Speaking of
Southern Baptist Sissies, Matthew Scott Montgomery has played a nearly-gay character on the Disney Channel.
The teencom
Sonny with a Chance (2009-2011) starred Demi Lovato as the Sonny, the "new girl" on the teen sketch comedy show
So Random!
Plotlines interspliced sketches from the show with the back-stage antics of Sonny and her costars, particularly the joined-at-the-hip Nico (Brandon Mychal Smith, right) and Grady (Doug Brochu). The two were a barely-heterosexualized gay couple, physically intimate (whenever he gets scared, Nico jumps into Grady's arms), exclusive (except when one is asked out by another guy), and passionate.
The main antagonists were the stars of the teen soap
MacKenzie Falls, especially dreamboat Chad Dylan Cooper (Sterling Knight, above left, partying at the gay club Tigerheat, and right, bonding with bff Zac Efron in
17). Chad imagines himself a serious artist, vastly superior to the clowns of
So Random! But eventually he warms up to them, and begins dating Sonny.
When Demi Lovato left the series, it was revamped into a musical variety program,
So Random! (2011-2012), with the cast playing "themselves" in comedy sketches and musical numbers. Several new characters were added, including Shane Topp (left) and Matthew Scott Montgomery, who played the gay-coded Angus. He has also played gay characters in
Warren the Ape, Second Shot, and
Feed.
Demi Lovato is a gay ally, but other cast members haven't made any pro- or anti-gay statements. Sterling Knight, housemate of of
Ryan Pinkston, is probably gay or bisexual, or at least gay-positive enough to take off his shirt at gay clubs.
Matthew Scott Montgomery has officially come out as gay. He has spoken about it many times and how his parents made him go to "ex-gay" therapy (and how it failed, and how he's finally happy now being out).
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