Is andi mack a gay show
'Andi Mack' stars weigh in on the show's historic coming out episode
— -- Last month, "Andi Mack" became the first series on The Disney Channel to depict a ethics coming out as lgbtq+, when Joshua Rush's nature, Cyrus, told his companion Buffy, played by Sofia Wylie, that he had feelings for a male classmate.
Buffy, a representative for Disney said last month, "makes for positive role models for kid and adult viewers."
In a modern interview, Rush said that he hopes that the moment helps give viewers a sense of self-confidence.
"I hope people, out of Cyrus' storyline, got this feeling like, you can be who you are," he said. "If there's something you're thinking about, you should talk about it."
The episode, the first of season 2, was screened in advance for organizations such as Familiar Sense Media, GLAAD and PFLAG, and according to Disney, had ratings that surged over the series launch this past April. Actress Lauren Tom, who plays Andi Mack's grandmother in the series, hopes that it helps produce opportunities for families to have open conversations with each other.
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Andi Mack Will Feature Disney Channel's First LGBTQ Storyline Ever: Why That Matters
There's an old Junot Diaz quote that comes to mind whenever I think about what it means for a minority underrepresented in media to finally have their story deemed worthy of gracing your TV screens.
"You perceive how vampires have no reflections in the mirror?" the Pulitzer Prize-winning storyteller asked an audience at the Bergen Community College in Paramus, NJ in 2009. "If you want to make a human existence a monster, deny them, at the cultural level, any reflection of themselves.
"And growing up, I felt like a monster in some ways. I didn't see myself reflected at all. I was enjoy, 'Yo, is something incorrect with me?' That the whole society seems to think that people love me don't exist? And part of what inspired me was this thick desire, that before I died, I would construct a couple of mirrors. That I would produce some mirrors, so that kids like me might see themselves reflected support and might not perceive so monstrous for it."
Of course, Diaz, an immigrant to the United States from the Dominican Republic, is speaking about his own cu
Disney’s first gay storyline – Andi Mack
October 27 marked a landmark for Disney Channel after its comedy-drama series, Andi Mack featured the channel’s first ever gay storyline. The regular character, Cyrus (Joshua Rush) came out to a friend in its second season premiere, a storyline that is promised to continue as the character comes to terms with his identity. The channel has explored Queer representation in the past – most notably the guest appearance of a lesbian couple in the sitcom, Good Luck Charlie – but this marks the first time a show has featured a regular who identifies within the gay community. Naturally, this news has already attracted backlash from conservative groups such as One Million Moms who blasted Disney for “choosing to abandon family-friendly entertainment” with the introduction of the storyline. Kenya has even banned the show as a result of it. But is representation overdue in children’s entertainment?
Undeniably, the media content in children’s lives influence and shape their worldview. Therefore, the messages and ideologies expressed in television and movie are extremely important in providing a place for LGBTQ+ youth
'Andi Mack' makes history with first Disney Channel personality to say 'I'm gay'
"I'm gay."
Joshua Rush, who plays the role of Cyrus in the hit Disney Channel series, "Andi Mack," just became the first Disney Channel character to ever say those two words. His performance as Cyrus also marks the first portrayal of an openly gay character on Disney Channel.
“Taking on the role of Cyrus has been one of the most fun things I've ever done in my life," Rush told "GMA." "Being Jewish, being 14, going to middle educational facility, having this small, close-knit group of friends, and being gay are all just parts of his personality," he affirmed.
The reaction to his character coming out?
"Overwhelmingly positive," he said, adding that "over the last few days I've really gotten to view the myriad of ways that both this recent coming-out scene for Cyrus, and this Jewish inclusion of his family, has affected the fans."
In the moving scene that aired last week, Cyrus is joined by his friends at his grandmother's shiva, the first week of mourning observed by those of the Jewish faith for someone who has passe
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