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COVER STORY: RAFAEL SILVA: "Masculinity is an idea, not something real"

“I didn’t tell anyone I was gay until I got to college.”

America is said to be the land of opportunity, of dreams, and of freedom. Rafael Silva (June 18, 1994, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil) is the living testimony of all this propaganda. The only thing no one said was easy. He learned the hard way to be an immigrant on the ground where the skyscrapers prevent you from seeing the horizon.

After being bullied since pre-adolescence, he has managed to overcome himself and peek ahead to the promising future. He now makes up, together with Ronen Rubinstein, one of the most famous and beloved LGTBIQ+ couples on the small screen. A noticeability that even in the middle of 2022 is still more than necessary. And under this umbrella, the Brazilian actor wants to be a prophet of equality because as he says like a mantra “love yourself because it is not necessary to discriminate, it is not necessary to despise someone to feel greater about yourself. There is room for everyone in this world.”

IMMIGRANT IN A PLACE CALLED THE WORLD

“I feel that responsibility t

The biggest wedding event on network TV is upon us.

On May 16, the 2-hour season 4 finale of 9-1-1: Lone Star will wind on Fox and it will involve the wedding of TK (Ronen Rubinstein) and Carlos (Rafael L. Silva), who has been affectionately referred to as “Tarlos”. Of course, it wouldn’t be 9-1-1 wedding without some drama.

When asked about what to expect from the season finale, Reubinstein told GLAAD’s Anthony Allen Ramos in a recent interview that the wedding will see “a bump to utter the least.”

Silva says, “The writers room make you earn the wedding up until the very last moment and I assess what they include done…” Silva tries to find words without spoiling the season. “I will pause your heart but it’s also an invitation for you to pack it up more with love. There are gonna be some bumps for Tarlos but I have faith it’s gonna be a beautiful wedding.”

For Rubinstein, words can’t describe his excitement for the forthcoming Tarlos nuptials. “This has been a long highway for these two and I recognize, personally speaking as one of the biggest Tarlos fans out there, I’m just

9-1-1 Stars Who Possess Been Open About Their Sexuality In Real Life

"9-1-1" has long been lauded for it's advocacy of the LGBTQIA+ community, and some stars of the spinoff "9-1-1: Lone Star" have even been inspired to come out publicly because of it. However, particular attention has been paid to the star who plays Evan "Buck" Buckley, Oliver Stark. 

We'll start by saying Stark has never said that he's a member of the LGBTQIA+ community himself. In fact, at the time of this writing, the "9-1-1" star is in a relationship with real-life partner Hannah Gotesman, his longtime girlfriend. However, he has spoken extensively about how important it was for him to play a bisexual character on "9-1-1." After the 2024 episode that saw Buck brush his friend Tommy Kinard, he gushed on "The Zach Sang Show," "I think it's really good representation." That, he explained, came from the evidence that Buck's bisexuality was merely one detail about him. "This is one important aspect, but not his entire personality," Stark said. 

Stark also made it clear that he had no period for the haters who criticized the show simply because his character was bisexual. Firstly, he shut down the complaints about

Rafael L. Silva is famously famous for playing the role of Carlos Reyes in the series, ‘9-1-1: Lone Star.’ He is also one-half of the fan favorite onscreen couple, “Tarlos,” with the other half being T.K. Strand, who is portrayed by Ronen Rubinstein.

Rafael was born on June 18, 1994 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Growing up, he wanted to work with farm animals like his grandfather and uncles. At the age of 13, his family moved to the US, and the tradition shock resulted in him becoming introverted and fearful of speaking in public.

He started to pursue acting when he was in high school to overcome his fear of public speaking.

“I started acting when I was a junior in high school. I used to be very terrified to speak in public. I figured if you were going to be afraid of something, you might as well be in the eye of the hurricane. So I started acting because I was afraid of speaking in public…,” the 28-year-old Brazilian-American actor shared in an interview with Styles Rant.

Thereafter, he attended Pace University in downtown Manhattan, New York City, and he graduated in 2017 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Acting for Movie, Television,