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Contents:
- IS ‘THE WALKG DEAD’ IN DARYL DIXON GAY?
- A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.
- 'THE WALKG DEAD' TRODUC A GAY UPLE AND THE INTER GO CRAZY
IS ‘THE WALKG DEAD’ IN DARYL DIXON GAY?
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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. 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. The bsman and his wife, Melissa, first plaed to the Front Porch proprietors about pre-dawn vendor liveri 2019, not long after the nservative Christian uple moved their fancial firm right next door to the rtrant, which fli a gay Pri flag.
(Front Porch Market and Grill)What’s more, the Washers say, the ad rat was jt one more sult that the uple, who once planted an “all liv matter” sign their ont yard, have endured sce movg next door to a rtrant owned by a gay uple. They married 2020, five years after they opened the Front Porch, which quickly beme a statn The Front Porch has been flyg a Pri flag on s pat sce 2016, not long after a gunman killed 49 people a gay bar Orlando.
A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.
Waybourn was print of the Dallas Gay Alliance when sued Parkland Memorial Hospal for failg to provi readily available medic to AIDS patients. In 1991, he lnched the Gay and Lbian Victory Fund (now the LGBTQ+ Victory Fund) to elect openly gay policians to office.
He served as managg director of the Gay & Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn, or GLAAD, which he helped turn to a natnal group. He owned gay newspapers Hoton, Atlanta, New York and Washgton.
“I had so many threats agast me that even the Dallas police statned squad rs outsi our home, ” Waybourn an activist, Waybourn says, his goals were clear: same-sex marriage, gays and lbians the ary, accs to lifavg medic. To the activist, feels like a step backward after a lifetime of fightg for gay pack the seats at the Board of Zong Appeals hearg hosted at Grace Epispal Church. “I have que a few gay iends, clients and a fay member, and I have patronized a gay-owned rtrant for years, ” he whether the Washers are tryg to remake The Plas to their image of Ameri — Whe, nservative, Christian — Melissa said, “I n see where you’re g om.
'THE WALKG DEAD' TRODUC A GAY UPLE AND THE INTER GO CRAZY
It was also upsettg to see the universe kill off LGBTQ+ characters so rapidly, seemgly adoptg the heo "bury your gays" trope. While may seem as though fans wanted them together bee they were the only two gay men the ma st, their personali do plement each other.
The Walkg Dead ma clear that not even zombi n stomach hate and homophobia. Jelani Allad and Ni Tortorella play a gay uple the spoff The Walkg Dead: World Beyond, and when some tolerant fans beme upset wh the characters and storyle, the show tweeted a quick and fal rponse for any bigots who fd their moral sens offend. Allad's recent remarks on the Talk Dead to Me podst scribg the bety of the characters' relatnship evintly was a triggerg event for some of the show's apparently homophobic fans.