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Disney Channel makes history by featuring its first EVER gay teen couple in the final...
• https://www.dailymail.co, By CARLY STERNDisney Channel made history — and delighted fans — by portraying its first-ever gay teen couple on the series finale of the show Andi Mack.
The final episode of the series aired on Friday, concluding with one the main characters, 13-year-old Cyrus Goodman, holding hands and coupling up with fellow middle schooler TJ.
The groundbreaking moment was a major first for Disney Channel, and fans — who'd previously watched Cyrus's coming-out play out on the show — are both touched and thrilled with the ending.
The show, which ran for three seasons and was a top-rated series for the six to 14 demographic, follows the lives of middle schooler Andi Mack and her friends and family.
The show has been considered groundbreaking for some time — particularly since an episode aired in October 2017, in which one of Andi's tween friends comes out as gay.
Cyrus (played by real-life 17-year-old Joshua Rush), admits to Andy and their friend Buffy that he has a crush on another boy, Andi's boyfriend Jonah.