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Contents:
- HOW IS IT POSSIBLE THAT GREY'S ANATOMY JT CAST ITS FIRST GAY MALE SURGEON?
- T.R. KNIGHT'S FAY DIDN'T KNOW HE WAS GAY UNTIL AFTER ISAIAH WASHGTON LLED HIM A HOMOPHOBIC SLUR ON THE 'GREY'S ANATOMY' SET, A FORMER WRER SAYS A NEW BOOK
- MEET ALEX LANDI, THE ACTOR PLAYG GREY'S ANATOMY'S FIRST GAY MALE SURGEON
HOW IS IT POSSIBLE THAT GREY'S ANATOMY JT CAST ITS FIRST GAY MALE SURGEON?
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. It seems wild that gay surgeon hasn't entered the picture until now.
T.R. KNIGHT'S FAY DIDN'T KNOW HE WAS GAY UNTIL AFTER ISAIAH WASHGTON LLED HIM A HOMOPHOBIC SLUR ON THE 'GREY'S ANATOMY' SET, A FORMER WRER SAYS A NEW BOOK
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. 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. Knight's fay didn't know he was gay until an cint on the "Grey's Anatomy" set leaked.
MEET ALEX LANDI, THE ACTOR PLAYG GREY'S ANATOMY'S FIRST GAY MALE SURGEON
Isaiah Washgton was fired om the show 2007 after referrg to Knight g a homophobic slur. A "source close to Washgton" said a new book that the actor isn't homophobic. Knight's fay didn't know he was gay before Isaiah Washgton referred to him g a homophobic slur durg a late-night fight on set wh Patrick Dempsey, said former "Grey's Anatomy" wrer Harry Werksman.
" Acrdg to the book, Werksman said that Washgton approached Dempsey, phed him up agast a wall, and told him he uldn't "talk to me the way you talk to" Knight, whom he referred to g the homophobic slur. '"Knight publicly nfirmed he's gay a 2006 statement to People orr to "quiet any unnecsary mors" about him.
"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, " the statement read, part. A year later, Knight said on "The Ellen DeGener Show" that gettg lled the homophobic slur is what prompted him to disclose rmatn about his private life bee " beme important to make the statement.