‘Fay’ Group Blasts 'Andi Mack' For Featurg A Gay Tween Character | HuffPost Voic

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• ‘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.

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

“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. 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". 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.

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

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

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. And I’m gay. 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).

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

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

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

"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. A key character om popular Disney Channel seri Andi Mack will e out as gay a future storyle markg a first for the 13-year-old character Cys Goodman - played by Joshua Rh - will make the announcement season two premiere that will be broadst this Friday (27 October) seri, which stars Peyton Elizabeth Lee as the tular character, began earlier this year followg Andi through her realisatn that the girl she thought was her olr sister is, fact, her mother.

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

This season, Disney Channel will make history by troducg s first-ever gay ma character when season two returns on the season premiere, Andi fds herself awkwardly sortg out her feelgs for Jonah Beck — at the same time as her bt iend Cys do!

This realizatn begs Cys' journey to self-disvery and ultimately, wh unwaverg love and support om his iends, his self-acceptance as a gay dividual.

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

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