J is gay on 'The Walkg Dead.' Here’s why that matters.

Contents:

• ‘THE WALKG DEAD’ ACTOR OUT AS GAY
• 'THE WALKG DEAD' JT CONFIRMED THAT J IS GAY
• J IS GAY ON 'THE WALKG DEAD.' HERE’S WHY THAT MATTERS.
• THE WALKG DEAD STAR SAYS GAY ROMANCE BETWEEN AARON AND J HAPPENED OFFSCREEN
• IS THE WALKG DEAD'S J GAY? HERE'S WHAT THOMAS PAYNE SAYS

‘THE WALKG DEAD’ ACTOR OUT AS GAY

One of The Walkg Dead's biggt mysteri is one that hasn't actually ever been addrsed on the AMC h seri: is Daryl Dixon (Norman Res) gay? "I do have to clear somethg up, though: the letter lumn of the ic book that I do, I mentned that there was a possibily early on about makg Daryl Dixon's character gay. Kirkman did reveal that a "very proment gay character om the ics" will be troduced the send half of the fifth Page/AMCFans of the character have often "shipped" him wh Carol (Melissa McBri), whom he stck up a iendship wh season one, and then Beth (Ey Kney), who got closer to the guard Daryl season four.

'THE WALKG DEAD' JT CONFIRMED THAT J IS GAY

He's gay. "He said, 'Well, he's prison gay—like, you'll tch him lookg at a member of the same sex, but if you mentn to him, he'll jt stab you and be like what the f--k? The Walkg Dead actor Daniel Newman has e out as gay.

J IS GAY ON 'THE WALKG DEAD.' HERE’S WHY THAT MATTERS.

When a young woman at the centre thanked him for supportg the LGBTQ muny, prumg the actor was heterosexual, Newman rrected her by sayg he is gay.

Earlier this month, was nfirmed that one of The Walkg Dead‘s ma characters is gay. He is a role mol, spiratn, and a mentor to other characters and a perfect example that prov to all the anti-LGBTQIA+ people that beg gay don’t mean you are a bad says:I would say whout doubt ’s Strand Fear.

Payne said last year that he saw no reason why his on-screen J wouldn't be gay, as he is the ics, and tonight's episo "The Other Si, " he officially beme the show's third major gay character. Her girliend Denise (Merrt Wever) was ntroversially killed off what beme part of a troublg TV trend last year; an unwele rurgence of the "Bury Your Gays" trope which me to a head wh a profoundly ntroversial storyle on The CW's The 100. But the fact that this is now a show wh three gay characters s ma st matters.

THE WALKG DEAD STAR SAYS GAY ROMANCE BETWEEN AARON AND J HAPPENED OFFSCREEN

Given his stat as a badass fan favore, his signifint role the ics and the bonds he's veloped wh several of the show's ma characters, the now-openly-gay J has the potential to bee genuely inic a way Aaron and Tara are not.

Gay characters on televisn are no longer unmon, but gay male hero on actn-led genre shows are, and the fact that The Walkg Dead has an unually bipartisan fan base wh a strong Republin ntgent mak s sexual diversy all the more charged. "In my opn there should be more awome gay people fictn bee there are plenty of awome gay people real life, " Robert Kirkman, who created The Walkg Dead ics and is an EP on the show, said last year.

In The Walkg Dead ics, he's gay.

IS THE WALKG DEAD'S J GAY? HERE'S WHAT THOMAS PAYNE SAYS

He's a badass, and he happens to be gay. "While he isn't the first gay character to be featured on the AMC seri, J beg gay is still a big al for televisn 2017.

Progrs has been ma, but gay characters still acunt for a small percentage of total TV rol, acrdg to the latt numbers om GLAAD's 2016 "Where We Are on TV" report. The "bury your gays" trope beme a hot topic last year after The 100 ntroversially killed off a character named Lexa, shortly after her relatnship wh another female character was nsummated.