Joshua Rh Opens Up About Playg Disney Channel’s First Openly Gay Character | Billboard – Billboard

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• JEWISH ACTOR JOSHUA RH PLAYS DISNEY CHANNEL’S FIRST GAY, JEWISH TEEN
• JOSHUA RH ON PLAYG DISNEY CHANNEL’S FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER: ‘I FEEL THE PRSURE’

JEWISH ACTOR JOSHUA RH PLAYS DISNEY CHANNEL’S FIRST GAY, JEWISH TEEN

Joshua Rh portrayed Disney Channel’s first gay teen character on “Andi Mack” and now he is sharg about his own sexualy.

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

JOSHUA RH ON PLAYG DISNEY CHANNEL’S FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER: ‘I FEEL THE PRSURE’

To kick off Pri Month, we revis our terview wh Joshua Rh, the first actor to play a gay character on Disney, om Missn‘s LGBTQ issue. Playg the first gay character a Disney Channel seri, he lifted and served as reprentatn for a muny he is a part of, g out as bi last year. Playg Cys Goodman for two years, he was the first openly gay teen character for the work.

The kid-iendly Disney Channel seri “Andi Mack” ma history last October, when the character Cys Goodman revealed that he’s gay. As a Jew, he’s proud to portray that part of Cys, and feels “empowered” to reprent the gay aspect of the character. Joshua Rh on Playg Disney Channel’s First Openly Gay Character: ‘I Feel the Prsure’.

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