Frankie Rodriguez & Joe Serafi on gayg Disney 'High School Mil: The Mil: The Seri' - Queerty

Contents:

• 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

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

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.

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

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. 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

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

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

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

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DISNEY’S HIGH SCHOOL MIL FALLY TRODUC FIRST GAY ROMANCE

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