Riverdale’s Kev Keller answers all the qutns gay men want to know

Contents:

• RIVERDALE’S KEV KELLER ANSWERS ALL THE QUTNS GAY MEN WANT TO KNOW
• CASEY COTT, ACTOR BEHD GAY ‘RIVERDALE’ CHARACTER KEV KELLER, PROMOTED TO SERI REGULAR
• KEV KELLER IS ARCHIE COMICS' NEW GAY SUPERHERO THE EQUALIZER
• KEV KELLER, GAY ARCHIE CHARACTER, GETS MARRIED IN JANUARY ISSUE (PHOTO)
• KEV KELLER, GAY ARCHIE CHARACTER, GETTG MARRIED
• ARCHIE COMICS FEATUR FIRST EVER GAY WEDDG
• IS BLAKE KELLER GAY?

RIVERDALE’S KEV KELLER ANSWERS ALL THE QUTNS GAY MEN WANT TO KNOW

Often relegated to be the tormented gay bt iend om a small town, or any stereotypil gay character trope we often see, Kev Keller is dismissed as anythg but the walkg personifitn of his sexualy.

Y, he’s gay, but he isn’t always heat and lookg for a man to go down on the woods jt beyond the secret tunnel leadg to an asylum. Kev is often treated as eher the gay bt iend (mostly for Veroni bee, let’s be real, Betty and Kev are barely iends spe the suatn that they’re practilly bt iends), the gay son of Sheriff Keller who is, luckily, acceptg of his son’s sexualy, or the random gay stunt at Riverdale High School. This uld potentially make Kev fall to the predatory gay trope, as uld be seen as manipulative that he kissed Moose while he’s obvly heartbroken, but hontly jt seems sperate.

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

We also didn’t see this si of Kev after the early episo, which was que disappotg given the wrers vered gay nversn therapy wh Cheryl later the season. Kev has no pth; he’s the embodiment of gay stereotyp, and ’s dishearteng to see. As stands, we really don’t know much about Kev asi om the fact that he’s gay and feels credibly lonely.

It would even be tertg to see how growg up gay a small, acceptg town is phg Kev outsi of his fort zone, and whether ’s makg him nsir alternate paths for his future. He was still his fal year at llege when he was chosen to play the gay character.

Is Casey Cott gay real life?

KEV KELLER IS ARCHIE COMICS' NEW GAY SUPERHERO THE EQUALIZER

His Riverdale character, Kev Keller, is the first openly gay character the Archie Comics Universe. What’s really ol about Kev is that ’s clear he is gay and ’s not hidn.

(gay bt iend). Sent back to 1955 wh magic, Kev is a closeted gay boy high school datg Betty and velopg feelgs for a new classmate, Clay Walker.

Kev admted that his mother was homophobic towards him, and cricised his looks growg up. Dpe both his dad and close iends beg supportive, Kev has trouble navigatg romance as the only out and proud gay guy high school.

KEV KELLER, GAY ARCHIE CHARACTER, GETS MARRIED IN JANUARY ISSUE (PHOTO)

Kev felt misunrstood and jealo of Betty, who uld experience and play wh her sexualy whout problems while he as stgglg wh beg the only openly gay guy at school.

(gay bt iend), ially puttg their iendship a stereotypil pigeonhole of mean girl and gay bt iend.

They also bond over their tert boys, though not as Kev and Betty were durg sophomore years. Dpe the mon ia that jocks and gay stunts are natural enemi at school, Kev and Reggie seem to get along que well and often spend time together, whether 's gog to watch a Drag Race, fendg town om thugs om the Southsi as vigilant or jt havg a party, ually at La Bonne Nu.

KEV KELLER, GAY ARCHIE CHARACTER, GETTG MARRIED

Kev impli he is the only openly gay stunt at Riverdale High School.

ARCHIE COMICS FEATUR FIRST EVER GAY WEDDG

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. 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.

IS BLAKE KELLER GAY?

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. Kev Keller is a gay character om Riverdale, and Katy Keene.

Kev often stggl wh beg the only openly gay man, while his personaly has remaed much the same over the past 7 years.

He feels that he is unworthy of love and affectn due to his abily to m as a gay man.

Kev is gay.