J is gay on 'The Walkg Dead.' Here’s why that matters.

Contents:

• WALKG DEAD CREATOR REVEALS DARYL’S SEXUALY, PREVIEWS NEW GAY CHARACTER
• IS ‘THE WALKG DEAD’ IN DARYL DIXON GAY?
• 'THE WALKG DEAD' JT CONFIRMED THAT J IS GAY
• 'THE WALKG DEAD' JT CONFIRMED THAT J IS GAY
• J IS GAY ON 'THE WALKG DEAD.' HERE’S WHY THAT MATTERS.
• FACT CHECK: IS ROSS MARQUAND GAY REAL LIFE?
• THE WALKG DEAD STAR SAYS GAY ROMANCE BETWEEN AARON AND J HAPPENED OFFSCREEN
• THE WALKG DEAD: WE FALLY KNOW FOR SURE WHETHER OR NOT DARYL IS GAY
• THE WALKG DEAD FANS ARE FUR ANOTHER GAY CHARACTER’S BEEN KILLED OFF

WALKG DEAD CREATOR REVEALS DARYL’S SEXUALY, PREVIEWS NEW GAY CHARACTER

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. The Walkg Dead on social media is also a proud supporter, nouncg homophobic people. 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.

IS ‘THE WALKG DEAD’ IN DARYL DIXON GAY?

“In the letter lumn of the ic book that I do, I mentned that there was a possibily early on about makg Daryl Dixon’s character gay, ” Kirkman explaed.

Daryl’s now-nfirmed heterosexualy asi, Kirkman also revealed on Talkg Dead that a “proment” gay character om the ic books will appear the send half of the show’s fifth season. So, which gay character is makg the leap om page to screen? And which gay character do you predict will soon be fightg alongsi the survivors?

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.

'THE WALKG DEAD' JT CONFIRMED THAT J IS GAY

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. 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.

'THE WALKG DEAD' JT CONFIRMED THAT J IS GAY

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.

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 the fact that this is now a show wh three gay characters s ma st matters. One of The Walkg Dead's biggt mysteri is one that hasn't actually ever been addrsed on the AMC h seri: is Daryl Dixon (Norman Res) gay? "I do have to clear somethg up, though: the letter lumn of the ic book that I do, I mentned that there was a possibily early on about makg Daryl Dixon's character gay.

J IS GAY ON 'THE WALKG DEAD.' HERE’S WHY THAT MATTERS.

Kirkman did reveal that a "very proment gay character om the ics" will be troduced the send half of the fifth Page/AMCFans of the character have often "shipped" him wh Carol (Melissa McBri), whom he stck up a iendship wh season one, and then Beth (Ey Kney), who got closer to the guard Daryl season four. He's gay.

FACT CHECK: IS ROSS MARQUAND GAY REAL LIFE?

"He said, 'Well, he's prison gay—like, you'll tch him lookg at a member of the same sex, but if you mentn to him, he'll jt stab you and be like what the f--k? In The Walkg Dead ics, he's gay. He's a badass, and he happens to be gay.

"While he isn't the first gay character to be featured on the AMC seri, J beg gay is still a big al for televisn 2017. Progrs has been ma, but gay characters still acunt for a small percentage of total TV rol, acrdg to the latt numbers om GLAAD's 2016 "Where We Are on TV" report. The "bury your gays" trope beme a hot topic last year after The 100 ntroversially killed off a character named Lexa, shortly after her relatnship wh another female character was nsummated.

The Walkg Dead has also stggled to portray s only current gay relatnship between Alexandrians Aaron and Eric.

THE WALKG DEAD STAR SAYS GAY ROMANCE BETWEEN AARON AND J HAPPENED OFFSCREEN

ClaimLike Aaron on the h show, Ross Marquand om The Walkg Dead is gay real life. 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. 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? The qutn of whether or not The Walkg Dead's Daryl is gay has been a topic of tert among some fans, due large part to ments ma by seri creator Robert Kirkman earlier this year regardg the character's sexualy, which has remaed unaddrsed on the seri.

THE WALKG DEAD: WE FALLY KNOW FOR SURE WHETHER OR NOT DARYL IS GAY

In The Walkg Dead letters lumn the old ic book that I do, there was a qutn that ma me mentn that there was a possibily early on about makg Daryl Dixon's character gay and ed que a hubbub onle.

I n make official, Daryl Dixon is actually Kirkman went on to nfirm that they'll be troducg a very proment gay character om the ics durg the send half of the that answers that. Daryl is not gay. "The topic me up aga when Norman Res did an terview talkg about how he reacted when origal TWD shownner Frank Darabont brought up the ia of Daryl beg gay, which got the topic circulatg 's been a nversatn for a few months now, and given the populary of the character and the close nnectns Daryl formed wh some of the female characters the seri -- maly Beth and Carol -- 's unrstandable that people might wonr why we haven't seen Daryl volved a romantic arc wh any other character, male or female.

I thk all relatnships need to e om a natural long as that happens we need to see everythg, straight or gay, and everythg between.

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

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??

#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?