After a small, but vol segment of viewers rpond negatively to the cln of a gay uple the sp-off seri "The Walkg Dead: World Beyond," the anchise rpond om s official Twter acunt.
Contents:
- 'THE WALKG DEAD' TRODUC A GAY UPLE AND THE INTER GO CRAZY
- FACT CHECK: IS ROSS MARQUAND GAY REAL LIFE?
- 'THE WALKG DEAD' JT CONFIRMED THAT J IS GAY
- THE WALKG DEAD STAR SAYS GAY ROMANCE BETWEEN AARON AND J HAPPENED OFFSCREEN
- "THE WALKG DEAD": J IS GAY!THE SHOW NOW BOASTS THREE OPENLY GAY CHARACTERS. {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY CODY GOHLMARCH 20, 2017/9:25 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}AMCBY CODY GOHLMARCH 20, 2017 / 9:25 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"\"THE WALKG DEAD\": J IS GAY!","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-03-20T13:25:19.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-03-20T13:25:19.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"CODY GOHL","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PRAISE J HALLELUJAH—THE WALKG DEAD'S GOOD-NATURED REBEL J HAS OFFICIALLY E OUT!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN TOM PAYNE MA HIS BUT ON THE WALKG DEAD LAST SEASON AS J, FANS WONRED IF THE CHARACTER WOULD BE GAY LIKE HE IS THE ORIGAL IC BOOK SERI. AFTER DODGG THE QUTN FOR A YEAR, THE SHOW FALLY NFIRMED HIS SEXUALY LAST NIGHT'S EPISO "THE OTHER SI."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE MOMENT OCCURRED A NVERSATN BETWEEN THE ELIVE HERO AND MAGGIE. DURG THEIR TALK, J REVEALED THAT HE GREW UP A GROUP HOME AND HAS ALWAYS HAD PROBLEMS FEELG LIKE HE BELONG ANYWHERE. HE WENT ON TO SAY THAT 'S BEEN DIFFICULT FOR HIM TO GET CLOSE TO ANYONE, CLUDG "NEIGHBORS, IENDS, BOYIENDS," WH MAGGIE TELLG HIM HE SHOULD TRY SOME TIME.AMCLREN COHAN AS MAGGIE GREENE, TOM PAYNE AS PL 'J' ROVIA - THE WALKG DEAD _ SEASON 7, EPISO 14 - PHOTO CRED: GENE PAGE/{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE WALKG DEAD NOW HAS THREE GAY CHARACTERS S MA ST, A SIGNIFINT NUMBER FOR AN ACTN-LED SERI WH A LARGE FAN BASE OF BOTH LIBERAL AND NSERVATIVE VIEWERS. THOUGH SOME BIGOTED FANS WENT BALLISTIC WHEN GAY UPLE AARON AND BOYIEND ERIC SHARED A STEAMY SMOOCH ON THE SHOW'S FIFTH SEASON, THAT J IS A FAN-FAVORE AND A PROMENT FIGURE THE UNIVERSE WILL HOPEFULLY ALLOW PRODUCERS TO EXPLORE HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IN MY OPN THERE SHOULD BE MORE AWOME GAY PEOPLE FICTN BEE THERE ARE PLENTY OF AWOME GAY PEOPLE REAL LIFE," ROBERT KIRKMAN, WHO CREATED THE WALKG DEAD ICS, SAID LAST {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I WANT J TO BE A CHARACTER WHERE HIS SEXUALY IS AS UNIMPORTANT AS RICK OR OTHER HETEROSEXUAL CHARACTERS. SO WE WON'T FOC ON NSTANTLY AND WON'T BE THE FOC OF ANY BIG STORYL FOR HIM... BUT HE'LL MAKE WH A DU EVERY NOW AND THEN... BEFORE GOG OUT AND DROP KICKG ZOMBI."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}H/T: HARPER'S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
- THIS WEEK’S ‘THE WALKG DEAD’ FEATURED A GAY KISS THAT SET THE INTER ON FIRE
'THE WALKG DEAD' TRODUC A GAY UPLE AND THE INTER GO CRAZY
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The Walkg Dead is takg aim at homophobia, as well as a small, but vol segment of viewers rpond negatively to the cln of a gay uple the sp-off seri The Walkg Dead: World Beyond, the anchise rpond om s official Twter acunt.
