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The Disney Channel To Introduce It’s First Gay Teen Storyline

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The Disney Channel is introducing a gay storyline for the first time in its show Andi Mack a coming-of-age show that revolves around 13-year-old girl Andi and her friends Cyrus, Buffy and Jonah.

The season two premiere which airs on Friday will  send  “a powerful message about inclusion and respect for humanity” according to a Disney spokesperson.

The statement added that the show’s creator, Terri Minsky – who also made the hit Disney show Lizzie McGuire – and her team took “great care in ensuring that it’s appropriate for all audiences.”

n the season premiere, Andi is dealing with feelings for a boy she knows when her best friend Cyrus realises that he has feelings for the same boy.

Cyrus’s story develops in later episodes as he begins to understand himself better with the help of his friends and family.

Disney worked with Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG), the US’s biggest LGBT youth organization to create the story-line.

Their executive director Dr Jaime Grant said: “Coming out requires honest self-reflection, no small amount of bravery and a safe place with at least one trusted person.

“Andi Mack’s creative team captures this moment of revelation with such thought, care, and authenticity, it will be a memory moment for some, and a teachable moment for many.”

Andi Mack’s average viewer age is 10 years old so expect boycotts, condemnations, and the gnashing of teeth from Christian Nationalist LGBT hate groups like the Family Research Council to begin shortly.

 

 

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OH Teen Videotaped Beating Student Only Gets 90 Days In Juvenile Detention

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Levi Sever, the Ohio teen who was videotaped brutally beating another student by his cousin which was then posted to Facebook will serve 90 days in a juvenile detention center for the assault of a gay student that gained national attention after a cell phone video of the attack went viral on the Internet.

Zach Huston, 15, was assaulted on Oct. 17 in a classroom at Unioto High School was targeted and brutally beaten by Sever because he is gay.

Levi Sever, 15, was sentenced yesterday after previously pleading guilty to a delinquency count of assault before Juvenile Court Judge Richard Ward.  Sever was ordered to undergo mental health counseling and continue his education during his detention, said Prosecutor Matthew Schmidt

Only 90 days for tormenting and brutally beating another child on vieotape because he was gay. 

Unbelievable

WATCH Gay Teen Derrick Martin Talk About His Prom And Gay Rights – Donation’s For Derrick Information Included (Video)

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Gay Georgia teen Derrick Martin, whose parents kicked him out of the house following media attention surrounding his school’s decision to allow him to bring a male date to prom:
PayPal Donations can be sent directly to Derrick for Prom and Living Expenses can be sent via PayPal to martinrd2@mgc.edu or via Clicking THIS LINK

“Its the same thing as African Americans wanting their right or any minority group wanting their rights. Every person is a human being, and they deserve their rights.”