“Give him a boyfriend”
The "" universe is doing its part to bring more LGBTQIA+ representation to TV, and both halves of a " Lone Star" couple have come out in real life. The shift occurred following the death of Captain Bobby Nash Peter Krause at the end of season 8, leaving paramedic Chimney Kenneth Choi to step into the new role of interim captain. With so many changes at the , Buck found himself uncomfortable with losing his longtime work dynamic with Eddie — and seeing his BFF click so quickly with someone else. '9
LGBTQ Characters across the franchise whom openly identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, pansexual, asexual, etc. Out of all the series' main casts, there are two lesbian. By CT Jones. When TV series aired its th episode on April 4, the Los Angeles-set ABC firefighter drama, known for pitting its characters against tsunamis and hijacked cruise ships, did something so wild, so unexpected, that even day-one fans were left shocked: They had one of their main characters kiss another man. 9
The upcoming Nashville spinoff is already garnering an LGBTQIA+ fan base, thanks to this new character. For seven seasons, fans have been calling on the showrunners to make the queer-coded character Evan 'Buck' Buckley explicitly queer — and to my huge surprise, it's finally happened. Season seven episode four, 'Buck, Bothered and Bewildered', saw the character grow jealous over Eddie Diaz's new friendship with Tommy Kinard, only for Buck to understand by the end that it was never Eddie's friendship he was worried about but rather Tommy's attention, and the pair kissed. 
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Michael Provost in Nashville. (ABC) As the universe expands, fans of the series are keen for more LGBTQ+ representation – and many particularly keen that Michael Provost’s character in the new Nashville-set spin-off gets a boyfriend. Nashville was announced back in February when it was confirmed that ABC had ordered the. However, particular attention has been paid to the actor who plays Evan "Buck" Buckley, Oliver Stark. In fact, at the time of this writing, the "" star is in a relationship with real-life partner Hannah Gotesman, his longtime girlfriend.
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For seven seasons, fans have been calling on the showrunners to make the queer-coded character Evan 'Buck' Buckley explicitly queer – and to my huge surprise, it's finally happened. Other than a great story, character ships have long been the backbone of many television shows. The slowburn romance between The X-Files ' Dana Scully and Fox Mulder coined the term "shipping" and Supernatural 's Dean and Castiel is one of the most popular relationships that never came to be.
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Stark's character on the ABC procedural came out as bisexual in Season 7. . 
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Oliver Stark is opening up about what lies ahead for his character, Evan “Buck” Buckley, on this season of — from adjusting to new partnerships at work to delving deeper into what it. .
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A new relationship for a main character has sparked major discussions about network television's history of queerbaiting. .