The Walkg Dead’s first gay male character: What you need to know – SheKnows

Contents:

• IS ‘THE WALKG DEAD’ IN DARYL DIXON GAY?
• ‘THE WALKG DEAD’ ACTOR OUT AS GAY
• WALKG DEAD CREATOR REVEALS DARYL’S SEXUALY, PREVIEWS NEW GAY CHARACTER
• J IS GAY ON 'THE WALKG DEAD.' HERE’S WHY THAT MATTERS.
• THE WALKG DEAD‘S FIRST GAY MALE CHARACTER: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
• ‘THE WALKG DEAD’ STS SHOW’S FIRST MALE GAY CHARACTER
• THIS 'WALKG DEAD' CHARACTER WAS SUPPOSED TO BE GAY

IS ‘THE WALKG DEAD’ IN DARYL DIXON 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. The Walkg Dead on social media is also a proud supporter, nouncg homophobic people.

As a rult, many viewers have scratched their heads for years and wonred if Daryl is gay — spe a strong majory of the fanbase suggtg that Daryl and Carol (Melissa McBri) should bee an em. In fact, Kirkman tailed that the origal plans were for Dixon to be gay, but simply never happened.

On that same note, Res simultaneoly exprsed that he “isn’t aaid” to portray Daryl as a gay character and that he would happily work wh whatever material the wrers gave him. So while Dixon isn’t currently gay nonilly, that don’t mean that plans won’t soon change down the le as the character’s story ntu to expand the latt pulse-poundg seri.

‘THE WALKG DEAD’ ACTOR OUT AS GAY

The Walkg Dead actor Daniel Newman has e out as gay. 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.

“In 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 explaed. Daryl’s now-nfirmed heterosexualy asi, Kirkman also revealed on Talkg Dead that a “proment” gay character om the ic books will appear the send half of the show’s fifth season.

WALKG DEAD CREATOR REVEALS DARYL’S SEXUALY, PREVIEWS NEW GAY CHARACTER

So, which gay character is makg the leap om page to screen? And which gay character do you predict will soon be fightg alongsi the survivors? In The Walkg Dead ics, he's gay.

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.

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

The Walkg Dead has also stggled to portray s only current gay relatnship between Alexandrians Aaron and Eric. After Robert Kirkman dropped hts on The Talkg Dead that the show would be troducg s first gay male character, fans have been wag for to happen and looks like fally has. His name is Aaron and, if the ic books are anythg to go by, he is that gay character fans have been wag for.

The Walkg Dead appears poised to troduce the show’s first male gay character the send half of season 5.

THE WALKG DEAD‘S FIRST GAY MALE CHARACTER: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

He is a gay person livg the Alexandria Safe Zone, a place that hasn’t been explored on the televisn seri yet. TV Le’s sourc asi, Robert Kirkman nfirmed Augt that a gay person would be troduced the fifth season of The Walkg Dead, so mak sense that news of his stg would surface now. This isn’t the first time the show has troduced a homosexual.

‘THE WALKG DEAD’ STS SHOW’S FIRST MALE GAY CHARACTER

CultureThis 'Walkg Dead' Character Was Supposed to be GayAnd another might be g out soon. YouTubeThe Walkg Dead was supposed to be a ltle b gayer.

Star Norman Res recently told The Mirror at The Walkg ad European Tour that there were plans for his character Daryl to be gay. Res reunted the nversatn:“There was a time on the show where Frank was gog to have me be gay, but he won’t adm … If he adms, ’s like he’ll kill you. He referred to as ‘prison gay, ’ and I didn’t know what that meant … We were there and he said ‘What do you thk if we ma Daryl gay?

THIS 'WALKG DEAD' CHARACTER WAS SUPPOSED TO BE GAY

”For those that aren’t faiar, the term “prison gay” is for people who have same-sex relatnships only prison. While havg Daryl be gay would’ve add to LGBTQ reprentatn on televisn, some ways ’s better off that he wasn’t tossed some prison gay backstory as a means of sensatnalizg the Imag / Kev WterThe Walkg Dead televisn seri has featured var LGBTQ characters, troducg Tara season 4 and Aaron Season 5.

And now, fans are gearg up for J to be nfirmed as gay sce his character is the ic books. Sure, there was some cricism over the ath of Denise which fell to the ual trop of gay character mis.

And ’s been great seeg the sorts of characters gettg to kick ass when gay men pop culture are often emasculated or siled for someone else to save the ’s unlikely that dienc will see a gay storyle for Daryl, people will hopefully be gettg J nfirmg his sexualy sooner or later, pecially wh the fale next week.