This Is Disney Channel's First Gay Teen Couple

Contents:

• ‘ANDI MACK’ ACTOR, WHOSE CHARACTER ME OUT AS GAY, OUT AS BISEXUAL
• ‘FAY’ GROUP BLASTS 'ANDI MACK' FOR FEATURG A GAY TWEEN CHARACTER
• ‘ANDI MACK’ REVIEW: GAY STORYLE GO STRAIGHT FOR THE HEART A SWEET AND EMOTNAL SEASON 2 PREMIERE
• ‘ANDI MACK’ CHARACTER TO COME OUT AS GAY: A DISNEY CHANNEL FIRST
• ANDI MACK'S ASHER ANGEL TALKS SERI' CRILLY ACCLAIMED GAY STORYLE SEASON 2 PREMIERE
• ‘ANDI MACK’: TEEN CHARACTER WILL COME OUT AS GAY ON DISNEY CHANNEL’S GROUNDBREAKG SERI
• 'ANDI MACK' MAK HISTORY WH FIRST DISNEY CHANNEL CHARACTER TO SAY 'I'M GAY'
• DISNEY CHANNEL SERI ANDI MACK TO FEATURE WORK'S FIRST EVER GAY CHARACTER
• "ANDI MACK" WILL INTRODUCE DISNEY CHANNEL'S FIRST-EVER GAY MA CHARACTER AND IT'S ABOUT TIME

‘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.

“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.

‘FAY’ GROUP BLASTS 'ANDI MACK' FOR FEATURG A GAY TWEEN CHARACTER

As Cys is listg var foods, a moment of bravery, he slips that he's gay. LGBTQ rights advot are praisg the Disney Channel’s announcement that one of the prcipal characters on s g-of-age seri, “Andi Mack, ” would be revealed as gay the show’s send season. As the season progrs, the character will reportedly e to embrace himself as a gay tween.

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.

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

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. 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.

""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".

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

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. It's an ia that crossed my md several tim growg up as a nfed gay kid the suburbs outsi of Los Angel.

As the season progrs, viewers will watch Cys on his journey that will ultimately rult self-acceptance as a gay dividual.

While the work has featured gay characters before, a sgle episo of both Good Luck, Charlie and the animated Doc McStuffs, this marks the first time Disney Channel has troduced s viewers to a ma character who is embarkg on such a journey of self-disvery.

ANDI MACK'S ASHER ANGEL TALKS SERI' CRILLY ACCLAIMED GAY STORYLE SEASON 2 PREMIERE

Cys Goodman (Joshua Rh) is the first openly gay ma character a Disney Channel seri (y, another first!

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

In both stanc, Cys spoke about havg a csh on their iend Jonah Beck (Asher Angel), but he didn’t actually e the word “gay.

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

And I’m gay.

DISNEY CHANNEL SERI ANDI MACK TO FEATURE WORK'S FIRST EVER GAY CHARACTER

That’s the first time a character on a Disney Channel ever said the words “I’m gay. Thk of how many Jewish gay teens watched that and felt seen.

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 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.

"ANDI MACK" WILL INTRODUCE DISNEY CHANNEL'S FIRST-EVER GAY MA CHARACTER AND IT'S ABOUT TIME

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"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.