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The Disney Channel made network history recently by featuring its first-ever teen same-sex couple on the final episode of its popular pre-teen drama series Andi Mack. Fans of the show may remember that in October 2017 Cyrus Goodman, a friend of the show’s titular heroine, revealed he had a crush on a boy. Although the show subsequently left Goodman’s sexuality mostly unexplored, in February 2019, Goodman actually said “I’m gay,” another groundbreaking first for channel. Some fans worried that Goodman’s sexual...

Actress Bella Thorne came out as pansexual in an interview with Nightline. Thorne, 21, has acted in a number of films and TV series, and she is perhaps best known for playing Cece Jones on the Disney Channel’s Shake It Up. In 2016, she came out as bisexual on Twitter. But now she says that she’s pan. “I realized recently I’m actually pansexual and I didn’t know that,” Thorne said during the interview. “Somebody explained to me really thoroughly what that is...

Disney Channel show Andi Mack recently made history when it featured the network’s first ever gay storyline. Produced by Lizzie McGuire creator Terri Minsky, Andi Mack is played by Peyton Elizabeth Lee – a girl who discovered that her older sister is actually her mother. In the episode – which aired last week – Andi discovers that her best friend Cyrus (played by Joshua Rush) has a crush on the same boy she does. It’s part of a storyline that will see...