”Jelani Allad and Ni Tortorella portray a gay uple 'The Walkg Dead: World Beyond' (Photo Cred: Mall Polay/AMC)Premierg last October, World Beyond was a teen-centric variatn on The Walkg Dead, followg four adolcents who are among the first generatn to grow up a world populated by bra-eatg monsters. Oh we n’t fd a character for you, screw you’re gay wh this guy. 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.
FACT CHECK: IS ROSS MARQUAND GAY REAL LIFE?
Durg Sunday night's episo "The Distance," Robert Kirkman's promise of openly gay characters me to un. * gay couple twd *
The Walkg Dead on social media is also a proud supporter, nouncg homophobic people. Billed as a teen-centric variatn on 'The Walkg Dead', 'World Beyond' featur gay uple, former secury officer Felix Carlucci (Ni Tortorella) and his boyiend Will Campbell (Jelani Allad). "The Walkg Dead: World Beyond" has reacted to cricism has been receivg regardg the cln of a gay uple on the sp-off seri of "The Walkg Dead".
'The Walkg Dead' rpond to homophobe cricism. Dpe the tweet, some viewers still reacted negatively to the gay storyle.
Billed as a teen-centric variatn on "The Walkg Dead", "World Beyond" featur a gay uple, former secury officer Felix Carlucci (Ni Tortorella) and his boyiend Will Campbell (Jelani Allad). AMC's The Walkg Dead troduced s first gay uple, and wh them, s first gay kiss. ClaimLike Aaron on the h show, Ross Marquand om The Walkg Dead is gay real life.
'THE WALKG DEAD' JT CONFIRMED THAT J IS GAY
Billed as a teen-centric variatn on 'The Walkg Dead', 'World Beyond' featur gay uple, former secury officer Felix Carlucci (Ni Tortorella) and his boyiend Will Campbell (Jelani Allad). * gay couple twd *
But fans n’t help but wonr if Marquand is also gay.
Read on for more about Marquand’s relatnship has that the actor who portrays one half of TWD‘s first gay uple is gay real life.
However, whether he is gay or straight, there is no nyg that Ross Marquand has a great sense of 2013, the actor tweeted that he is hangg out wh his “girliend” and that she was hilar.
THE WALKG DEAD STAR SAYS GAY ROMANCE BETWEEN AARON AND J HAPPENED OFFSCREEN
Meet Aaron and Eric, TV's first post-zombie-apolyptic gay uple. * gay couple twd *
He was one of the first gay characters on the show, and his love tert was Eric Raleigh, played by Jordan Woods-Robson.
Though the bullet went through him, we saw Aaron pull Eric by some tre to safety, and go back to he returns, he see’s a bloodied tree tnk, Eric’s rifle, and to his sorrow Eric, now a walker, wanrg away towards a nearby Ross Marquand Really Gay?
Payne said last year that he saw no reason why his on-screen J wouldn't be gay, as he is the ics, and tonight's episo "The Other Si, " he officially beme the show's third major gay character. Her girliend Denise (Merrt Wever) was ntroversially killed off what beme part of a troublg TV trend last year; an unwele rurgence of the "Bury Your Gays" trope which me to a head wh a profoundly ntroversial storyle on The CW's The 100. But the fact that this is now a show wh three gay characters s ma st matters.
