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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- GREY'S ANATOMY ADDS A GAY MALE SURGEON: WHY IT'S ABOUT TIME
- MEET ALEX LANDI, THE ACTOR PLAYG GREY'S ANATOMY'S FIRST GAY MALE SURGEON
- 'GREY'S ANATOMY' ACTOR OUT AS GAY
- GREY'S ANATOMY CHARACTER LAMENTS YEARS 'WASTED' TO GAY SHAME
- JAKE BORELLI ON WHY GREY'S ANATOMY'S GAY BLOOD BAN STORY IS PERSONAL
- 'GREY'S ANATOMY' CASTS ALEX LANDI AS SHOW'S FIRST GAY MALE SURGEON
GREY'S ANATOMY ADDS A GAY MALE SURGEON: WHY IT'S ABOUT TIME
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MEET ALEX LANDI, THE ACTOR PLAYG GREY'S ANATOMY'S FIRST GAY MALE SURGEON
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'GREY'S ANATOMY' ACTOR OUT AS GAY
Gay marriage fally beme legal jt 10 years ago Washgton, 2012, one year after this episo aired. Here, the actor and those who know him reveal the story of the man behd Grey's Anatomy's first openly gay male surgeon. Jake Borelli, the actor who plays him, did, Thursday, after the long-nng medil drama troduced s first-ever gay romance and male-on-male kiss between Schmt and new character Ni Kim (Alex Landi), Borelli celebrated the landmark moment on Instagram.
“As a gay guy myself, tonight’s episo was so special to me, " the 27-year-old wrote.
GREY'S ANATOMY CHARACTER LAMENTS YEARS 'WASTED' TO GAY SHAME
"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. Shownner Krista Vernoff told Entertament Weekly that she was spired to wre the gay romance for Borelli's character bee Schmt remd her of a iend llege "who was sort of a clumsy, fumferg type who would trip over his own feet and would stutter, and then he me out toward the end of our hman year and emerged as a pletely different human beg bee he was livg his tth. Dpe beg troduced send to Levi, Ni is ially the first openly gay male surgeon Grey’s Anatomy.
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JAKE BORELLI ON WHY GREY'S ANATOMY'S GAY BLOOD BAN STORY IS 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.
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'GREY'S ANATOMY' CASTS ALEX LANDI AS SHOW'S FIRST GAY MALE SURGEON
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