'Grey's Anatomy' Casts Alex Landi as Show's First Gay Male Surgeon

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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.

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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.

JAKE BORELLI ON WHY GREY'S ANATOMY'S GAY BLOOD BAN STORY IS PERSONAL

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"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.

'GREY'S ANATOMY' CASTS ALEX LANDI AS SHOW'S FIRST GAY MALE SURGEON

Grey's Anatomy is gettg s first openly gay male surgeon season new doctor, played by [... Grey's Anatomy is gettg s first openly gay male surgeon season new doctor, played by newer Alex Landi, will be jog the st of the long-nng ABC medil drama this fall a recurrg role, TVLe first stg as the LGBT characters the st had dwdled wh the exs of Sara Ramirez's Callie Torr and Jsi Capshaw's Arizona Robbs recent seasons. Here, the actor and those who know him reveal the story of the man behd Grey's Anatomy's first openly gay male surgeon.

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

Among the stg chang teed up for this season is the addn of newer Alex Landi, who will play the seri’ first-ever gay male surgeon.

We don’t yet know how many episos he’ll be or any further tails about his character, but even the news that a half-Korean, half-Italian man will be the first gay surgeon on the show is stirrg up excement among fans.

Introducg a gay male character is pecially huge for gay fans, who n appreciate Landi’s stg on the show multiple ways. Other fans lled out how long took Grey’s to troduce a gay male surgeon. “But, Alex Landi, who’s our new recurrg gut star [and playg the show's] first openly gay male surgeon, has a love story this season that has me shakg my boots.

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Kim will be the first gay male surgeon to ever appear on the show 15 seasons, so 's a pretty big al. On the red rpet, so many of the stars teased the impendg gay romance, and sounds like we're for que the lovey-dovey Pickens Jr., who plays Richard, reveals that one of the Grey Sloan "unrlgs" may fd themselv cshg on the geo new surgeon.

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