Fans learn Kev Conroy is gay after actor pens Batman story for DC Comics

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• KEV CONROY WAS OPENLY GAY AND MARRIED TO HIS HBAND VGHN C WILLIAMS
• NEARLY TWO S LATER, 'DAWSON'S CREEK' ACTOR REFLECTS ON HISTORIC GAY KISS
• HOW KEV CONROY WAS SECRETLY THE FIRST GAY ACTOR TO PLAY BATMAN
• FANS LEARN KEV CONROY IS GAY AFTER ACTOR PENS BATMAN STORY FOR DC COMICS
• FANS ARE JT FDG OUT THAT LONGTIME BATMAN VOICE ACTOR IS GAY–AND THEY'RE GEEKG OUT

KEV CONROY WAS OPENLY GAY AND MARRIED TO HIS HBAND VGHN C WILLIAMS

The Batman voice actor Kev Conroy sadly passed away and fans are jt learng about his personal life, cludg the fact that he was openly gay and married to his hband, Vghn. MORE: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever mem take over Twter Photo by Isaiah Trickey/FilmMagicKev Conroy was first intified as gay 2016 The New York Tim revealed a 2016 terview that Kev was gay.

NEARLY TWO S LATER, 'DAWSON'S CREEK' ACTOR REFLECTS ON HISTORIC GAY KISS

Speakg about his stggl of intifyg as a gay man the early years of his life, Kev Conroy wrote Fdg Batman: “As a gay boy growg up the 1950s and ’60s a voutly Catholic fay, I’d grown apt at ncealg parts of myself. But bis troducg viewers to an arguably excciatg ma character, the WB show also gave viewers one of the most inic moments televisn history back 2000: primetime TV’s first “passnate” gay 20 years later, Kerr Smh, who played Jack McPhee on the teen drama, reflected on the impact of that kiss an terview wh Too Fab. The storyle ends heartbreak — Ethan has got back together wh his ex-boyiend and don’t reciprote Jack’s feelgs — but history was ma “Dawson’s Creek, ” Will and Jack kissed on NBC’s “Will and Grace” to prott the fact that they had never seen two gay men kiss on televisn, and a few other shows, cludg “LA Law” and “Relativy” featured two women kissg.

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HOW KEV CONROY WAS SECRETLY THE FIRST GAY ACTOR TO PLAY BATMAN

“Riverdale” also clus a gay character, Kev (Casey Cott), whom Smh likened to Jack on “Dawson’s Creek. ” Kev, too, ma history as the first openly gay character Archie Comics to LGBTQ televisn reprentatn, however, there’s still room for improvement, acrdg to LGBTQ advot. CelebryIn revealg that he's gay, Kev Conroy is the first gay actor to play Batman the history of televisn or Cema.

He’s also the first gay actor to play Gotham’s protector.

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FANS LEARN KEV CONROY IS GAY AFTER ACTOR PENS BATMAN STORY FOR DC COMICS

Kev Conroy disclosed he was gay the same terview wh The New York Tim. In a rare glimpse to Conroy’s personal life, the revelatn marks him as one of the most notable gay actors to voice Batman, while also makg him the first gay actor to portray Batman live-actn. “Not only is he the bt Batman but he’s the first gay actor to play him, ” one Twter er said.

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FANS ARE JT FDG OUT THAT LONGTIME BATMAN VOICE ACTOR IS GAY–AND THEY'RE GEEKG OUT

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