15 Recent, Especially Btal, Exampl of the Bury Your Gays Trope

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The Walkg Dead fans were not happy that Tara - one of the show's few proment gay characters - died the penultimate episo of season 9.

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'THE WALKG DEAD' TRODUC A GAY UPLE AND THE INTER GO CRAZY

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. * gay couple on the walking dead *

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.

However, Tara’s ath also got a lot of people riled as spelled the send removal of a rare gay character on the show this same season. You’re probably aware that this is a troublg trope not jt  TWD but across the televisn landspe, wh the tratg trend so popular ’s often known as the “buryg your gays” trope.

I LITERALLY DO NOT CARE ABOUT ANYONE WHO DIED EXCEPT ENID AND TARA WHY DID THE SMARTEST DOCTOR AND ANOTHER HILLTOP LEADER DIE (also @ the walkg ad stop killg the gays off) #TheWalkgDead — khalil (@khvl1l) March 25, 2019 THEY KILLED TARA, ONE OF MY FAVOURITE CHARACTERS AND ANOTHER GAY CHARACTER FUCK OFF #TheWalkgDead — jordan (@jensmish) March 26, 2019 You jt had to kill Tara, didn't you??

THE WALKG DEAD FANS ARE FUR ANOTHER GAY CHARACTER’S BEEN KILLED OFF

Durg Sunday night's episo "The Distance," Robert Kirkman's promise of openly gay characters me to un. * gay couple on the walking dead *

#TheWalkgDead #BuryYourGays — Krystle??

It's weird they were too sred to do that but were fe to kill off all but one of their queer characters — Moe: Sparkledog edn (@EnbyDal) March 25, 2019 Are we surprised #walkgad did the bury your gays trope more than once? How e they always gotta kill off the gays? @WalkgDead_AMC @AMCTalkgDead On the topic of killg off tara, why as soon as you troduce new gay characters you kill off an old one?

THE WALKG DEAD STAR SAYS GAY ROMANCE HAPPENED OFF SCREEN

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— Syd (@squidr14) March 25, 2019 Alongsi Magna and Yumiko, Aaron (Ross Marquand) is the only other proment gay character left alive on the seri. Daryl very, very obvly was a character whout an actual love tert for 90% of the seri, so much so that many fans began to believe he was eher gay and closeted (an ia Norman Res said he was totally on board wh at the time) or even asexual. The "Bury Your Gays" trope has bee a part of cultual knowledge recent years, but not everyone has gotten the memo.

The trope also extends to films, and gay and bi men.

Shows like Killg Eve, and most recently, Hoe of the Dragon, are still btally and needlsly killg off their queer characters stead of lettg them be are 15 of the most egreg -- and btal -- recent exampl of the Bury Your Gays trope.

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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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Hoe of the Dragon didn't blaze this trail for GOT buryg s gays. All throughout s n, fans were beggg for a gay uple to be troduced on Netflix's Voltron. And jt like that, the show's only gay uple was gone.

It: Chapter Two's gay bashg scene. Y, It is a horror movie about a murro embodiment of evil, but that don't mean that viewers were ready to see an extremely graphic gay-bashg scene to open the film up.

*BEAR-MAGAZINE.COM* GAY COUPLE ON THE WALKING DEAD

The Walkg Dead Fans Are Fur Another Gay Character's Been Killed Off - We Got This Covered .

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