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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
• THE HIGH SCHOOL MIL FRANCHISE JT GOT ITS FIRST-EVER GAY COUPLE
• GAY TEENS ON 'HIGH SCHOOL MIL' SERI HOPE TO BE THE REPRENTATN THEY NEVER HAD
• ‘HIGH SCHOOL MIL’ AIRS GAY LOVE BALLAD FIRST FOR DISNEY
• FRANKIE RODRIGUEZ & JOE SERAFI ON GAYG DISNEY ‘HIGH SCHOOL MIL: THE MIL: THE SERI’
• DISNEY’S FIRST GAY LOVE BALLAD BUTS ON ‘HIGH SCHOOL MIL’ SERI
• DISNEY’S HIGH SCHOOL MIL FALLY TRODUC FIRST GAY ROMANCE

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.

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. High School Mil has troduced s very first outwardly gay uple and storyle, a major step for the hugely popular Disney anchise that began origal Kenny Ortega-directed High School Mil film did clu some characters that many viewers believed to be queer, like teenage show choir star Ryan Evans or piano-player and poser Kelsi Neilsen.

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

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.

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

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. While most televisn was slow to diversify and bee an clive space for characters of all sexuali, the realm of gay teen shows seems to have been embraced by televisn favor. In the first season, Bobby realiz he's gay after he gets a csh on one of his bt iends.

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

Like most gay teen shows, HSMTMTS is full of adorable upl, but one of the bt is Seb and Carlos. One of those ghostly spirs happens to be Alex, the band's dmmer, who is gay.

While Alex had a hard time beg gay when he was alive 1995, he hs off wh Willie, another ghostly spir. The gay teen show matched up well wh the movie that me before. Through Kat's experienc, the show manag to shed light on bisexualy and the biphobia that occurs both straight muni and the LGBTQ+ muny, an always tertg topic for gay teen shows.

‘HIGH SCHOOL MIL’ AIRS GAY LOVE BALLAD FIRST FOR DISNEY

Brianna Hilbrand is the lead, and she is gay real life.

One of those gay teen shows is the Swedish drama seri Young Royals. Disney streamg seri High School Mil: The Mil: The Seri has marked a major tone for the pany after butg a gay love ballad. Carlos beme the first openly gay character the High School Mil anchise when he was troduced the show’s first season.

FRANKIE RODRIGUEZ & JOE SERAFI ON GAYG DISNEY ‘HIGH SCHOOL MIL: THE MIL: THE SERI’

Stunts rally around cheer ach allegedly fired for beg gay. While havg an openly gay uple was already a tone for Disney, the pair would soon be makg even more history. “Not only are we playg queer characters, but we're also on a Disney show that has an openly gay shownner advotg to make sure that our stori are told and done an appropriate, accurate way.

School is back ssn, and gay love is the air.

For Rodriguez & Serafi, landg the rol of the most proment gay uple on Disney+ reprents jt another step two already trigug reers.

DISNEY’S FIRST GAY LOVE BALLAD BUTS ON ‘HIGH SCHOOL MIL’ SERI

We snagged time wh Rodriguez & Serafi to chat about the show, the prsur of playg a gay uple for Disney and what to expect om the new season. That might be the first gay relatnship the history of Disney+. Related: Tim Ferle on revisg gay high school ‘High School Mil: The Mil – The Seri’.

It’s jarrg to look back on the High School Mil anchise and realize that three movi about amb theater stunts puttg on shows, there were absolutely zero nonilly gay characters.

And yet, that’s where we land, spe psdo-villa Ryan Evans beg read as queer by basilly anyone wh High School Mil: The Mil: The Seri, a Disney+ seri followg a (fictnal) high school as they try to put on High School Mil as a stage productn, is fally givg the gay theater ntent we so obvly served om the very first HSM. Rodriguez plays Carlos, the anchise’s very first out gay character and choreographer of High School Mil wh the seri.

DISNEY’S HIGH SCHOOL MIL FALLY TRODUC FIRST GAY ROMANCE

It’s not about Carlos stgglg wh beg gay, ’s about him navigatg through alg wh your first csh, your first date, your first relatnship. ”Of urse, as meangful as this storyle is both for young teens and for queer lennials who grew up watchg High School Mil, there’s the expected outcry om nservativ who say that Disney is phg a queer agenda by allowg gay people to exist a show about… no matter how much they hate , happened!

In the first season, we learn that ma character Carlos (Frankie Rodriguez) is gay and he later begs datg Seb (Joe Serafi). Is Ashlyn gay High School Mil: The Mil: The Seri? While the origal High School Mil film seri featured a character most viewers jt assumed was gay (Lus Grabeel’s Ryan Evans), this new show marks an out and proud LGBTQ character the form of Carlos (Frankie Rodriguez).