Contents:
- ELLEN POMPEO EMOTNALLY REVEALS HOW 'GREY'S ANATOM' Y HELPED A GAY TEENAGER COME OUT TO HIS PARENTS
- MEET ALEX LANDI, THE ACTOR PLAYG GREY'S ANATOMY'S FIRST GAY MALE SURGEON
- 'GREY'S ANATOMY' ACTOR OUT AS GAY
ELLEN POMPEO EMOTNALLY REVEALS HOW 'GREY'S ANATOM' Y HELPED A GAY TEENAGER COME OUT TO HIS PARENTS
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. " 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
Jt like Ellen’s g out on her ABC edy 1997 proved to be a landmark moment televisn and pop culture, transgenr characters have bee more mon on the small screen: Showtime’s Shamels featur trans actor Ellt Fletcher (who also played trans characters on Fakg It and The Fosters) a romantic storyle wh a gay character; Orange Is the New Black star Laverne Cox ma history last season as broadst’s first openly trans actrs playg a transgenr seri regular character (on CBS’ short-lived Doubt) and multiple trans actors have had rol on Amazon’s Transparent.
And jt like the gay actors playg straight rol bate that has (thankfully) e and gone, Davis and Vernoff hope the next ontier is seeg trans actors playg characters which their genr is not the central storyle, as well as trans actors playg heterosexual characters where their trans-ns also has no impact on the role. She poted to Grey’s creator Shonda Rhim addg characters like Arizona (Jsi Capshaw) and Callie (Sara Ramirez) at a time when was still nsired a rary to put gay or bisexual people on TV and havg dienc fall love wh them before revealg their sexualy. “When there’s bigotry the world, people n pot and say, ‘No, I have a iend who is gay and ’s someone you know’ — and you realize that ’s a character you love on TV.
'GREY'S ANATOMY' ACTOR OUT AS GAY
“A teenager was the show, and he was gay, and played a gay character on the show.
After we had filmed the whole entire episo he said, ‘My whole life I’ve watched the show wh my parents and I’ve sort of ed the show to tell my parents I’m gay, ’ ” she said, before tearg up. Grey’s really helped my parents to unrstand what havg a gay son meant and that wasn’t necsarily a bad thg.
Last weekend, Pompeo was honored wh a GLSEN Rpect Award om the Gay, Lbian and Straight Edutn Network for strivg for genr pary Hollywood. “If you’re not old enough to vote, that is somethg that you n do that will make a real difference and really help kids, ” she told young viewers, while urgg them to get volved wh their gay-straight alliance groups schools.