Thanks to Whitney Houston, 'High School Musical' has its first gay romance
After three hit movies, a concert tour and countless stage productions, the "High School Musical" franchise introduced its first gay love story with Friday's episode of "High School Musical: The Musical: The Series."
It's a major moment for the canon and for Disney. Except, by design, it isn't. Unlike other young adult series, whose approach to LGBTQ representation often features pivotal coming-out scenes or bigoted bullies, the focus is on the relationship between the two characters at the center, Carlos and Seb. Like any relationship on the Disney+ show, theirs simply exists.
"This is a story that would have changed my life if I had seen it when I was a kid," showrunner Tim Federle told The Times. "And the reason it
