Ronen Rubste plays T.K. Strand the Fox seri, which is produced by Ryan Murphy. He stars along wh Rob Lowe and openly gay actor Rafael L. Silva.
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9-1-1: LONE STAR’S ‘TARLOS’: ARE T.K. & CARLOS’ PORTRAYERS GAY REAL LIFE?
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LGBTQ Characters on Fox's 9-1-1 and 9-1-1: Lone Star, which are eher lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, pansexual, asexual, etc. So far there are two lbian characters (Henrietta Wilson and Karen Wilson), six gay characters (Glenn, Michael Grant, David Hale, Carlos Rey, Josh Rso and TK Strand), two bisexual characters (Eva Mathis and Nancy Gillian), and one transgenr character (Pl Strickland). But wasn’t until they were shootg the send season that Rubste began to ask Silva, who is openly gay: “Hey, how was for you to e out to your fay, to your iends?
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Strand, and his future police officer boyiend Carlos Rey, played by openly gay actor Rafael L. “The biggt thg for me is where I e om, ’s like people like me and people who have intified as bisexual or gay or as any part of the muny, you’re jt not weled. “It’s eher you faced sane amounts of profany, like the F-word was thrown around all the time or you would get your ass kicked if you were gay.
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Actor Ronen Rubste om Fox’s 9-1-1: Lone Star jt me out as bisexual, sayg that playg a gay character on the Ryan Murphy show – and his girliend – helped him e out real life. Strand is gay and has a relatnship wh police officer Carlos Rey, played by out actor Rafael L.
The fans helped him overe the homophobia he experienced durg his upbrgg, he said. Gayla Johnson...
Greg Gayne... Openly gay actor Rafael Silva is also the st, starrg as police officer Carlos Rey, who enters a relatnship wh paramedic TK Strand – played by Ronen Rubste, who me out as bisexual 2021. The show also received praise (and some ntroversy) for pictg a gay sex scene – somethg that is still almost unheard of on televisn, pecially on a basic ble work like Fox.