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

Contents:

• IS ‘THE WALKG DEAD’ IN DARYL DIXON GAY?
• THE WALKG DEAD FANS ARE FUR ANOTHER GAY CHARACTER’S BEEN KILLED OFF
• J IS GAY ON 'THE WALKG DEAD.' HERE’S WHY THAT MATTERS.
• 'THE WALKG DEAD' JT CONFIRMED THAT J IS GAY

IS ‘THE WALKG DEAD’ IN DARYL DIXON GAY?

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. 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 FANS ARE FUR ANOTHER GAY CHARACTER’S BEEN KILLED OFF

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. 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.

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

He's gay. "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?

Eric is a gay character om The Walkg Dead. 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?

'THE WALKG DEAD' JT CONFIRMED THAT J IS GAY

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?

— Syd (@squidr14) March 25, 2019 Alongsi Magna and Yumiko, Aaron (Ross Marquand) is the only other proment gay character left alive on the seri. 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.