"It's so good to be in a state when you get to see the law turn over and be a part of that celebration. She added that being in Illinois when marriage equality passed was exciting. is doing an amazing job and is supportive of the community too.
"Having Shay represent the LGBT community on our show is fantastic. "Any demographic needs to be represented fully and accurately on any show," she said. However she hopes lesbian characters like Shay will continue to be realistically depicted on television. "I have a very supportive cast and family." "Everything I've tweeted is my comment," she said. Raymundwho portrays Dawsonsaid she had no comment about coming out. They are keyed into their genuine relationship." "People love her really solid friendship with Dawson, her work partner. Gelber said that the Chicago Fire audience has responded well to the character. "I just thought she should be part of the mix and reflects what goes on in Chicago," he said. She's not being hit on by her male cohorts trying to turn her straight or any of that nonsense, it's just very accepted." They thought she was just so matter-of-fact, so cool and so completely devoted to the job, and what a great opportunity it was to tell a very grounded, real story about someone who 'oh, by the way, she's gay.' It's not like a huge headline.
"They met a woman who was gay and who was an EMT," she said. German hoped that, down the road, her character would take advantage of marriage equality in Illinois: "I think that's progressive and would be applauded!"Įxecutive Producer Danielle Gelber explained that German's role came about when the show's co-creators, Michael Brandt and Derek Haas, immersed themselves in a real firehouse. I was lucky to be raised with open-minded parents and friends and there's no stigma or walls up for me."
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Earlier this month, German's co-star Monica Raymund publicly came out as bisexual during a series of tweets.īefore the event, German told Windy City Times that portraying the character of Leslie Shay was no challenge. Now in its second season on NBC, Chicago Fire includes an openly lesbian paramedic played by Lauren German. 19 for a panel discussion in front of a sold out audience of enthusiastic fans. The cast and producers of locally shot Chicago Fire and Chicago PD joined Executive Producer Dick Wolf at the Chicago Museum of Broadcast Communications Feb. This article shared 20 times since Thu Feb 20, 2014
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