‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Alum Sara Ramirez Calls Out ABC to Fix the Biphobia Displayed on ‘The Real O’Neals’
Former “Grey’s Anatomy” star Sara Ramirez, who came out as bisexual last year, is now fighting to have her former network fix the attitude towards bisexuality displayed on the comedy “The Real O’Neals.”
On the ABC comedy’s Jan. 17 episode, openly gay character Kenny (Noah Galvin) lamented, “Oh, God. Here we go. Webbed toes? Money problems? Or worse… bisexual?”
Equating bisexuality with other problems was just the latest bi-phobic sentiment used for laughs on the show. A previous episode, titled “The Slutty Bisexual,” reinforced negative bisexual stereotypes when it had bi character Gloria (Jessica-Snow Wilson) sleep with someone else after getting tired waiting for a date.
Read More: ABC Considering Cutting ‘The Real O’Neals’ Episodes After Noah Galvin’s Gay Hollywood Rant
One teenager was so offended that he created a Change.org petition asking ABC to step up and change these attitudes on the show. Ramirez...
On the ABC comedy’s Jan. 17 episode, openly gay character Kenny (Noah Galvin) lamented, “Oh, God. Here we go. Webbed toes? Money problems? Or worse… bisexual?”
Equating bisexuality with other problems was just the latest bi-phobic sentiment used for laughs on the show. A previous episode, titled “The Slutty Bisexual,” reinforced negative bisexual stereotypes when it had bi character Gloria (Jessica-Snow Wilson) sleep with someone else after getting tired waiting for a date.
Read More: ABC Considering Cutting ‘The Real O’Neals’ Episodes After Noah Galvin’s Gay Hollywood Rant
One teenager was so offended that he created a Change.org petition asking ABC to step up and change these attitudes on the show. Ramirez...
- 2/17/2017
- by Hanh Nguyen
- Indiewire
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