We've got some important facts you need to know about The Walkg Dead's first gay male character, Aaron.
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- IS J GAY IN THE WALKG DEAD COMICS?
- WHY WALKG DEAD CANCELED PLANS FOR ITS FIRST GAY CHARACTER
- AMC'S "WALKG DEAD" INTRODUC GAY CHARACTER FROM THE COMIC BOOK (SPOILERS!){FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY JOE EHRMAN-DUPREFEBARY 17, 2015/9:08 AMBY JOE EHRMAN-DUPREFEBARY 17, 2015 / 9:08 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"AMC'S \"WALKG DEAD\" INTRODUC GAY CHARACTER FROM THE COMIC BOOK (SPOILERS!)","DATEPUBLISHED":"2015-02-17T14:08:45.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2015-02-17T14:08:45.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"JOE EHRMAN-DUPRE","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{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;}DPE DASHG OUR HOP THAT BAD-BOY DARRYL DIXON WAS A, AHEM, MAN'S MAN, AMC'S THE WALKG DEAD JTTRODUCED A NEW GAY CHARACTER, TRANSPORTED OM THE ORIGAL IC BOOK {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;}RELATED: DARYL DIXON OF “THE WALKG DEAD” IS “PRISON GAY” SAYS ACTOR NORMAN {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;}"AARON" POPPED UP THE FAL MOMENTS OF SUNDAY'S EPISO, CLARG HE WAS A "IEND" TO RICK AND THE RT OF THE POST-APOLYPTIC STAWAYS. HE APPARENTLY LIV THE ALEXANDRIA SAFE ZONE, A POCKET OF CIVILIZATN NEAR WASHGTON, {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;}HE WORKS AS A RECER FOR THE SAFE ZONE, SEEKG OUT UNFECTED SURVIVORS TO JO THE FOLD. (WA, A GAY MAN WHO RECS? THIS SOUNDS LIKE PAT ROBERTSON'S APOLYPSE.){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;}RUMORS CIRCULATED RECENT MONTHS ABOUT A NEW GAY ON THE SHOW, AND CREATOR ROBERT KIRKMAN HTED AT THE POSSIBILY, AS WELL—WH MOSTLY FANS THKG CROSSBOW-TOTG DARYL WAS G OUT AS “PRISON GAY,” A PROSPECT NORMAN RES SAID HE HE WAS DOWN {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;}RELATED: "WALKG DEAD" CHARACTER MIGHT COME OUT AS GAY: "IT'S BEEN DISCSED"{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;}PERHAPS S BETTER WE GET A NEW FACE RATHER THAN A SUDN REVELATN ABOUT AN EXISTG CHARACTER WHO'S NEVER ONCE MENTNED ANY HT OF HOMOSEXUALY. HOPEFULLY AARON WILL ADD TO TWD'S ALREADY DIVERSE AND NUANCED CHARACTERS—IF HE SURVIV, OF {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;}GET THE 411 ON AARON (WH POSSIBLE SPOILERS) {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
- DARYL DIXON WAS ALMOST THE WALKG DEAD'S FIRST GAY CHARACTER
- J IS GAY ON 'THE WALKG DEAD.' HERE’S WHY THAT MATTERS.
- THE WALKG DEAD SOP: NEWER ROSS MARQUAND JOS CAST AS… PIVOTAL GAY COMIC CHARACTER?
- THE WALKG DEAD‘S FIRST GAY MALE CHARACTER: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
IS J GAY IN THE WALKG DEAD COMICS?
Ross Marquand, the actor behd Aaron, one of The Walkg Dead's most proment gay characters, [...] * walking dead comic gay characters *
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.
Ross Marquand, the actor behd Aaron, one of The Walkg Dead's most proment gay characters, [...
Ross Marquand, the actor behd Aaron, one of The Walkg Dead's most proment gay characters, spoke wh about the importance of clivens. "Talk turned to the "bury your gays" trope — the killg of gay characters, their stori ually endg whout a happy endg — and a possible backlash if Aaron or boyiend Eric (Jordan Woods-Robson) perish. "The Walkg Dead troduced s first gay character, Tara (Alanna Masterson) season 4, pairg her wh girliend Alisha (Juliana Harkavy).
WHY WALKG DEAD CANCELED PLANS FOR ITS FIRST GAY CHARACTER
Before Aaron or Pl "J" Monroe me to the picture, The Walkg Dead was set to troduce s first gay character much earlier the story. * walking dead comic gay characters *
The move drew both support and cricism, wh some praisg the show for s reprentatn and others slammg the show for s pictn of gay romance.
The Walkg Dead hasn't backed off the sexualy of s gay characters: season 7 episo "The Other Si, " Hilltop warrr J (Tom Payne) acknowledged he was gay, givg the show s third major gay the show kicks off All Out War agast Negan (Jefey Dean Man) later this month, J and Aaron will grow to more proment rol, wh Marquand revealg Aaron will step up as more of a central lear.
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If you ask a ic rear about J, they'll be quick to pot out that he - like Aaron and Eric - is an openly gay character. "In the past, Robert Kirkman has also nfirmed that J is fely gay on the show, jt hasn't been officially addrsed this week's episo is featurg the characters of The Hilltop, 's likely J will be around.
Before Aaron or Pl "J" Monroe me to the picture, The Walkg Dead was set to troduce s first gay character much earlier the story.
DARYL DIXON WAS ALMOST THE WALKG DEAD'S FIRST GAY CHARACTER
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The seri never strayed away om s diversy, gog on to troduce several gay survivors who would quickly go on to bee fan favor, but seri -creator and wrer Robert Kirkman planned an earlier troductn for the seri' leap to diverse new characters.
J IS GAY ON 'THE WALKG DEAD.' HERE’S WHY THAT MATTERS.
The first openly gay character troduced wh The Walkg Dead ic seri is Aaron, an experienced recer for Virgia's Alexandria Safe Zone muny.
THE WALKG DEAD SOP: NEWER ROSS MARQUAND JOS CAST AS… PIVOTAL GAY COMIC CHARACTER?
It's nearly two years later when the ic troduc yet another major gay character Pl "J" Monroe.
The letters pag of The Walkg Dead Deluxe #50 reveal exactly who Kirkman tend to have as the seri' first major gay survivor, and 's none other than The Governor's former litenant, Martez. In discsg his cisn to scrap the reveal that Martez was gay, Kirkman mented, "I remembered that I was planng to have Rick beat him to ath—then I thought, probably not the bt thg to do wh your first proment gay character.
THE WALKG DEAD‘S FIRST GAY MALE CHARACTER: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
The Walkg Dead Was Wise To Change Its First Openly Gay Character.
Martez beg troduced as the first openly gay character, only to have himself beaten by Rick a few issu later would have drastilly taken away the momentum that Kirkman had planned wh the reveal. Future gay characters like Pl Monroe are not only pable of handg themselv but n be tsted nfidant and close iends to Rick throughout the remar of the seri.