Disney’s ma--Utah seri, ‘Andi Mack,’ adds a gay storyle

Contents:

• ‘ANDI MACK’ SEASON 2 PREMIERE TOPS PREV LNCH’S VIEWERS AS GAY CHARACTER DEBUTS
• ‘ANDI MACK’ ACTOR, WHOSE CHARACTER ME OUT AS GAY, OUT AS BISEXUAL
• 'ANDI MACK' MAK HISTORY WH FIRST DISNEY CHANNEL CHARACTER TO SAY 'I'M GAY'
• A FIRST FOR THE DISNEY CHANNEL, CHARACTER OUT AS GAY ON ‘ANDI MACK’
• DISNEY’S MA--UTAH SERI, ‘ANDI MACK,’ ADDS A GAY STORYLE
• ‘ANDI MACK’ CHARACTER TO COME OUT AS GAY: A DISNEY CHANNEL FIRST
• "ANDI MACK" WILL INTRODUCE DISNEY CHANNEL'S FIRST-EVER GAY MA CHARACTER AND IT'S ABOUT TIME
• 'ANDI MACK' MAK HISTORY WH FIRST DISNEY CHANNEL CHARACTER TO SAY 'I'M GAY'

‘ANDI MACK’ SEASON 2 PREMIERE TOPS PREV LNCH’S VIEWERS AS GAY CHARACTER DEBUTS

As Cys is listg var foods, a moment of bravery, he slips that he's gay. 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. "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?

‘ANDI MACK’ ACTOR, WHOSE CHARACTER ME OUT AS GAY, OUT AS BISEXUAL

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.

“I’m gay, ” Cys tells Jonah Beck, played by Asher Angel. This is the first time a character has spoken the words “I’m gay” on the Disney Channel.

On the Disney urty of Disney Channel/Craig Sjodi) “Andi Mack” stars Sofia Wylie as Buffy, Joshua Rh as Cys, Peyton Elizabeth Lee as Andi and Asher Angel as Disney Channel seri “Andi Mack, ” which is produced on lotn Utah, will feature a storyle about one of s regular characters realizg he is gay Season show has always phed Disney Channel boundari, to some extent. It’s the first time a Disney Channel seri has featured a regular character who is gay, and the first time there’s been a story arc about a gay character.

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

(There have been dividual episos of other Disney Channel seri that featured gay characters, played by gut stars. It’s the first seri on Disney Channel where one of s ma characters is gay.

A FIRST FOR THE DISNEY CHANNEL, CHARACTER OUT AS GAY ON ‘ANDI MACK’

However, is ultimately ‘Hero and Chuck’ star Joshua Rh who plays Cys Goodman – a character that has earned the show much cril acclaim for s mature handlg of homosexualy and g out as a queer person. When Terry Msky was velopg the characters for ‘Andi Mack’, he had stated the followg an terview about the characters of Joshua Rh, Cys Goodman: “The fact that my dghter, most of her close iends are kids who knew at the age of 12, 13, junr high, that they were gay. Not that there aren’t characters on TV who are homosexual, but for Disney, this seri was the first enavor by the channel at addrsg homosexualy to benef viewers aged between 6 to 18 to be able to e to terms wh their preferenc.

The channel is of the opn that this is the age where children are most nfed, and a seri like this where one of the ma characters was gay would help them intify wh their orientatn and give them the nfince to accept themselv wholly. ‘Andi Mack’ is the first Disney Channel seri which has one of the ma characters as a homosexual middle school boy g to terms wh his sexualy. That is where the sophomore ends.

DISNEY’S MA--UTAH SERI, ‘ANDI MACK,’ ADDS A GAY STORYLE

We were s first serialized show, s first seri centered around an Asian Amerin fay, and s first to feature an LGBTQ character who spoke the words ‘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 iends.

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.

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

‘Andi Mack’ Review: Gay Storyle Go Straight for the Heart a Sweet and Emotnal Season 2 PremiereHere’s where the Disney Channel show tak a left turn.

He never explicly the word “gay” or any other labels.

Related stori'Frh Off the Boat' to 'One Day at a Time' Are the Fay-Friendly Shows Leadg the Charge for Youth Comg-Out Stori'Andi Mack' Explor Character's Herage for the First Time Wh Che New Year Episo'Andi Mack' Review: Gay Storyle Go Straight for the Heart a Sweet and Emotnal Season 2 Premiere.

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

Cys Goodman (Joshua Rh) is the first openly gay ma character a Disney Channel seri (y, another first! But both those stanc, he spoke about havg a csh on their iend Jonah Beck (Asher Angel); 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.

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

Executive director of Kenya’s Natnal Gay & Lbian Human Rights Commissn Njeri Gate told Variety a statement regardg Mutua's cisn, "His nsistent efforts to erase the narrativ of queer people are sanctned by the ernment, bee the Kenyan ernment’s posn has remaed that queerns is a non-issue spe the ntued harassment, discrimatn and vlence towards LGBTIQ dividuals livg Kenya. ” Cys’ story arc will revolve around his realizatn that he may be gay as he velops a csh on fellow character Jonah Beck. Cys fally me out to Jonah sayg he's gay, to which Jonah is very supportive towards him.