Contents:
- 'RIVERDALE' JT GOT REAL ABOUT "CISG" AS A GAY MAN AND IT'S SO IMPORTANT
- THE PROBLEMS WH RIVERDALE’S PICTN OF GAY CHARACTERS
'RIVERDALE' JT GOT REAL ABOUT "CISG" AS A GAY MAN AND IT'S SO IMPORTANT
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? 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).
THE PROBLEMS WH RIVERDALE’S PICTN OF GAY CHARACTERS
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. 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.