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He's known for playg an openly gay character on the h teen drama based on the Archie ics of yore. And Casey Cott of Riverdale fame shared some excg news to his Instagram on Saturday.

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THE PROBLEMS WH RIVERDALE’S PICTN OF GAY CHARACTERS

From boy-next-door hunk Kev Keller to cheerlear Cheryl Blossom, we've piled a list of every gay and bisexual character The CW show Riverdale. * gay actors in riverdale *

The h Amerin drama, based on the inic Archie Comics characters, has garnered a large queer followg over three seasons thanks to s attractive st, p amounts of drama, and s acceptance of gay, lbian and bisexual characters.

IS ‘RIVERDALE’ ACTOR CASEY COTT GAY IN REAL LIFE? WHO IS HE DATG?

Is Casey Cott gay real life? Read to know about the 'Riverdale' star's datg terts real life right here. * gay actors in riverdale *

The beloved Archie Comics Universe ma history 2010 wh the troductn of Kev Keller, a wholome boy-next-door who happened to be the seri’ first ever openly gay character. Inially playg the role of high school mean girl – and not much else – head cheerlear Cheryl has shown plenty of character velopment over three seasons of Riverdale, largely due to all the trma she’s endured; we’re talkg a tw brother murred at the hands of their father, a failed suici attempt, and gay ‘cure’ therapy urty of her mother and the Sisters of Quiet Mercy. One of TV’s most proment bisexual femal, Toni Topaz was troduced as a member of the Southsi Serpents Riverdale’s send season and was promoted to seri regular for season three, where she beme the support system that Cheryl Blossom sperately need after her fay murred, betrayed, and attempted to put her through gay ‘cure’ therapy.

Wh a reer “fantasy fulfilment”, and seemgly only servg male clients, ’s hard to know if Chic exists somewhere along the sexualy spectm or if he’s jt gay-for-pay. It’s never been explicly stated, but many viewers believe Fangs to be bisexual followg flirtat scen wh rint gay teen Kev Keller.

I hear one of them is gay.

CASEY COTT, ACTOR BEHD GAY ‘RIVERDALE’ CHARACTER KEV KELLER, PROMOTED TO SERI REGULAR

Riverdale centred s gay, lbian and bisexual characters 'Bizzarodale'. Good theory but, as turns out, Penelope iated the policy out of homophobia to spe Cheryl.

IS KJ APA GAY? RIVERDALE’S ACTOR’S REAL SEXUALY

A te Riverdale wasn't out of homophobia, though.

Bar some odd character choic (why would Cheryl out someone when her own mother is homophobic? Photo Cred: Riverdale/The CW, Katie Yu Image Acquired om CWTVPR Use your ← → (arrows) to browsePhoto Cred: Riverdale/The CW, Katie Yu Image Acquired om CWTVPRWhile Riverdale’s handlg of gay characters has long been a bated issue, has reached a boilg pot this season wh the troductn of new pairg Cheryl and Toni (aka Choni) me start out by statg that I am a huge fan of CW’s Riverdale.

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That said, there is a pretty big problem wh the show’s pictn of gay characters and is not one that I feel I n stay silent on any all the talk of Riverdale beg a subversive teen drama appears the show is perfectly happy not subvertg any of the trop or problems that entertament has regardg LGBTQ+ we dive to the sophomore season’s g-out story for Cheryl Blossom and the handlg of her pairg wh Toni Topaz, let’s start at the begng of the seri wh s first gay character: Kev Cred: Riverdale/The CW, Katie Yu Image Acquired om CWTVPRThe Gay Bt FriendKev Keller (Casey Cott) was troduced one of the first scen of the seri as Betty Cooper’s bt iend.

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As the season went on, many fans cricized the show for not allowg Kev to be more than the tired Gay Bt Friend trope.

When the send season did give Kev an episo, foced on his venturg to the woods to hook up wh other gay teens and end wh him gettg shamed by Betty. Is Casey Cott gay real life? On ‘Riverdale‘, Kev is a badass gay character.

Is Casey gay realy? However, unlike his character, Cott is not gay real life. Kev is the first gay character the Archie ics seri.

'RIVERDALE' JT GOT REAL ABOUT "CISG" AS A GAY MAN AND IT'S SO IMPORTANT

However, Cott is not gay real life. Is KJ Apa gay? No, Kj Apa is not gay.

GAY HOLLYWOOD: 45 OUT AND PROUD LGBT STARS (PHOTOS)

There is no evince that uld prove him as homosexual. And wh Greg Berlanti behd , we knew there'd be some gay spice, the show started, gay teen Kev Keller (Casey Cott) was secretly hookg up wh closeted football star Moose (Cody Kearsley)—off mera. "While Joaqu was created for Riverdale, Kev was troduced Veroni issue #202 2010, as Riverdale's first out gay teen.

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