Ryan is gay

Actor Lucas Grabeel, who played Ryan Evans in the "High School Musical" movies "cried" when he found out the long beloved character would finally come out as gay on "High School Musical: The. The High School Musical universe has confirmed what fans knew all along — Ryan Evans is gay. Disney+ shared the first few minutes of High School Musical: The Musical: The Series season 4 on.

The sexuality of Ryan Evans in High School Musical has been a source of speculation for 17 years, but fans finally have answers thanks to HSMTMTS. After years of speculation, High School Musical character Ryan Evans, played by Lucas Grabeel, has been confirmed as canonically gay in HSMTMTS season 4. In 'High School Musical: The Musical: The Series' season 4, it's confirmed that 'High School Musical' character Ryan Evans is gay and partnered with Pentatonix singer Scott Hoying.

Actor Lucas Grabeel sobbed

Tim Federle. The character of Ryan was always intended to be gay, but the films never confirmed or showed his sexuality. Troy and Gabriella , anyone?! On top of playing themselves, they will also reprise their roles from the original HSM movies as they film the fictional High School Musical 4: The Reunion at the high school. Basically they're making a movie, within a TV show.

It's very meta. The new trailer reveals what fans can expect from the OG's return to the school where they filmed the iconic Disney Channel franchise, and while it's technically already been confirmed, the series looks like it's now finally about to confirm Ryan Evans' sexuality. In a newly released teaser for the fictional reunion, Ryan played by Lucas is seen sharing a kiss with his boyfriend before thanking him for coming to watch the performance.

Based on Lucas and Kenny Ortega's previous comments about the character, Ryan was always intended to be gay, but it was never explicitly stated during the three original movies.

In , original High School Musical director Kenny Ortega told Variety that he had always intended for Ryan to be gay, but didn't think audiences would be comfortable with it when the first movie was released in "I was concerned because it was family and kids, that Disney might not be ready to cross that line and move into that territory yet. They would see it, they would feel it, they would know it, and they would identify with it.

And that is what happened. Additionally, Lucas also told BuzzFeed back in that he knew Ryan was gay after reading the script. I know it's Disney Channel so I'm not really gonna be gay, but I mean, yeah, right? Yeah, I knew I was gay in high school, but I didn't tell anybody. Love Island. One Direction. See more Featured Artists. By Katie Louise Smith. Listen to this article Loading audio More Features.

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