Grey's Anatomy Character Laments Years 'Wasted' to Gay Shame

grey's anatomy gay scenes

Alex Landi plays the Shondaland seri' first gay male surgeon.

Contents:

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

* grey's anatomy gay scenes *

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.

After she shouts at her father that he n't "pray away the gay," Callie tells Arizona she don't need a fay who's not gog to accept her for who she is. A romantic gture go awry when a patient is trampled by a horse-drawn rriage on the way to file papers for a "domtic partnership." 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.

“GREY’S ANATOMY” DOC ON STRAIGHT ACTORS, GAY ROL: “THE BT ACTOR WS”ALEX LANDI PLAYS THE SHONDALAND SERI' FIRST GAY MALE {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CELEBRIBY BRANDON VOSSJANUARY 5, 2019/4:12 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:3000PX;WIDTH:2009PX;}JOHN FLEENOR/ABC VIA GETTY IMAGGREY'S ANATOMY - "GUT FEELG" - MEREDH WORKS ON A PATIENT WHO HAPPENS TO SPECIALIZE MATCHMAKG, AND A SEEMGLY DNK PATIENT PH RICHARD'S BUTTONS AND GIV HIM A MEDIL MYSTERY TO SOLVE. MEANWHILE, MAGGIE TRI TO REACH TEDDY AFTER BEARG THE BURN OF HER SECRET BE OVERWHELMG AS SHE STGGL WH ISSU HER OWN PERSONAL LIFE ON "GREY'S ANATOMY," THURSDAY, OCT. 4 (8:00-9:01 P.M. EDT), ON THE ABC TELEVISN NETWORK. (JOHN FLEENOR/ABC VIA GETTY IMAG)ALEX LANDIBY BRANDON VOSSJANUARY 5, 2019 / 4:12 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"“GREY’S ANATOMY” DOC ON STRAIGHT ACTORS, GAY ROL: “THE BT ACTOR WS”","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-01-05T21:12:40.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-01-05T21:12:40.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"BRANDON VOSS","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CO RED! GREY’S ANATOMY STAR ALEX LANDI WANTS TO HEAL LGBTQ AND ASIAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE ABC SERI WELED THE 26-YEAR-OLD NEWER TO THE CURRENT 15TH SEASON AS DR. NI KIM, THE SHOW’S FIRST GAY MALE SURGEON. SCE STARTG HIS RINCY AT GREY SLOAN MEMORIAL HOSPAL, KIM HAS HAD A FLIRTATN WH TERN DR. LEVI "GLASS" SCHMT, PLAYED BY OUT ACTOR JAKE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“AS AN ACTOR, I WANT TO DO THE BT JOB I N ANY ROLE, REGARDLS OF MY OWN PERSONAL SEXUALY OR THE CHARACTER’S," SAYS LANDI A NEW ATTU VER STORY. "I JT WANT TO DO THIS ROLE PROUD FOR THE LGBT+ AND THE ASIAN MUNI. IF I PUT MY TWO CENTS, THE BT ACTOR WS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IT DOWN TO THE ROLE BREAKDOWN," LANDI NTU. " JT FALLS TO WHOEVER N DO THE BT AND WHAT THE PRODUCER LIK. I DON’T THK NECSARILY HAS TO FALL TO SEXUAL INTY. IT FALLS TO WHO N GET THE JOB DONE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THERE ARE DISCSNS ABOUT TRANSGENR ACTORS PLAYG TRANSGENR ROL, GAY ACTORS PLAYG GAY ROL, AND ASIAN ACTORS SPEAKG UP ABOUT WHEWASHG SIMPLY BEE NOT ALL ACTORS HAVE EQUAL OPPORTUNI. THERE ISN’T A LEVEL PLAYG GROUND. WHEN ROL STOP BEG PRE-FED BY ETHNICY AND SEXUAL ORIENTATN, THAT IS WHEN THE DISCSNS WILL NO LONGER BE AT THE FOREONT OF STG CISNS.”MCH HAASETH VIA GETTY IMAGGREY'S ANATOMY - "BLOW' THE WD" - SEATTLE IS H BY A HUGE WD STORM AND GREY SLOAN BE UNDATED WH PATIENTS. ALEX AND JO ARE STUCK AT HOME AND CI TO MAKE THE BT OF BY HAVG A SEND HONEYMOON, WHILE MEREDH NONTS RICHARD ABOUT GETTG HIS LIFE BACK ON TRACK, ON THE WTER FALE OF "GREY'S ANATOMY," THURSDAY, NOV. 15 (8:00-9:01 P.M. EST), ON THE ABC TELEVISN NETWORK. (MCH HAASETH VIA GETTY IMAG)JAKE BORELLI, ALEX {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LANDI REVEALS THAT GREY'S PRODUCERS "WANTED A VERY MASCULE 'BRO' TYPE, AND THEY WANTED HIM TO BE OPENLY GAY. THAT WAS DISCLOSED TO ME BEFORE THE DN."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I’M TRYG TO BREAK STEREOTYP," SAYS LANDI, WHO IS HALF KOREAN AND HALF ITALIAN. "ASIAN MEN ARE NOT SEEN AS MASCULE THE MEDIA AND THAT IS SOMETHG THAT I AM STRIVG TO CHANGE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WHY N’T THERE BE AN ASIAN JAM BOND? WHY N’T THERE BE AN ASIAN MARVEL SUPERHERO? THERE ARE PLENTY OF ASIAN MEN WHO N PULL OFF. A DREAM OF ME IS TO BEE A MARVEL SUPERHERO."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GREY’S ANATOMY HAS FEATURED NUMERO LGBTQ CHARACTERS, MOST NOTABLY BISEXUAL ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON DR. CALLIE TORR (SARA RAMIREZ) AND LBIAN PEDIATRIC SURGEON DR. ARIZONA ROBBS (JSI CAPSHAW).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LAST SEASON CANDIS CAYNE PLAYED A TRANS PATIENT SEEKG VAGOPLASTY SURGERY, AND TRANS ACTOR ALEX BLUE DAVIS HAS APPEARED AS TRANS TERN CASEY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GREY’S ANATOMY RETURNS JANUARY 17 ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

