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• THANKS TO WHNEY HOTON, ‘HIGH SCHOOL MIL’ HAS S FIRST GAY ROMANCE
• GAY TEENS ON 'HIGH SCHOOL MIL' SERI FALLY GET A LOVE SONG OF THEIR OWN
• GAY TEENS ON 'HIGH SCHOOL MIL' SERI HOPE TO BE THE REPRENTATN THEY NEVER HAD
• THE HIGH SCHOOL MIL FRANCHISE JT GOT ITS FIRST-EVER GAY COUPLE

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

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. ”“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.

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.

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.

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

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. JoJo Siwa talks jog HSMTMTS as queer character: 'This was such a special role' "I've never played a gay character — bis myself, and I'm not a character, I'm jt myself, but that's how looks to the world. HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL: THE MUSICAL: THE SERIES - "Camp Prom" (Disney/Anne Marie Fox) JoJo Siwa talks jog 'HSMTMTS' as queer character: 'This was such a special role' | Cred: Anne Marie Fox/Disney "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 says.

" She remembers how she would joke around wh her olr brother when she was younger, askg if he was gay, bee ep down she wonred if that would make okay for her to be too.

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

"I would always like tell him that I wanted him to be gay, and my mom says that I'm really like, pre-wired, that that was me beg like, 'No, I'm a ltle gay, ' and my head, I was like, 'If he is, then I uld be, '" she says. They didn't start datg until sophomore year of high school.

They didn't start datg until their sophomore year of high school. Ga Porter Ga PorterReady to make her markRole High School Mil: Taylor McKsie/unrstudy for Gabriella MontezRole Bety and the Beast: Babette and -choreographerRole Frozen: AnnaA sophomore who transfers to East High at the begng of the seri, Ga's a textbook triple threat - pecially when to dance.

's unassumg but excable sophomore , who's also an aspirg songwrer. Camp Gay: He's tablished as gay om the outset (when he not that Big Man on Camp E.