realiz he's gay after he gets a csh on one of his bt iends. Like most gay teen shows, HSMTMTS is full of adorable upl, but one of the bt is Seb and Carlos.

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One of those ghostly spirs happens to be Alex, the band's dmmer, who is gay.

While Alex had a hard time beg gay when he was alive 1995, he hs off wh Willie, another ghostly spir. The gay teen show matched up well wh the movie that me before. Through Kat's experienc, the show manag to shed light on bisexualy and the biphobia that occurs both straight muni and the LGBTQ+ muny, an always tertg topic for gay teen shows.

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

One of those gay teen shows is the Swedish drama seri Young Royals.

THE LATT “HIGH SCHOOL MIL” EPISO FEATUR A TOUCHG GAY LOVE BALLAD

In the origal High School Mil movi, we never actually saw any kd of LGBTQ relatnship — and only last year did Kenny Ortega nfirm that Lus Grabeel's character was gay and would have "e out llege. 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.

High School Mil: The Mil: The Seri is makg TV history and 's all thanks to one of the show's most inic of High School Mil: The Mil: The Seri will already know that the popular seri stars one of Disney's first gay upl. A song that’s beg nsired the first gay love ballad that Disney has ever aired has bee the talk of the ter. Related: Rsia suggts that Disney is nyg “fay valu” over Pixar film wh gay character.

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Disney streamg seri High School Mil: The Mil: The Seri has marked a major tone for the pany after butg a gay love ballad.

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Carlos beme the first openly gay character the High School Mil anchise when he was troduced the show’s first season.

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"The vio was to reprent the young woman today -- 's not the tradnal woman anymore -- and not the specifics of 'Am I gay? Rodriguez plays gay high school stunt, choreographer, assistant director, and actor Carlos Disney+'s High School Mil: The Mil: The Seri.

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Andi Mack's Joshua Rh played the first-ever Disney Channel character to say "I'm gay" on the work.

"I suffered wh some level of my own ternalized homophobia even while playg the first openly gay character on Disney Channel.

Garrett Clayton has appeared the DCOM Teen Beach Movie and the Disney show Shake It Up, before starrg the gay porn te crime movie Kg Cobra. School is back ssn, and gay love is the air. For Rodriguez & Serafi, landg the rol of the most proment gay uple on Disney+ reprents jt another step two already trigug reers.

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We snagged time wh Rodriguez & Serafi to chat about the show, the prsur of playg a gay uple for Disney and what to expect om the new season. That might be the first gay relatnship the history of Disney+.

Related: Tim Ferle on revisg gay high school ‘High School Mil: The Mil – The Seri’. Rodrgiuez as Carlos [right] High School Mil: The Mil: The Seri)Wh two seasons already unr s belt, the seri (helmed by gay shownner Tim Ferle) is sgle-handly rponsible for brgg one of TV's more well-wrten and thentic young queer upl, Seb and Carlos (affectnately known as Seblos to their stans), to dienc all over.

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'High School Mil' airs gay love ballad first for Disney .

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