{"id":93669,"date":"2019-08-07T12:25:49","date_gmt":"2019-08-07T16:25:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/this-disney-star-may-have-just-saved-some-lives-by-coming-out-as-bi\/"},"modified":"2019-08-07T12:25:49","modified_gmt":"2019-08-07T16:25:49","slug":"this-disney-star-may-have-just-saved-some-lives-by-coming-out-as-bi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/this-disney-star-may-have-just-saved-some-lives-by-coming-out-as-bi\/","title":{"rendered":"This Disney star may have just saved some lives by coming out as bi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>This Disney star may have just saved some lives by coming out as <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">bi<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<figure aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-506000\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2019\/08\/cyrus-andi-mack-bisexual.jpg\" alt=\"Cyrus, Andi Mack, Joshua Rush, bisexual, coming out\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2019\/08\/cyrus-andi-mack-bisexual.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2019\/08\/cyrus-andi-mack-bisexual-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2019\/08\/cyrus-andi-mack-bisexual-670x377.jpg 670w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"><figcaption>(image via The Disney Channel)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Joshua Rush \u2014 the 17-year-old actor who played Cyrus Goodman, the first Disney character ever to say the words \u201cI\u2019m <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a>\u201d \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lgbtqnation.com\/2019\/08\/disney-star-joshua-rush-just-came-bisexual\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recently came out as bisexual<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You may recall that in October 2017 Rush participated in the Disney Channel\u2019s first-ever coming-out scene when his character in the pre-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">teen<\/a> drama series <em>Andi Mack<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/watch-disney-channel-just-aired-networks-first-coming-scene-20171030\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">revealed his crush on a boy<\/a>. Although the show subsequently left Goodman\u2019s sexuality mostly unexplored, in February 2019 his character <a href=\"https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/watch-first-disney-character-ever-say-im-gay-20190211\">actually uttered the words \u201cI\u2019m gay\u201d<\/a> in another groundbreaking first for the channel.<\/p>\n<p>But Rush himself had never publicly declared his own same-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> attraction \u2026 until just yesterday.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoshuaRush\/status\/1158769731396100097?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a Twitter thread<\/a>, he wrote:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>first! i win! it\u2019s me. i\u2019m <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">bi<\/a>. And now that I\u2019ve said that, I have a few things to rant about. There are more important things to talk about than me liking a whole bunch of genders, but I do want to share a few things with you <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">guys<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I saw so many of you watch Cyrus come out and said \u201cHey! I can be me!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>How ironic, isn\u2019t it, that me, playing that character, never had mustered up that courage?<\/p>\n<p>Instead of feeling the courage to tell you today that I am an out and proud <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">bisexual<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">man<\/a> because of the character I played for four years, I feel that courage thinking of all of you, who felt emboldened by Cyrus to come out.<\/p>\n<p>I had a close friend of mine come out to me in fifth grade. FIFTH GRADE! That was well before I had any clue of my own identity and orientation. I suffered with some level of my own internalized homophobia even while playing the first openly <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> character on Disney Channel.<\/p>\n<p>I stuffed the existential crisis of talking about my sexual orientation into a box in my mind for years. Today, I release it into the world.<\/p>\n<p>Being <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">bi<\/a> isn\u2019t all of my identity, nor is it the most important part of my identity. Bi erasure and issues like it are important, but <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/offers.cam4tracking.com\/aff_c?offer_id=125&#38;aff_id=2778&#38;source=gfcsb\">trans<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">women<\/a> of color still have a life expectancy of THIRTY FIVE YEARS and that is absolutely unacceptable \u2026<\/p>\n<p>Thank you to you for giving me the courage to know who I am and tell you this today. Happy 20biteen!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>He then encouraged his followers to donate to The Trevor Project and GLAAD and to read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glaad.org\/bisexual\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GLAAD\u2019s page on bisexuality<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Rush\u2019s coming out and education on <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">bi<\/a> issues are great for other <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">bi<\/a> people, for visibility\u2019s sake and to help reduce biphobia.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/brian-dodge-is-on-a-mission-to-make-america-understand-bisexuality?ref=home\">a 2018 profile<\/a> of Dr. Brian Dodge, a lead researcher on bisexuality and the health disparities they face, Dodge said \u201cthe vast majority\u201d of biphobia he faces comes from <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> and <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">lesbian<\/a> people.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2013\/06\/SDT_LGBT-Americans_06-2013.pdf\">A 2013 Pew survey found<\/a> that <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">bisexual<\/a> people come out at rates three times less often than <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">men<\/a>, have four times fewer LGBTQ-identified friends than <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">men<\/a> and report higher levels of societal mistrust than <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">men<\/a>. This is because of \u201cmonosexism\u201d \u2014 prejudice against those who are attracted to more than one gender \u2014and negative stereotypes that cast <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">bi<\/a> people as confused, deceitful, ultra-slutty or trying to benefit from \u201cstraight\/passing privilege.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As a result, research suggests that <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">bi<\/a> people <a href=\"http:\/\/articles.latimes.com\/2013\/jul\/14\/local\/la-me-bisexuality-20130715\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">stay closeted because of the discrimination they face<\/a> from other queer people and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC2820045\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">face more health disparities and mental illness<\/a> than <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> people.<\/p>\n<p>By education people on <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">bi<\/a> issues, Rush is doing his part to help reduce anti-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">bi<\/a> stigma while possibly saving a few queer youngsters\u2019 lives in the process.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/queerty2?a=urH8_G5e9F0:QYFb7Nrb5fY:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/queerty2?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/queerty2?a=urH8_G5e9F0:QYFb7Nrb5fY:dnMXMwOfBR0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/queerty2?d=dnMXMwOfBR0\" border=\"0\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/disney-star-may-just-saved-lives-coming-bi-20190807?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+queerty2+%28Queerty%29\" class=\"autohyperlink\">www.queerty.com\/disney-star-may-just-saved-lives-coming-bi-20190807?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+queerty2+%28Queerty%29<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Disney star may have just saved some lives by coming out as <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">bi<\/a> (image via The Disney Channel) Joshua Rush \u2014 the 17-year-old actor who played Cyrus Goodman, the first Disney character ever to say the words \u201cI\u2019m <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a>\u201d \u2014 recently came out as <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">bisexual<\/a>. You may recall that in October 2017 Rush participated &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/this-disney-star-may-have-just-saved-some-lives-by-coming-out-as-bi\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">This Disney star may have just saved some lives by coming out as bi<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2466,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[107],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>This Disney star may have just saved some lives by coming out as bi - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/this-disney-star-may-have-just-saved-some-lives-by-coming-out-as-bi\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"This Disney star may have just saved some lives by coming out as bi - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This Disney star may have just saved some lives by coming out as bi (image via The Disney Channel) Joshua Rush \u2014 the 17-year-old actor who played Cyrus Goodman, the first Disney character ever to say the words \u201cI\u2019m gay\u201d \u2014 recently came out as bisexual. 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