EXCLUSIVE: Grey's Anatomy star T.R. Knight Confirms He's Gay

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• EXCLUSIVE: 'GREY'S ANATOMY' STAR T.R. KNIGHT CONFIRMS HE'S GAY
• MEET ALEX LANDI, THE ACTOR PLAYG GREY'S ANATOMY'S FIRST GAY MALE SURGEON
• 'GREY'S ANATOMY' ACTOR OUT AS GAY
• HOW IS IT POSSIBLE THAT GREY'S ANATOMY JT CAST ITS FIRST GAY MALE SURGEON?
• ELLEN POMPEO EMOTNALLY REVEALS HOW 'GREY'S ANATOM' Y HELPED A GAY TEENAGER COME OUT TO HIS PARENTS

EXCLUSIVE: 'GREY'S ANATOMY' STAR T.R. KNIGHT CONFIRMS HE'S GAY

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.

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

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Schmt is signifint for beg one of the first openly gay ma characters and the first gay seri regular the show. Levi Schmt; Borelli me out as gay the same day an episo of Grey's Anatomy aired which his character me out, too. "I hope the fact that I'm gay isn't the most tertg part of me, " the Grey's Anatomy star tells PEOPLE exclively.

Knight is gay, he has nfirmed exclively to PEOPLE.

'GREY'S ANATOMY' ACTOR OUT AS GAY

“While I prefer to keep my personal life private, I hope the fact that I’m gay isn’t the most tertg part of me.

HOW IS IT POSSIBLE THAT GREY'S ANATOMY JT CAST ITS FIRST GAY MALE SURGEON?

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.

"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. And when I was growg up, that led me to not knowg that I was gay for a long time.

Not havg the language or unrstandg that I was gay.

ELLEN POMPEO EMOTNALLY REVEALS HOW 'GREY'S ANATOM' Y HELPED A GAY TEENAGER COME OUT TO HIS PARENTS

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.