Of course, just because this vile, damaging "therapy" — and other forms of discrimination and violence against the LGBTQ+ community — exists, does not mean that Riverdale needed to do a plot about it. Many fans are wondering what the series hoped to say with this Cheryl storyline. While there are members of the LGBTQ + community on Riverdale who have come out to their parents without such troubling results (Kevin's dad has never had any issue with Kevin's sexuality, for example) it's a bit disturbing that Cheryl finally finding a potential girlfriend was met with such swift cruelty.