Disney Channel airs first character to ever say 'I'm gay'

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The Disney Channel had its first openly character say the words “I’m gay” during a recent episode of of the hit show “Andi Mack.”

Joshua Rush plays the character of Cyrus, the first openly gay character on the network. Cyrus told two of his friends, Buffy and Andi, about his sexuality in a previous episode but said the words for the first time during Friday’s episode.

The scene takes place during Cyrus’s grandmother’s shiva, the ritual Jewish mourning period following someone’s death.

Cyrus was showing his best guy friend, Jonah, the traditional food available at the buffet table.

“That, of course, is Aunt Ruthie’s kugel,” Cyrus said. “That’s your classic bagel and lox. That’s gefilte fish, skip that.”

“And I’m gay,” the character addded quickly.




I didn’t realize how progressive little kids were nowadays until my daughter (10) started telling me it’s ok for girls to like girls when we were watching a Netflix game show that had a lesbian couple. I was a little taken aback but later on she mentioned something about transgenders which really blew my mind. I’ll love her regardless (although I’d prefer to have grandkids) but just didn’t realize 10 year olds were exposed to that.