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Gaywashed ‘Grey’s’ Now Ready To Fire Anyone Who’s Ever Watched ‘Girls Gone Wild’

8:20AM Kyle Buchanan | The gaywashing continues! Today brings news of Grey’s Anatomy’s umpteenth gay-related downsizing. Watch out, actors: Gay in real life? Marginalised. Gay on the show? Fired. Listened to an Indigo Girls song once? Decapitated on-screen, surely!

‘Grey’s’ Banishes Its Lesbian to The Parking Lot of No Return

6:39AM Kyle Buchanan | Grey’s Anatomy finally entered the final phase of its gaywashing yesterday, disposing of Brooke Smith’s Dr. Hahn in a scene as muddled and incoherent as Smith’s actual firing.

McDreamy McAngry About the ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Gay Firing

6:33AM Kyle Buchanan | Now that ABC has unceremoniously axed Brooke Smith’s lesbian character from Grey’s Anatomy and performed a wholesale gaywashing to turn an upcoming bisexual guest arc into a totally heterosexual, female bonding adventure, other Grey’s stars are speaking out — or, in the case of Patrick Dempsey, using loaded silences to make his thoughts on the matter known.

‘Grey’s’ Firing Leads To Accusations Of ABC Gaywashing

2:34AM Seth | We noted yesterday yet another shitstorm brewing behind (and in front of) the scenes of ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy, as a still shell-shocked Brooke Smith told EW.com about her character’s abrupt dismissal from the series. She plays Dr. Erica Hahn—who, it’s worth noting, replaced Isiah Washington’s ejected character as head of cardiothorasic surgery—and who had recently embarked upon a McLesbiany relationship with Callie, played by Sara Ramirez. It began with a sweet kiss, but soon after the writers took it further, with dialogue about exploring “undiscovered country,” and at least one postcoital monologue on the joys of ladyfruit harvesting (above). The relationship—what AfterEllen points out is the only depiction of a lesbian couple currently on primetime TV—was developing rapidly. Now Smith has been informed, in the vaguest terms, that her character won’t be returning to Seattle Grace after this week’s episode. She explains: More »