Andi Mack's Joshua Rush did a lot to prepare to play Disney Channel's first openly gay character

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“I think this storyline is definitely going to help a lot of my peers,” he says. “I was the first person that one of my good friends came out to, and I think that if I had someone like Buffy on TV, I think I would’ve done a better job and had been a better friend in that situation. I’m glad that I can be a part of this.”