"As a gay guy myself, tonight's episo was so special to me," Borelli shared on Instagram.
Contents:
- JAKE BORELLI ON WHY GREY'S ANATOMY'S GAY BLOOD BAN STORY IS PERSONAL
- MEET ALEX LANDI, THE ACTOR PLAYG GREY'S ANATOMY'S FIRST GAY MALE SURGEON
- GREY'S ANATOMY ACTOR JAKE BORELLI OUT AS GAY
- 'GREY'S ANATOMY' ACTOR JAKE BORELLI'S CHARACTER ME OUT AS GAY. THEN HE DID TOO.
- 'GREY'S ANATOMY' ACTOR OUT AS GAY
JAKE BORELLI ON WHY GREY'S ANATOMY'S GAY BLOOD BAN STORY IS PERSONAL
The actor, who me out publicly around the same time as his character Levi a few years ago, is proud the show will she a light on the discrimatory polici around gay men and sex. * gay grey's anatomy *
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.
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" Kyle explas to Callie how all he wanted was to make the day feel special, as the state of Washgton didn't regnize gay marriage as a real marriage. Gay marriage fally beme legal jt 10 years ago Washgton, 2012, one year after this episo aired.
MEET ALEX LANDI, THE ACTOR PLAYG GREY'S ANATOMY'S FIRST GAY MALE SURGEON
After his character shared the first gay male kiss on the h drama, Borelli ma his own statement onle. * gay grey's anatomy *
The beloved character, who me out as gay at the same time Jake Borelli, who portrays him, me out publicly, worked amid the trma of early COVID-19 last season, and suffered full-on burnout after losg his first patient unr the hospal's new trag method this season. But for Borelli, a gay blood ban story that volv Levi Grey's Anatomy's 18th season fale (also the show's whoppg 400th episo), is eply personal. "In preparg for the episo and talkg to people about this, I found that pecially om the straight muny, that there's this ia that oh, well, the blood ban is now no longer a lifetime blood ban for gay men, " he adds.
"You're fe as long as you don't have sex, as long as you don't partake sodomy, or if you don't get married, " Borelli says of ndnal acceptance of gay and bi men. "Borelli, 31, joed ABC's long-nng medil drama 2018, g out publicly as his character's gay storyle unfold not long after. I uldn't bee I knew that I was gay, " Borelli says.
Here, the actor and those who know him reveal the story of the man behd Grey's Anatomy's first openly gay male surgeon.
GREY'S ANATOMY ACTOR JAKE BORELLI OUT AS GAY
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'GREY'S ANATOMY' ACTOR JAKE BORELLI'S CHARACTER ME OUT AS GAY. THEN HE DID TOO.
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.
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Actor Jake Borelli remembers that when he was a kid growg up Oh, he sperately wanted to see gay characters on Thursday’s episo of Grey’s Anatomy, he was one of the actors featured the show’s first gay male romance, between his character, tern Dr. The two shared a kiss, and Schmt me out as gay. “As a gay guy myself, tonight’s episo was so special to me.
'GREY'S ANATOMY' ACTOR OUT AS GAY
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