The CW's Riverdale Casts Casey Cott As Popular Gay Character Kev Keller

THE PROBLEMS WH RIVERDALE’S PICTN OF GAY CHARACTERS
‘RIVERDALE’ STAR KERR SMH ON TV’S FIRST GAY KISS: ‘IT WAS TENSE’
'RIVERDALE' JT GOT REAL ABOUT "CISG" AS A GAY MAN AND IT'S SO IMPORTANT
CASEY COTT, ACTOR BEHD GAY ‘RIVERDALE’ CHARACTER KEV KELLER, PROMOTED TO SERI REGULAR
IS ‘RIVERDALE’ ACTOR CASEY COTT GAY IN REAL LIFE? WHO IS HE DATG?
THE CW'S RIVERDALE CASTS CASEY COTT AS POPULAR GAY CHARACTER KEV KELLER

THE PROBLEMS WH RIVERDALE’S PICTN OF GAY CHARACTERS

Riverdale centred s gay, lbian and bisexual characters 'Bizzarodale'.

‘RIVERDALE’ STAR KERR SMH ON TV’S FIRST GAY KISS: ‘IT WAS TENSE’

Good theory but, as turns out, Penelope iated the policy out of homophobia to spe Cheryl.

A te Riverdale wasn't out of homophobia, though. Bar some odd character choic (why would Cheryl out someone when her own mother is homophobic? Photo Cred: Riverdale/The CW, Katie Yu Image Acquired om CWTVPR Use your ← → (arrows) to browsePhoto Cred: Riverdale/The CW, Katie Yu Image Acquired om CWTVPRWhile Riverdale’s handlg of gay characters has long been a bated issue, has reached a boilg pot this season wh the troductn of new pairg Cheryl and Toni (aka Choni) me start out by statg that I am a huge fan of CW’s Riverdale.

'RIVERDALE' JT GOT REAL ABOUT "CISG" AS A GAY MAN AND IT'S SO IMPORTANT

That said, there is a pretty big problem wh the show’s pictn of gay characters and is not one that I feel I n stay silent on any all the talk of Riverdale beg a subversive teen drama appears the show is perfectly happy not subvertg any of the trop or problems that entertament has regardg LGBTQ+ we dive to the sophomore season’s g-out story for Cheryl Blossom and the handlg of her pairg wh Toni Topaz, let’s start at the begng of the seri wh s first gay character: Kev Cred: Riverdale/The CW, Katie Yu Image Acquired om CWTVPRThe Gay Bt FriendKev Keller (Casey Cott) was troduced one of the first scen of the seri as Betty Cooper’s bt iend. As the season went on, many fans cricized the show for not allowg Kev to be more than the tired Gay Bt Friend trope.

When the send season did give Kev an episo, foced on his venturg to the woods to hook up wh other gay teens and end wh him gettg shamed by Betty. Right before Kerr Smh was pulled asi and told his “Dawson’s Creek” character Jack McPhee was gay, he thought he was beg fired.

“There’s always a gay storyle, a lbian storyle or whatever.

CASEY COTT, ACTOR BEHD GAY ‘RIVERDALE’ CHARACTER KEV KELLER, PROMOTED TO SERI REGULAR

I was talkg to Casey [Cott, who plays gay stunt Kev on ‘Riverdale’] and he’s playg pretty much the same character I played on ‘Dawson’s. Sophomore Guy. And whether or not he intifi as straight, gay, or bisexual don't change the fact that he has played Kev so well, allowg the character to she his own ways spe not beg one of the classic Archie characters.

"Article ntu below advertisementCasey Cott has been lked to female performers the hasn't been any reason to suggt that Casey intifi as gay real life, and he has been lked to more than one female performer over the years. For those that aren’t aware, Kev, played by Casey Cott, was origally tend as a recurrg character (basilly he was Betty’s “Gay Bt Friend” and ltle else). Kev’s BFF and moral csar Betty is worried about his behavur and urg him to e “Grm” (which we assume is the Riverdale versn of Grdr – a popular hook-up app for gay men) but Kev disagre, argug that, “Nobody is who they say they are onle.

Wh few openly gay men around, Kev’s optns are limed. This is on top of years of livg a heteronormative society where homophobia is still rife.

IS ‘RIVERDALE’ ACTOR CASEY COTT GAY IN REAL LIFE? WHO IS HE DATG?

While thgs have improved a ltle recent tim, is still monplace for gay male characters mastream TV programm and films to be ltle more than promiscuo, sex-obssed begs.

To see Riverdale attempt to give more ntext to Kev’s life and give him an opportuny to open-up about his stggl is an important tone for gay teen characters. The lk between gay sex and murr is a mon TV & film troupe.