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'S DANIEL KYRI OPENS UP ABOUT COMG OUT AS GAY ON THE SHOW
THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
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 . 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. "They met a woman who was gay and who was an EMT, " she said. They thought she was jt so matter-of-fact, so ol and so pletely voted to the job, and what a great opportuny was to tell a very ground, real story about someone who 'oh, by the way, she's gay.
CHIGO FIRE'S DANIEL KYRI OPENS UP ABOUT COMG OUT AS GAY ON THE SHOW
The actrs also had a msage to those who mata that havg openly gay characters on televisn amounts to promotn of an unacceptable liftyle. SHOWBIZ 'Scream, ' 'Paris Is Burng, ' Shea Coulee, Noah Schnapp, Broadway2023-08-11Gay film director Christopher Landon—who's helmed Happy Death Day and Freaky—will take the res of the next Scream movie, Out noted.