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AFTER DODGG THE QUTN FOR A YEAR, THE SHOW FALLY NFIRMED HIS SEXUALY LAST NIGHT'S EPISO "THE OTHER SI."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE MOMENT OCCURRED A NVERSATN BETWEEN THE ELIVE HERO AND MAGGIE. DURG THEIR TALK, J REVEALED THAT HE GREW UP A GROUP HOME AND HAS ALWAYS HAD PROBLEMS FEELG LIKE HE BELONG ANYWHERE. HE WENT ON TO SAY THAT 'S BEEN DIFFICULT FOR HIM TO GET CLOSE TO ANYONE, CLUDG "NEIGHBORS, IENDS, BOYIENDS," WH MAGGIE TELLG HIM HE SHOULD TRY SOME TIME.AMCLREN COHAN AS MAGGIE GREENE, TOM PAYNE AS PL 'J' ROVIA - THE WALKG DEAD _ SEASON 7, EPISO 14 - PHOTO CRED: GENE PAGE/{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE WALKG DEAD NOW HAS THREE GAY CHARACTERS S MA ST, A SIGNIFINT NUMBER FOR AN ACTN-LED SERI WH A LARGE FAN BASE OF BOTH LIBERAL AND NSERVATIVE VIEWERS. THOUGH SOME BIGOTED FANS WENT BALLISTIC WHEN GAY UPLE AARON AND BOYIEND ERIC SHARED A STEAMY SMOOCH ON THE SHOW'S FIFTH SEASON, THAT J IS A FAN-FAVORE AND A PROMENT FIGURE THE UNIVERSE WILL HOPEFULLY ALLOW PRODUCERS TO EXPLORE HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IN MY OPN THERE SHOULD BE MORE AWOME GAY PEOPLE FICTN BEE THERE ARE PLENTY OF AWOME GAY PEOPLE REAL LIFE," ROBERT KIRKMAN, WHO CREATED THE WALKG DEAD ICS, SAID LAST {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I WANT J TO BE A CHARACTER WHERE HIS SEXUALY IS AS UNIMPORTANT AS RICK OR OTHER HETEROSEXUAL CHARACTERS. SO WE WON'T FOC ON NSTANTLY AND WON'T BE THE FOC OF ANY BIG STORYL FOR HIM... BUT HE'LL MAKE WH A DU EVERY NOW AND THEN... 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In a heart-breakg episo of "The Walkg Dead," Aaron lost his boyiend, Eric who is now a walker. Is Ross Marquand gay real life? Fd out more right here. * gay couple twd *
Given his stat as a badass fan favore, his signifint role the ics and the bonds he's veloped wh several of the show's ma characters, the now-openly-gay J has the potential to bee genuely inic a way Aaron and Tara are not. Gay characters on televisn are no longer unmon, but gay male hero on actn-led genre shows are, and the fact that The Walkg Dead has an unually bipartisan fan base wh a strong Republin ntgent mak s sexual diversy all the more charged.
"In my opn there should be more awome gay people fictn bee there are plenty of awome gay people real life, " Robert Kirkman, who created The Walkg Dead ics and is an EP on the show, said last year. Not tryg to be racist but ’s really odd how almost every sgle uple asi om the homosexuals and lbians, (which were apart of the ics) and Jerry and his wife HAS to be a mixed uple.
In fact, EVERY gay and lbian character on the show who has died has been away om their partner, datg all the way back to Season 4.
THIS WEEK’S ‘THE WALKG DEAD’ FEATURED A GAY KISS THAT SET THE INTER ON FIRE
Tom Payne's good-natured badass is now the show's third gay ma character. * gay couple twd *
While not wh the same fervor of the #buryyourgays trope, this latt ath is the third of three gay upl to end vlently — and apart. Some of the bt TV shows wh gay upl clu Six Feet Unr, Morn Fay, and Orange Is the New Black. David and Patrick om Scht’s Creek, Will and Vce om Will & Grace, and Darry and Whe Josh om Crazy Ex-Girliend are a few of the bt gay upl on TV.
The Walkg Dead star says gay romance between Aaron and J happened offscreen * gay couple twd *
Other shows wh gay upl on this list clu The New Normal and Degrassi: The Next Generatn. Read about more on our TV gay upl list, featurg our favore LGBTQ+ TV upl.
The show now boasts three openly gay characters. * gay couple twd *
When Tom Payne ma his but on The Walkg Dead last season as J, fans wonred if the character would be gay like he is the origal ic book seri. He went on to say that 's been difficult for him to get close to anyone, cludg "neighbors, iends, boyiends, " wh Maggie tellg him he should try some Walkg Dead now has three gay characters s ma st, a signifint number for an actn-led seri wh a large fan base of both liberal and nservative viewers.
Though some bigoted fans went ballistic when gay uple Aaron and boyiend Eric shared a steamy smooch on the show's fifth season, that J is a fan-favore and a proment figure the universe will hopefully allow producers to explore his sexualy. "In my opn there should be more awome gay people fictn bee there are plenty of awome gay people real life, " Robert Kirkman, who created The Walkg Dead ics, said last year. The Walkg Dead fans are already well aware of the non-ntroversy that happened last night when two gay characters kissed durg one of the fal scen Sunday’s brand new episo.
Apparently, there are still many out there who feel the need to exprs their outrage at homosexual scen on televisn and have not accepted as part of the lexin. Bee hatred knows no bounds, and bee they obvly haven’t seen Morn Fay, Empire, or any of the great many shows that portray gay upl.