Dick Wolf's 'Chigo Fire' had one openly gay character s first two seasons, but the character was killed off vg the ire of many viewers. We take a look at the anchise's lack of LGBTQ+ reprentatn
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- THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
- ‘CHIGO FIRE’ CHARACTER CELEBRATED BY FANS AFTER COMG OUT AS GAY
THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
* chicago fire lgbt characters *
When 'Chigo Fire' first started airg the fall of 2012, the show featured Lren German as an openly gay paramedic, Llie Shay who would often crack self-pretg jok about .
‘CHIGO FIRE’ CHARACTER CELEBRATED BY FANS AFTER COMG OUT AS GAY
Beg what was possibly the most proment gay character on a Dick Wolf show meant that Llie Shay was a breath of h air. Llie's ath not only vered the 'Dead Lbian Syndrome', but also vered the 'Gay but not too gay' and 'All lbians have kids' trop.
The 'Gay but not too gay' trope impli that the sexualy of characters who intify as LGBTQ is ually only implied snippets of nversatn. After tablishg himself on the Chigo theater scene lol productns of “Hamlet, ” “Macbeth” and “Objects the Mirror, ” Daniel Kyri has ma a succsful transn to episodic televisn, starrg as Darren Rter, an openly gay Black firefighter, on the h NBC procral drama “Chigo Fire.