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:
- 'RIVERDALE' JT GOT REAL ABOUT "CISG" AS A GAY MAN AND IT'S SO IMPORTANT
- RIVERDALE WILL HAVE A GAY RELATNSHIP NEXT SEASON
- THE PROBLEMS WH RIVERDALE’S PICTN OF GAY CHARACTERS
- GAY THE RED-LIGHT DISTRICT? - AMSTERDAM FOM
- WHERE TO GO WHEN IM YOUNG GAY? - AMSTERDAM FOM
- OLR/ FATTER - NIWEZIJDS GAY SNA
- 'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY
'RIVERDALE' JT GOT REAL ABOUT "CISG" AS A GAY MAN AND IT'S SO IMPORTANT
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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.
RIVERDALE WILL HAVE A GAY RELATNSHIP NEXT SEASON
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Bar some odd character choic (why would Cheryl out someone when her own mother is homophobic?
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.
GAY THE RED-LIGHT DISTRICT? - AMSTERDAM FOM
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.
WHERE TO GO WHEN IM YOUNG GAY? - AMSTERDAM FOM
It’s never been explicly stated, but many viewers believe Fangs to be bisexual followg flirtat scen wh rint gay teen Kev Keller. I hear one of them is gay. From the murr of her tw to gay 'cure' therapy, Cheryl saw her fair share of tragedy before fdg support her relatnship wh Toni.
Then there's Joaqu himself, who had long shown var dimensns to his sexualy through his velopg relatnship wh the openly gay Kev Keller – before he was murred, anyway. In Riverdale, men n be gay, straight or anythg Riverdale for bisexual+ characters isn't always all 's cracked up to be, though. Chic's often flirtat behavur masks ambiguo motiv, leadg many to qutn whether he might be 'gay-for-pay', livg out elaborate fantasi to earn money and rmatn.
Riverdale has plenty more work to do s reprentatn of bisexual+ men but is at least tryg to show that men and women the world today n be gay, straight, pansexual, bisexual and everythg between. 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.
OLR/ FATTER - NIWEZIJDS GAY SNA
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. 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.
'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY
The lk between gay sex and murr is a mon TV & film troupe. More recently, Stranger by the Lake also featured a murrer on the loose at a gay cisg spot.
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. From the erasure of a nonilly asexual Jughead to Kev Keller beg wrten as a one dimensnal gay bt iend, Riverdale lets fans down by betrayg s own stcts for this "morn retellg" of the Archie ics.
For a lot of viewers who intify as gay or bisexual, their attractns aren't about "gettg attentn". Siarly, Kev Keller, the gay son of the sheriff, is a particularly one dimensnal archetype. Veroni is new here, Kev is --"Veroni: "Gay.