Follow Up to Dennis Leary Discussion

In case anyone was still interested, I found this article online today that has Dennis Leary's apology and explanation about the chapter in his book dealing with autistic children. He said his comments were taken out of context in the book and directed towards parents of children who receive help but do not really need it, therefore, those who really do need the help are pushed aside and neglected. It's definitely worth checking out and also the comments posted are interesting, as well.

Boston Herald Article

Gay Story Lines in Popular Television

So, Yahoo! is my homepage on my computer and today in the Entertainment section of the news was the headline, "Grey's Anatomy Actress Dismissed From Show." Seeing as I am a Grey's fan, I opened the article to see who. I was first surprised to learn it was Brooke Smith who plays Dr. Erica Hahn. Dr. Hahn is a well respected doctor who has revealed to two other characters recently that she is a lesbian. She in the beginnings of a new relationship with another female doctor, Callie, who has never been with a woman before. This story began in the last season and continued into the current one. So the second surprising part about this article was that her entire story line had been cut. It said that the story "will come to an abrupt end in this Thursday's episode." In addition there is a new actress, Melissa George, who is coming to Grey's. She was supposed to come on as a lesbian character who flirts with Callie but this story will not go anywhere.

Not only has Grey's taken out this story, but Ugly Betty has also said that Rebecca Romjin, who plays a transgender in that show, will also be cut at the end of this season. The article does not reveal any reason from ABC or the story writers as to why they suddenly decided to cut these two story lines. It is especially interesting due to the fact there is no mention of any other story lines being cut. I am extermely curious to hear their reasoning...it seems as though these two stories would be able to reach out to a lot of people and expand their audiences, so I would like to hear what the writers were thinking. I would also welcome anyone else's opinions on the matter and if they have heard anything about this or what they think.

Here is the article's address, if you want to read what I read:

http://tv.yahoo.com/grey-39-s-anatomy/show/36657/news/urn:newsml:eonlinekristen.com:20081104:TV-8d220a20f1880b272fa485fbc973f373__ER:1

Perhaps there is some information being left out, but if everything in this article is correct, it sounds like a huge step back for positive exposure of Gays, Lesbians, Bisexuals and Transgenders in today's media.