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Why de-gay Grey's?

ABC executives fired Brooke Smith, the actress who played Erica Hahn on Grey's Anatomy, in a shocking twist this week. They told her that her last episode will be the one playing this Thursday.

I liked the Callie/Erica storyline. But apparently ABC execs didn't. According to an article on After Ellen, E! Online's Kristen said: "I'm told by those who work on the ABC series that the gay-themed storylines and gay characters are being downplayed and even erased from upcoming scripts." The ABC execs "had issues" with the "explicit direction" the storyline was taking.

The storyline naturally changing is one thing - sometimes shows like to mix it up and have characters come and go. We get that. But that's not what's going on here, at all. This elimination is clearly part of an ABC strategy to get out the gay. It's really disappointing (and angering) to me when networks eliminate from prime time storylines that challenge the status quo.

Read more at After Ellen: "Grey's Anatomy Fires Brooke Smith, De-Gays Melissa George's Character," at Entertainment Weekly: "Grey's Anatomy Discharges Dr. Hahn" or at Dorothy Surrender: "November isn't for lesbians."