Here, the actor and those who know him reveal the story of the man behd Grey's Anatomy's first openly gay male surgeon.

Leigh currently stars on the CW’s Supergirl as Alex Danvers, the openly gay sister of Kara Danvers.

GREY'S ANATOMY CHARACTER LAMENTS YEARS 'WASTED' TO GAY SHAME

Isaiah Washgton reportedly ed a homophobic slur to refer to star T. R Knight g a homophobic slur. Former "Grey's" wrer Harry Werksman said that Isaiah phed Dempsey agast a wall and told him he uldn't "talk to me the way you talk to" Knight, whom he referred to g the homophobic slur.

‘GREY’S ANATOMY’S ALEX LANDI WEIGHS ON STRAIGHT ACTORS PLAYG GAY ROL

'"Knight eventually ma a statement nfirmg that he's gay to the prs. She blamed the fact that the work got "ld feet" when me to velopg a storyle for a homosexual uple. A lot of character wrg for gay people is talkg about trma.

So the story didn’t beg wh, “Hey, we’ve never done a gay male love story. It felt like an avenue unexplored after 15 seasons, and when we began to talk about the wrers’ room we all got really exced, and then we woke up the next morng to an email om our productn assistant Zaiver, who is a gay man and took the brave steps of wrg to the whole wrg staff sayg he uldn’t stop cryg readg the wrers’ room not realizg that we were fally gog to tell a story that would speak to him this way.

*BEAR-MAGAZINE.COM* GREY'S ANATOMY GAY SCENES

'Grey's Anatomy's Alex Landi weighs on straight actors playg gay rol.

TOP