Nothing for gay boys to like in that, except maybe the pubescent beefcake.
His exposure led to guest shots on Bernie Mac, Oliver Beane, That's So Raven, and CSI, plus a recurring role on Everwood (2004-2005).
Mostly girl-crazy characters, even in the gay-friendly Everwood. Indeed, Bernie Mac was quite homophobic. (in a promo, Bernie discovers that his nephew likes girls, and shouts "My boy's normal!").
But there were also gay-positive roles.Thee OC episode "The Secret" (2003), about a boy with a gay dad.
On CSI (2005), Shane played a gay-vague boy victimized by a pedophile.
On Without a Trace (2005), he played a gay-vague boy who plans to bomb his school. The school bullies torture him so he'll reveal its location.
Desperation (2006), based on a Stephen King novel, gave Shane some homoromantic moments. When his friend Brian (Darren Victoria) is hit by a car and suffers brain damage, David Carver (Shane) prays for his healing, and offers himself to God as a substitute sacrifice. Immediately after, he and his parents are captured by the demonic sheriff of a ghost town. Brian recovers. David saves the day.
Today Shane is a student at Loyola Marymount University, where I taught as an adjunct when I first moved to Los Angeles in 1985.