Thursday, October 1, 2015

Agents of SHIELD adds a Gay Character



Comic Book Fans get excited!

Agents of SHIELD's new season started Tuesday and they introduced a gay character named Joey Gutierrez.

In a Variety interview with star Chloe Bennet (Daisy Johnson), she talked about Joey:
Speaking of LGBT rights, I loved that the show introduced its first openly gay character in Joey. He’s struggling with his new Inhuman abilities and obviously has a different perspective from Daisy, but also perhaps some common ground because they’re both used to feeling like outsiders. What can you preview about their dynamic and what he could potentially add to the team?

Joey is the first person that she really feels like could be part of the team; they have to go through a certain level of assessment before that happens. As for him being gay, I was really, really happy to see that, and I am mostly happy to see how nonchalant it was and how subtle it was and how no one made a big deal about it. That’s the kind of reference to someone being gay that I like to see; it doesn’t affect the storyline in any way — it’s subtle, and I thought that was really good on the writers. Just like when people ask what it’s like to play a strong female character and it’s always a little frustrating…
I hope we will see more of him

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