‘High School Musical’ Disney Series Confirms Gay Character — Shares Kiss
The Disney+ series “High School Musical: The Series” confirmed that one of the show’s cast members, who was also in the original movie , is gay. During a sneak peek of the fourth and final season of the show, Ryan…
The Disney+ series “High School Musical: The Series” confirmed that one of the show’s cast members, who was also in the original movie, is gay.
During a sneak peek of the fourth and final season of the show, Ryan Evans, who is played by actor Lucas Grabeel, kisses Pentatonix’s singer Scott Hoying following a musical performance with a few of the cast members at their high school reunion.
Hoying proceeded to tell Grabeel’s character, “You look amazing! This is so cool!”
“This means so much to me that you are here,” Evans replied.
Then, Hoying planted a kiss on Evans and expressed his love for him.
In a 2020 interview with Variety, Kenny Ortega, who directed the 2006 “High School Musical” film revealed whether he believed it would have been possible for Evans to be “openly gay” then.
“I have to be honest with you. I didn’t think at the time — and Disney is the most progressive group of people I’ve ever worked with,” Ortega said.
He explained he was “concerned” because Disney