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- Is ABC Anti-Gay?
  
  A post about Grey's Anatomy by Regina Avalos on November 5th, '08
  
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- That is the question running through my mind after yesterday’s shocking news that Brooke Smith had been fired from ABC hit series, Grey’s Anatomy, effective immediately. Her last appearance on the medical drama will be this Thursday. Erica Hahn will ride off into the sunset, and she will never be seen again. Hahn has been the focus of one of the program’s major story lines this season, the gay romance between her and Callie Torres.
  
  On last week’s episode, Erica Hahn proclaimed that she was in fact gay. Now ABC is pulling the plug on things. The network has also asked that other changes be made. These changes have to do with a new character coming into Grey’s Anatomy played by actress Melissa George. Her character was originally set to be bisexual and cause some drama between Callie and Erica. This has been re-written, and Melissa’s character will now be entirely straight.
  
  This isn’t the first time an issue like this has come up. Rebecca Romijn from ABC’s Ugly Betty also had some issues with her character of Alexis Meade, a transgender. The actress was pushed back to recurring status, and now Alexis has disappeared from the series entirely. She might return once Rebecca gives birth to her twins.
  
  It does give a lot to think about. This change yesterday was quite abrupt. No one really saw it coming. Michael Ausiello was the first to break the news, and now fans are in an uproar over this dismissal. Critics hadn’t been entirely happy with how things were being dealt with in regard to the plot line, but I found myself watching with amusement and enjoying it. What do you think of the wiping out of the gay story line by ABC and Grey’s Anatomy? Is the network drawing a line against gay people?
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One Response to “Is ABC Anti-Gay?”
1. Ugly Betty Anti-Gay? Are You Kidding Me? Says:
  November 5th, 2008 at 2:40 pm
  […] has been a lot of talk the last few days of ABC being on some kind of anti-gay crusade with moves at its shows and that […]
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