From boy-next-door hunk Kev Keller to cheerlear Cheryl Blossom, we've piled a list of every gay and bisexual character The CW show Riverdale.
Contents:
- THE PROBLEMS WH RIVERDALE’S PICTN OF GAY CHARACTERS
- 'RIVERDALE' JT GOT REAL ABOUT "CISG" AS A GAY MAN AND IT'S SO IMPORTANT
- WHY I'M SO CONFLICTED OVER KEV'S GAY CISG STORYLE ON RIVERDALE
THE PROBLEMS WH RIVERDALE’S PICTN OF GAY CHARACTERS
The h Amerin drama, based on the inic Archie Comics characters, has garnered a large queer followg over three seasons thanks to s attractive st, p amounts of drama, and s acceptance of gay, lbian and bisexual characters. The beloved Archie Comics Universe ma history 2010 wh the troductn of Kev Keller, a wholome boy-next-door who happened to be the seri’ first ever openly gay character.
Inially playg the role of high school mean girl – and not much else – head cheerlear Cheryl has shown plenty of character velopment over three seasons of Riverdale, largely due to all the trma she’s endured; we’re talkg a tw brother murred at the hands of their father, a failed suici attempt, and gay ‘cure’ therapy urty of her mother and the Sisters of Quiet Mercy. One of TV’s most proment bisexual femal, Toni Topaz was troduced as a member of the Southsi Serpents Riverdale’s send season and was promoted to seri regular for season three, where she beme the support system that Cheryl Blossom sperately need after her fay murred, betrayed, and attempted to put her through gay ‘cure’ therapy. Wh a reer “fantasy fulfilment”, and seemgly only servg male clients, ’s hard to know if Chic exists somewhere along the sexualy spectm or if he’s jt gay-for-pay.
It’s never been explicly stated, but many viewers believe Fangs to be bisexual followg flirtat scen wh rint gay teen Kev Keller.
'RIVERDALE' JT GOT REAL ABOUT "CISG" AS A GAY MAN AND IT'S SO IMPORTANT
I hear one of them is gay. 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.
Riverdale centred s gay, lbian and bisexual characters 'Bizzarodale'. 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.
WHY I'M SO CONFLICTED OVER KEV'S GAY CISG STORYLE ON RIVERDALE
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.