'Grey's Anatomy' actor Jake Borelli out as gay

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"As a gay guy myself, tonight's episo was so special to me," Borelli shared on Instagram.

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

Grey's Anatomy has fally st s first gay male surgeon, and ankly, 's about time!" data-hid="scriptn * gay actors in grey's anatomy *

Grey's Anatomy has had s fair share of LGBTQ reprentatn over the urse of s 14-year n, but Season 15 will troduce Grey Sloan Memorial's first ever gay male surgeon!

It seems kd of bafflg that took Grey's Anatomy this long to troduce a gay male surgeon on the show, pecially sce 's had que a few bisexual and lbian doctors over the years -- Callie Torr (Sara Ramirez), Arizona Robbs (Jsi Capshaw), Eri Hahn (Brooke Smh), Cara DeLu (Stefanie Spampato) and Eliza Mnick (Marika Domczyk) jt to name a few.

GREY'S ANATOMY ADDS A GAY MALE SURGEON: WHY IT'S ABOUT TIME

Is Jay Hayn gay real life om Statn 19? Here's what the actor who plays Travis Montgomery's sexualy is om the ABC show. * gay actors in grey's anatomy *

It seems wild that gay surgeon hasn't entered the picture until now.

And OK, sure, the long-nng ABC seri had a few gay male patients over the years, but there haven't been any that have had ser stayg power on the show. Here, the actor and those who know him reveal the story of the man behd Grey's Anatomy's first openly gay male surgeon. 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.

“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. 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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

Alex Landi plays the Shondaland seri' first gay male surgeon. * gay actors in grey's anatomy *

Gay marriage fally beme legal jt 10 years ago Washgton, 2012, one year after this episo aired. The long-nng ABC medil drama is addg s first gay male surgeon to the st. Arizona Robbs, both gay doctors on the seri who have sce left the seri, are two of the show's most beloved characters.

'GREY'S ANATOMY' ACTOR JAKE BORELLI'S CHARACTER ME OUT AS GAY. THEN HE DID TOO.

And, y, of urse there have been gay male characters on the show before, but not as surgeons. It's time to explore gay male stori.

What is the hospal like for a gay, biracial male surgeon? Not only n Grey's now tell a gay male love story (should that be the rds), but n now exame iendships between gay men and straight men, gay men and gay women, gay men and straight women…'s a whole new ballgame for relatnship dynamics.

Not only will viewers see a gay male character mixg up wh their favore doctors on one of the most popular shows on televisn, but they'll also be watchg a character and actor Asian scent. While the actor who plays him, Jay Hayn, isn’t gay real life, the Statn 19 star has reprented Travis and the LGBTQ+ muny well om the start. Hayn plays Travis Montgomery, an openly gay firefighter at Statn 19 and widower who lost his hband, Michael Williams, a fire.

'GREY'S ANATOMY' ACTOR OUT AS GAY

Is Jay Hayn gay real life om Statn 19?

*BEAR-MAGAZINE.COM* GAY ACTORS IN GREY'S ANATOMY

'Grey's Anatomy' star Jake Borelli out as gay.

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