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• GAY TEENS ON 'HIGH SCHOOL MIL' SERI FALLY GET A LOVE SONG OF THEIR OWN
• THANKS TO WHNEY HOTON, ‘HIGH SCHOOL MIL’ HAS S FIRST GAY ROMANCE
• GAY TEENS ON 'HIGH SCHOOL MIL' SERI HOPE TO BE THE REPRENTATN THEY NEVER HAD
• JOJO SIWA SAYS 'HSMTMTS' QUEER ROLE WAS 'REALLY SPECIAL:' 'NEVER PLAYED A GAY CHARACTER'
• DISNEY'S 'HIGH SCHOOL MIL' FRANCHISE FALLY HAS A GAY TEEN CHARACTER
• TIM FERLE ON REVISG GAY HIGH SCHOOL ‘HIGH SCHOOL MIL: THE MIL – THE SERI’
• DISNEY+ STAR FRANKIE RODRIGUEZ LOV PLAYG A GAY CHARACTER ON TV, HOP TO SPIRE OTHERS
• THE ‘HIGH SCHOOL MIL’ SERI HAD A GAY LOVE SONG
• 'HSM' DIRECTOR CONFIRMS POPULAR CHARACTER IS INED GAY - INSI THE MAGIC
• ‘HIGH SCHOOL MIL’ DIRECTOR REVEALS RYAN IS GAY, BUT WHY NOW?
• THE HIGH SCHOOL MIL FRANCHISE JT GOT ITS FIRST-EVER GAY COUPLE

GAY TEENS ON 'HIGH SCHOOL MIL' SERI FALLY GET A LOVE SONG OF THEIR OWN

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. 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.

THANKS TO WHNEY HOTON, ‘HIGH SCHOOL MIL’ HAS S FIRST GAY ROMANCE

”“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.

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.

GAY TEENS ON 'HIGH SCHOOL MIL' SERI HOPE TO BE THE REPRENTATN THEY NEVER HAD

On season 3 of High School Mil: The Mil: The Seri, JoJo Siwa plays Madison — a gay teen. Siwa, 19, spoke of her character, Madison, who is gay.

"I've never played a gay character — bis myself, and I'm not a character, I'm jt myself, but that's that's how looks to the world, " Siwa told Entertament Weekly. "But like, I don't know, bisexual, pansexual, queer, lbian, gay, straight.

JOJO SIWA SAYS 'HSMTMTS' QUEER ROLE WAS 'REALLY SPECIAL:' 'NEVER PLAYED A GAY CHARACTER'

I always jt say gay bee jt kd of vers or queer bee I thk the keyword is ol, " she said. The crop of buddg thpians Disney’s “High School Mil” is fally welg an openly gay teen to the mix. Like his character, Rodriguez is gay and Latx, and se his stg the new seri as a reflectn of his own adolcent experience many ways.

DISNEY'S 'HIGH SCHOOL MIL' FRANCHISE FALLY HAS A GAY TEEN CHARACTER

In 2017, one of the characters on the g-of-age seri “Andi Mack, ” Cys Goodman, was revealed to be gay that show’s send season.

The show is noteworthy for cludg an out gay teenager, who even fds romance at his high school. Queerty snagged a few mut wh Ferle to talk about the show, his reer, tegratg gay characters a Disney seri, and his future plans.

The show is also notable for cludg Carlos (played by Frankie Rodriguez) as an out-gay high school stunt. Had you always wanted to clu a gay character?

TIM FERLE ON REVISG GAY HIGH SCHOOL ‘HIGH SCHOOL MIL: THE MIL – THE SERI’

I grew up a theater kid, I’m gay, and I don’t thk you n do a show about the performg arts whout cludg an element of LGBTQ life.

Carlos, as a character, is groundbreakg, that he’s an out-gay kid on a Disney show who is allowed to date. Rodriguez, who is himself an out gay man, I wanted to lean to the thenticy and energy that Frankie brgs to the role and to his everyday life.

Those stori are important to see—but if we want to change the nversatn around gay inty, we also need to see characters who jt are gay, already, and don’t have a problem wh .

DISNEY+ STAR FRANKIE RODRIGUEZ LOV PLAYG A GAY CHARACTER ON TV, HOP TO SPIRE OTHERS

LGBTQ PriThe "High School Mil: The Mil: The Seri" star lov embracg his LGBTQ inty to play a gay character on Schmid Like most young Latx LGBTQ+ people, Frankie Rodriguez, who stars the Disney+ origal seri "High School Mil: The Mil: The Seri, " didn't have many role mols to look up to, pecially on televisn.

THE ‘HIGH SCHOOL MIL’ SERI HAD A GAY LOVE SONG

"'Ugly Betty' was fely one of the first on to make me pse my tracks -- like I uld be on TV, " Rodriguez told On The Red Carpet's Karl the "High School Mil" spoff seri, Rodriguez plays Carlos -- a high school stunt who is also openly gay.

"Growg up gay high school was a very specific experience and if you didn't go through , how are you supposed to draw om that? When High School Mil: The Mil: The Seri first buted 2019, we troduced you to the show’s gay character Carlos.

'HSM' DIRECTOR CONFIRMS POPULAR CHARACTER IS INED GAY - INSI THE MAGIC

Rodriguez, Carlos is an openly gay teenager and “Broadway nerd” who’s taken on the role of choreographer for his school’s mil. That clus the show’s gay rep.

‘HIGH SCHOOL MIL’ DIRECTOR REVEALS RYAN IS GAY, BUT WHY NOW?

Not only is he openly gay himself, but he and Joe Serafi started datg after meetg on the show two years ago.

THE HIGH SCHOOL MIL FRANCHISE JT GOT ITS FIRST-EVER GAY COUPLE

This new wave seems to have started when a character om the Disney Channel show Andi Mack me out as gay. For years, who grew up watchg bated whether the of Ryan Evans, played by Lus Grabeel, may actually be gay.

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What do you thk about Ryan beg nfirmed to be gay ? Related: Disney’s new “High School Mil” seri will feature a flamboyantly gay character.