Grey's Less Gay

No sooner did we announce and celebrate the new lesbian storyline on hit US show Grey’s Anatomy, it has been axed and one of the actresses fired. Brooke Smith is ending her career with the people on ABC’s, Grey’s Anatomy. Brooke, who plays Doctor Erica Hahn, joined the cast last season as the outspoken and brash doctor. In a recent episode, Dr. Hahn made a declaration to the viewers that she was a lesbian after her earthshaking encounter with Doctor Callie Torres, who is played by Sara Ramirez.

The show creator Shonda Rhimes denies Smith was fired for playing a lesbian. “Clearly it’s not an issue as we have a lesbian character on the show — Callie Torres,” she said. “Sara Ramirez is an incredible comedic and dramatic actress and we wanted to be able to play up her magic. Unfortunately, we did not find that the magic and chemistry with Brooke’s character would sustain in the long run. The impact of the Callie/Erica relationship will be felt and played out in a story for Callie. I believe it belittles the relationship to simply replace Erica with “another lesbian.”