When Will Buie Jr. (right) appeared on the my teen idol feed, I noticed right away that he has a buddy and a nice chest. Two good signs.
The first twenty or so photos in his file show him with buddies. I like how they are in non-revealing outfits, but Will takes any opportunity to show off his chest.
And his "Pullin" underwear. You gonna pull it yourself, or do you need a buddy to pull for you?
But lots of straight guys have buddies, and...um...pull things. Next I'll check Will's acting career for gay or gay-subtext roles.
His on-screen career begins in 2017, when he was ten years old, with the movies Gifted and The Last Movie Star, episodes of Red Blooded, and Modern Family, plus a recurring role in Daytime Divas, about five feuding hosts of a morning talk show. One of the divas is pansexual, and another has an 8-year old trans daughter, which is a problem for her transphobic husband. Will plays the girl's brother.
Queer-adjacent. A good sign.
McKinley Freeman (left) plays...um..well, who cares? He's on the show.
In 2018, Will was cast in Bunk'd, a Disney Channel teencom featuring the counselors at a never-ending summer camp. He continued for 69 episodes (2018-2024) as Finn Sawyer (Huck Finn-Tom Sawyer, get it?).
LGBT people appear in only one episode of Bunk'd: In 2023, Camper Winnie gets a visit from her older brother (Jacob Haran) and his boyfriend (Frankie Rodriguez of Chad Powers). Each reveals that he intends to propose at the camp, but keep it a secret.
However, Karan Brar (Ravi) came out as bi 2023, and at least three other cast members are gay or probably gay: Luke Busey (Jake), Kevin Quinn (Xander), and Nate Stone, left (Timmy).
More after the break