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• ‘FEAR THE WALKG DEAD’ REVEALS FIRST GAY MALE MA CHARACTER ANCHISE
• ‘FEAR THE WALKG DEAD’ REVEALS A GAY MA CHARACTER
• IS ‘THE WALKG DEAD’ IN DARYL DIXON GAY?
• 'THE WALKG DEAD' JT CONFIRMED THAT J IS GAY
• THE WALKG DEAD‘S FIRST GAY MALE CHARACTER: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

‘FEAR THE WALKG DEAD’ REVEALS FIRST GAY MALE MA CHARACTER ANCHISE

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What did you thk of Fear the Walkg Dead revealg that a POC like Victor Strand was gay? 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.

‘FEAR THE WALKG DEAD’ REVEALS A GAY MA CHARACTER

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.

IS ‘THE WALKG DEAD’ IN DARYL DIXON 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. The Walkg Dead on social media is also a proud supporter, nouncg homophobic people. Never have those e across as havg an "exclively gay moment.

My character Victor Strand that I've played, and built, he is who he is — but 's not like he's operatg as a gay man. He is a gay man, and his system of operatn is so plex and tertg, which mak closer to real life and the way that we actually do reprent one another. The Big Gay Sketch Show was 2008, so you've been out-out profsnally for a while.

'THE WALKG DEAD' JT CONFIRMED THAT J IS GAY

Even before that though, I didn't even need The Big Gay Sketch Show.

THE WALKG DEAD‘S FIRST GAY MALE CHARACTER: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

Still, was there any difficulty that you ran to as a Black gay actor, or has anythg changed to now beg on this n that you're havg? I remember someone asked me before, and I thought was the most ridiculo qutn, "Well, how do Spike Lee feel about you beg gay? ' | Cred: Ryan Green/AMC It's very tertg that Fear The Walkg Dead was a turng pot for you, and 's a gay character, but the fears we hear around takg on a gay character don't seem to have applied to you bee if you thk about , hasn't stopped you om playg X Zola.

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. 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.