Gay archie

Created by writer/artist Dan Parent, Kevin is the first gay character in Archie Comics history. He is portrayed by Casey Cott on Riverdale. In Keller's initial storyline, "Isn't It Bromantic?", Veronica expresses interest in dating Kevin but he is uninterested. In , Archie Comics introduced the first-ever gay character in its series’ 70 year history, Kevin Keller.

Keller then married his husband Clay in , four years before the U.S. legalized. Since introducing the first gay character in Archie Comics 13 years ago, author and artist Dan Parent, appearing July 2 at Megabrain Comics in Rhinebeck, has proven there is radical power in normality. All five of the heartwarming Archie Comics celebrating Coming Out Day can be found here. A definitive list of every LGBTQ character in Riverdale.

Archie Comics teamed up with It Gets Better for a heartwarming series on National Coming Out Day showing how love and tolerance should be universal. Archie Comics launches a Kickstarter campaign with comic legend Dan Parent to celebrate the label's first LGBTQ+ character, Kevin Keller.

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The experience led me to start working harder on watching what I was putting into my body. Life With Archie Would you call Archie a racially diverse comic? Does Kevin get to kiss, date, have sex? Grundy, Archie love interest Cheryl Blossom tackling breast cancer and Jughead and friends dealing with financial struggles.

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Share this: Tweet. His husband got shot trying to stop a robbery Splenda. And again, we have a character created to fill a void in the story — a progressive gay husband. If Archie is high fructose corn syrup his buddies Betty , Reggie , Veronica , and Jughead could be Splenda , NutraSweet , Equal and Sweet and Low ; white, upper middle class, overly privileged teens living in a mostly white small town.

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Good work Archie and I look forward to your inclusion of a transgender bisexual female of color character in the year ! You might also like. Archie was never supposed to be on the cutting edge of issues. He dies in the manner that epitomizes not only the best of Riverdale, but the best of all of us. The fundamental aspects of the characters and the comic itself remain unchanged.

Or Casey Cooper? He could have saved Betty. I did have an interesting theory that the death of Archie could symbolize the death of the conservative happy go lucky optimistic lie Archie has been selling to kids since the beginning. The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation and several Archie fans praised Archie Comics' decision to have the character sacrifice himself to save Kevin, who is depicted in "Life with Archie" as a married military veteran turned senator.

Freckle-faced Archie will meet his demise when he intervenes in an assassination attempt on senator Kevin Keller, Archie Comics' first openly gay character, who's pushing for more gun control in Riverdale. His father is in the military and they travel a lot because of this. No of course not. Lang on Twitter: derrikjlang. So in trying to stop that reality from coming to Riverdale Archie dies in the process perhaps with the implication that the only way for the future is the finality of the past.

Technically yes — he even has his own series. The malt shop is shown to be full to capacity — and there are five people of color in the room that I can see; who do you think the killer is? RS Films. At all. Sign me up.