Disney Channel's First Gay Storyle Debuts On 'Andi Mack' | Fortune

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• 'ANDI MACK' MAK HISTORY WH FIRST DISNEY CHANNEL CHARACTER TO SAY 'I'M GAY'
• ‘ANDI MACK’ ACTOR, WHOSE CHARACTER ME OUT AS GAY, OUT AS BISEXUAL
• ‘ANDI MACK’ CHARACTER TO COME OUT AS GAY: A DISNEY CHANNEL FIRST
• 'ANDI MACK': CYS BE FIRST EVER GAY DISNEY CHANNEL CHARACTER
• ‘ANDI MACK’: TEEN CHARACTER WILL COME OUT AS GAY ON DISNEY CHANNEL’S GROUNDBREAKG SERI
• 'ANDI MACK' STAR HONORED TO PLAY DISNEY CHANNEL'S FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER
• DISNEY CHANNEL'S ANDI MACK TO FEATURE GROUNDBREAKG GAY STORY LE
• DISNEY CHANNEL TO FEATURE FIRST GAY MA CHARACTER AND COMG OUT STORY ON ‘ANDI MACK’
• A DISNEY CHANNEL FIRST: ‘ANDI MACK’ TO FEATURE A GAY STORYLE SEASON 2
• "ANDI MACK" WILL INTRODUCE DISNEY CHANNEL'S FIRST-EVER GAY MA CHARACTER AND IT'S ABOUT TIME
• DISNEY CHANNEL TO FEATURE ITS FIRST GAY MA CHARACTER ANDI MACK SEASON 2
• DISNEY CHANNEL’S FIRST EVER GAY CHARACTER ON ANDI MACK SHOW

'ANDI MACK' MAK HISTORY WH FIRST DISNEY CHANNEL CHARACTER TO SAY 'I'M GAY'

"I'm gay. His performance as Cys also marks the first portrayal of an openly gay character on Disney Channel.

" "Beg Jewish, beg 14, gog to middle school, havg this small, close-kn group of iends, and beg gay are all jt parts of his personaly, " he reactn to his character g out?

Cys fds 's the right time for him to e out to his bt guy iend, Jonah, played by actor Asher out the piece of Disney Channel history for yourself:Cys prevly me out to his iends Andi and Buffy two separate past episos of the show, but has never actually said the words, "I'm gay" until 's one of those scen:"Cys has tght me a lot about beg fortable wh myself no matter what others thk, " Rh told "GMA.

‘ANDI MACK’ ACTOR, WHOSE CHARACTER ME OUT AS GAY, OUT AS BISEXUAL

While grabbg burgers one afternoon, he asked me to pass the ketchup, so I hand him the bottle while mumblg the words, 'I’m gay., '" Hurwz wrote. A 17-year-old -star of the jt end, ma--Utah seri “Andi Mack” has e out as bisexual — almost two years after the character he played me out as gay.

“I suffered wh some level of my own ternalized homophobia even while playg the first openly gay character on Disney Channel, ” he Season 2 of “Andi Mack, ” Rh’s character, Cys, had a csh on another boy and me out to his iends. In a first for Disney Channel, a key character on s popular tween seri Andi Mack will realize he’s gay and e out to his story arc will mark the channel’s first pictn of a g-out journey.

‘ANDI MACK’ CHARACTER TO COME OUT AS GAY: A DISNEY CHANNEL FIRST

The Disney Channel officially has s first-ever openly gay character. Durg a recent episo of Andi Mack, Cys Goodman (played by Joshua Rh) ma history by utterg the words "I'm gay" to a iend.

'ANDI MACK': CYS BE FIRST EVER GAY DISNEY CHANNEL CHARACTER

""And I'm gay, " he add, played by Asher Angel, simply sed and said, "Yeah?

"While grabbg burgers one afternoon, he asked me to pass the ketchup, so I hand him the bottle while mumblg the words, 'I'm gay. "Beg Jewish, beg 14, gog to middle school, havg this small, close-kn group of iends, and beg gay are all jt parts of his personaly.

As the show returns for a sophomore season, ’s revealed that Andi (Peyton Elizabeth Lee) isn’t the only character wh a csh on one of the boys at school, Jonah Beck (Asher Angel). This leads to Cys gog on a journey to fe himself as a gay dividual this season, spe the fact he has a girliend Iris (Molly Jackson).

