Gay = Yay!
Openly gay character debuts in Archie Comics
I slashing him with Jughead already. :-D
In other geeky news, I recently saw Jemsem Echols wearing a sweet leather jacket
and he was looking so hot OMG. So I bought one for myself. I call it my Jacklet™. XD
EDIT for even moar geekiness:
I have had a theory for a long time that J2 are the people most likely to get people to rail against their sexuality.
There are two groups that are, by common definition, supposed to be unattracted to men: straight men & lesbians*. Through my flist I have found that there are many lesbians who, while intellectually attracted to men, would never actually consider vaginal intercourse with a man... unless that man is Jensen Ackles**. Conversely, straight men seem to feel similarly about Jared Padalecki. Way to be irresistable, guys. :-)
*This is not meant to exclude asexual people, but I have not data on them, so...
**OK, I have no links to prove this, but I've seen people talk about it, so yea.
(Feel free to provide evidence to support my theory. I'd love to write crack meta about it.)