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From Taryn Helm to Callie Torres, these are the best queer characters on Grey's Anatomy. This leads to another episode, later on, where Callie declares that she is bisexual, a huge landmark for television and bi-erasure, as many shows tend to show sexuality on a black and white scale rather than a spectrum.

Brian's father, Mr. Weston, arrives and starts spreading negativity when he talks about how Brian is just going through a phase, which prompts Jess to speak up and talk about how he didn't understand what it felt like to be living in a body that doesn't feel like yours.

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This is the first time a transgender patient was introduced to Grey's Anatomyand the way she was treated by Mark Sloan was exquisite, correcting Meredith when she originally struggled with misgendering. LGBTQ+ representation is finally on the rise in popular TV.

Here's a look at some of the best from Grey's Anatomy over the many seasons. Brian and Jess provide a powerful message to transgender teens everywhere when Brian comes to the hospital for top surgery. The emotions are rampant in this heartbreaking Grey's episodeas Darren's boyfriend, Todd, comes to the hospital to see him before surgery and they share an intimate kiss before yanking apart when Darren's father walks in.

Meredith assists Mark Sloan in a gender-affirming surgery, but things come to a halt when Sloan discovers in pre-labs that his patient has breast cancer. It's Arizona and Callie's wedding day, and viewers see firsthand how hard of a time one of the best relationships on Grey 's Anatomy had just to celebrate their love for one another.

After she shouts at her father that he can't "pray away the gay," Callie tells Arizona she doesn't need a family who's not going to accept her for who she is. Gay marriage finally became legal just 10 years ago in Washington, inone year after this episode aired.

While she's married to a man, the couple has an open relationship through which viewers learn that Cass identifies as queer. He begins quoting bible entries to her, and she becomes rightfully upset at how he's struggling to accept her sexual identity. Meredith and Derek are in the midst of their clinical trial and their next patient is a soldier named Darren.

Erica Hahn says one of the most memorable quotes in Grey's Anatomy when she shares with Callie the realization that she's a lesbian is like seeing with glasses for the first time. Callie Torres Carina DeLuca Casey Parker Claire (Grey's Anatomy) E Eliza Minnick Erica Hahn.

Meredith talks to the patient about the age-old "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" rule in the military and she expresses her feelings that it's unfair to have to follow such traditions and hide who you love.

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There are also heartwarming moments throughout the show that provide the message that everyone should be treated as a human being, no matter their sexual identity. Sophia Bush joined Grey's Anatomy in season 21 as Dr. Cass Beckham. Grey's Anatomy has featured LGBTQ+ characters throughout the years, but a few stand out.

The renowned cardiothoracic surgeon and Torres developed a brief relationship with each other before Erica abruptly leaves the show, leaving a lot of fans disappointed in the short-lived romance. The importance of how people in the transgender community should be treated by doctors is a prominent theme throughout, and the fact that Alexandra Billings is transgender herself adds an authenticity to the role that is powerful.

She writes the world as it is, and this representation is more important now than ever. Donna Alexandra Billings is heartbroken upon realizing her dream to fully relieve her gender dysphoria may end up killing her. A romantic gesture goes awry when a patient is trampled by a horse-drawn carriage on the way to file papers for a "domestic partnership.

It's rare to see a gay relationship between men shown on a television show of Grey's caliber, and the normalcy and emotions showing the two's love for one another are refreshing. Her realization isn't aligned with what Callie experiences and it leads to opening the door for her character to explore her sexuality.

The speech he gives is heartbreaking when he talks of how people of the same sex don't get the same recognition that straight couples get. Arizona provides some clarity to Callie's father about how she expected the same behavior from her own dad when he learned she was a lesbian, and instead, he asked if she was still who he raised her to be, knowing that who she loves didn't change who she is as a human being.

Jess later talks to Mr. Weston about how Brian looks up to his father and wants to grow up to be a man like him, and just needs his father to love him. The two face many obstacles between unaccepting parents and ministers unwilling to marry them.