‘ANDI MACK’: TEEN CHARACTER WILL COME OUT AS GAY ON DISNEY CHANNEL’S GROUNDBREAKG SERI

This is a first for Disney Channel to pict character’s journey to self-disvery as a gay dividual. ” Disney Channel had prevly tted the waters for LGBTQ-adjacent storytellg by cludg gay parents on both the live-actn edy “Good Luck Charlie” and animated seri “Doc McStuffs. Read More‘Will & Grace’: Beyond Its Gay Characters, Revival Will Tackle Transgenr And Other LGBTQ Issu.

'ANDI MACK' STAR HONORED TO PLAY DISNEY CHANNEL'S FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER

The Disney Channel’s “ Andi Mack” ma history last fall when revealed one of s prcipal characters to be gay ― a first for the fay-iendly work. In subsequent episos, Cys to embrace his inty as a young gay the character’s storyle was troduced October, quickly ma untls headl and stirred s share of ntroversy. For his part, Rh said he expected that playg a gay character would be sctized.

DISNEY CHANNEL'S ANDI MACK TO FEATURE GROUNDBREAKG GAY STORY LE

The popular TV work has already prented same-sex relatnships other shows (like Doc McStuffs), but this marks the very first time will pict a character's entire journey to self-acceptance after realizg they're gay.

Disney’s first gay kiss aired earlier this year on Disney XD’s animated seri Star vs. While there have been gay characters on the work before — Good Luck Chuck a briefly featured a lbian uple — this is the first time a g-out story will be told.

DISNEY CHANNEL TO FEATURE FIRST GAY MA CHARACTER AND COMG OUT STORY ON ‘ANDI MACK’

The average viewer is 10 years move to nfirm Cys as gay (somethg the show hted at durg the first season) is bound to e some ntroversy among select viewers, but was quickly praised by LGBTQ groups. @ambersmack, praisg the show “Andi Mack” for beg the first-ever Disney Channel seri to feature an openly gay character.

A DISNEY CHANNEL FIRST: ‘ANDI MACK’ TO FEATURE A GAY STORYLE SEASON 2

Though character Cys Goodman, played by Joshua Rh, me out an episo last year, he’d never explicly said the words “I’m gay” until Friday’s episo.

"ANDI MACK" WILL INTRODUCE DISNEY CHANNEL'S FIRST-EVER GAY MA CHARACTER AND IT'S ABOUT TIME

cheryl blossom said she’s a lbian on last night’s episo of riverdale and cys goodman said he’s gay on the /disney channel/ show andi mack, let’s keep this trend gog!! They had a ma character actually say the words “I’m gay” on the show. the words gay beg uttered on disney channel means so much to me growg up an environment that veiwed the word as taboo or an sult.

A simple " im gay" do so much much for the young dience.

This season, Disney Channel will make history by troducg s first-ever gay ma character when season two returns on the season premiere, Andi fds herself awkwardly sortg out her feelgs for Jonah Beck — at the same time as her bt iend Cys do! This realizatn begs Cys' journey to self-disvery and ultimately, wh unwaverg love and support om his iends, his self-acceptance as a gay dividual.

DISNEY CHANNEL TO FEATURE ITS FIRST GAY MA CHARACTER ANDI MACK SEASON 2

Already nsired groundbreakg for s handlg of unnventnal pregnanci — the show’s tular character (played by Peyton Elizabeth Lee) learns that her “olr sister” is actually her mother — the g-of-age dramedy will soon troduce the work’s first gay character.

DISNEY CHANNEL’S FIRST EVER GAY CHARACTER ON ANDI MACK SHOW

Though this is the first time Disney Channel has shown a character’s journey to self-disvery as a gay person, ’s not the first time an LGBT character has been featured on one of s origal seri. "Andi Mack" was the first seri on Disney Channel to feature a gay ma characterValkyrie, played by Tsa Thompson, appears two "Thor" films and two "Avengers" filmsWhen asked if Loki romanced would-be prcs or another prce, the god of mischief rpond wh, "A b of both"Is "Strange World" the first Disney movie that featur a gay character? " It's the first Disney movie wh an out, gay November at the Los Angel premiere of "Strange World, " star Jake Gyllenhaal said Disney's animated fay adventure normaliz a "queer kid" character as part of s storyle about young people fdg their own inty.

'Florida teacher vtigated by state agency for showg this Disney movie classCrics' take on "Strange World":List: 'Strange World' reviews about Disney's first out gay, character, biracial queer teenDisney vs.

The ma character, Ethan Cla, is gay.