TV screenwrer Shonda Rhim, 45, nearly me out of the closet durg her speech at the Human Rights Campaign gala LA on Saturday. Rhim, who is bt known for her gay-themed TV shows, spoke about creatg a fantasy place her md as a child. "A space for ME to exist... Until I uld
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- IS SHONDA RHIM GAY? SEXUALY EXPLORED: HBAND OR PARTNER AND CHILDREN
- SHONDA RHIM CALLS GAYS AND LBIANS A TRIBE
IS SHONDA RHIM GAY? SEXUALY EXPLORED: HBAND OR PARTNER AND CHILDREN
Grey’s this season featur a same-sex relatnship wh s first openly gay male surgeon (Alex Landi, whose Ni is romancg Jake Borelli’s tern, Schmt) as part of s “Season of Love. The shownner — who has been outspoken about timely issu surroundg Hollywood cludg the #MeToo movement, salary pary and more — relled a recent nversatn wh Rhim which the Grey’s creator shared a story om a makp artist who noted that his brother is a Korean gay man and was moved to see himself reprented onscreen.
Rhim, who is bt known for her gay-themed TV shows, spoke about creatg a fantasy place her md as a child. ” It is assumed that by “my people, ” she means lbians and gays — whom she refers to as a “tribe” of people. Or the teenagers, all the teenagers man, who tell me they learned the language to talk to their parents about beg gay or lbian.
SHONDA RHIM CALLS GAYS AND LBIANS A TRIBE
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" Then me his explible proclamatn at the 2007 Goln Glob: "I love gay, " he sniped. "I wanted to be gay, Please let me be gay. Gay activists were outraged, suggtg producers turn Burke to a gay character to punish Washgton.
Knight me out 2007, tellg People: "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.