Playg a gay character on the show that was warmly received by fans helped him feel "safe and fortable to talk about and to fally embrace and be happy about ."
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9-1-1: LONE STAR’S ‘TARLOS’: ARE T.K. & CARLOS’ PORTRAYERS GAY REAL LIFE?
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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? “When there’s so few rol that are for a gay character out there, let have an opportuny to play the rol that are about our liv today.... 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.
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The fans helped him overe the homophobia he experienced durg his upbrgg, he said.
“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.