Meet Alex Landi: Grey's Anatomy's first gay male surgeon, Ni Kim |

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• MEET ALEX LANDI, THE ACTOR PLAYG GREY'S ANATOMY'S FIRST GAY MALE SURGEON
• 'GREY'S ANATOMY' ACTOR JAKE BORELLI'S CHARACTER ME OUT AS GAY. THEN HE DID TOO.
• GREY'S ANATOMY ACTOR JAKE BORELLI OUT AS GAY
• EXCLUSIVE: 'GREY'S ANATOMY' STAR T.R. KNIGHT CONFIRMS HE'S GAY
• 'GREY'S ANATOMY' ACTOR OUT AS GAY

MEET ALEX LANDI, THE ACTOR PLAYG GREY'S ANATOMY'S FIRST GAY MALE SURGEON

Here, the actor and those who know him reveal the story of the man behd Grey's Anatomy's first openly gay male surgeon. It's rare to see a gay relatnship between men shown on a televisn show of Grey's liber, and the normalcy and emotns showg the two's love for one another are rehg. Callie Torr' father to Seattle Grace wh the pastor of their church and a plan to nvce his dghter she isn't gay this emotnal episo that shows a real look at how people of the LGBTQ+ muny n be treated by their own loved on.

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2020, Borelli starred Freeform’s first gay romantic edy televisn movie, The Thg About Harry, portrayg the role of Sam Basilli, a young gay man startg his polil reer Chigo. Niko Kim (played by Alex Landi), makg the first central gay romance  the show’s history. Schmt admted that was the first time he had kissed another Out As GayBorelli was always aaid of g out publicly bee he believed that “if he me out publicly that his reer would end.

'GREY'S ANATOMY' ACTOR JAKE BORELLI'S CHARACTER ME OUT AS GAY. THEN HE DID TOO.

So Borelli publicly me out as gay on his Instagram moments after his character’s g out scene was aired. In his Instagram post, he wrote, “As a gay guy myself, tonight’s episo was so special to me. This is exactly the kd of story I craved as a young gay kid growg up Oh, and blows my md that I’m able to brg life to Dr.

GREY'S ANATOMY ACTOR JAKE BORELLI OUT AS GAY

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EXCLUSIVE: 'GREY'S ANATOMY' STAR T.R. KNIGHT CONFIRMS HE'S GAY

“As a gay guy myself, tonight’s episo was so special to me.

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“This is hontly such an amazg thg, ” he wrote, “As a gay man myself, is so great to see you be able to be yourself real life and on tv. ELLEN POMPEO Grey’s Anatomy has always phed boundari, but on Thursday night’s episo, fally troduced a storyle fans have been wag 15 years for — a gay male romance between two doctors. The actor, 27, opened up about his sexualy an Instagram post, wrg, “As a gay guy myself, tonight’s episo was so special to me.

'GREY'S ANATOMY' ACTOR OUT AS GAY

“So, the story didn’t beg wh, ‘Hey, we’ve never done a gay male love story. Knight, who portrayed erstwhile tern Gee, me out the wake of a media enzy surroundg -star Isaiah Washgton’s e of a gay slur on set.

The half-Korean, half-Italian actor, who joed the show s 15th season as the seri’ first proment gay male character, told Travis Mills on Beats 1 on Apple Mic: “I’m jt glad that I n give everyone a voice. Landi’s character on Grey’s Anatomy has bee part of the show’s first major male gay romance. Even though the show is one of the most diverse on televisn (Callie Torr beme the longt nng LGBTQ character televisn history), there’s never been a homosexual relatnship at the foreont of a storyle.