Grey’s Anatomy star Sara Ramirez comes out as bisexual
Actress Sara Ramirez is known for playing Callie Torres on ABC’s medical drama Grey’s Anatomy.
Entertainment Online reports that the star revealed she was bisexual while giving a powerful speech at the True Colors 40 to None Summit. She later took to Twitter with an image of herself and a excerpt of the speech.
In the speech Ramirez said, “So many of our youth experiencing homelessness are youth whose lives touch on many intersections – whether they be gender identity, gender expression, race, class, sexual orientation, religion, citizenship status.”
“And, because of the intersections that exist in my own life: Woman, multi-racial woman, woman of colour, queer, bisexual, Mexican-Irish American, immigrant, and raised by families heavily rooted in Catholicism on both my Mexican and Irish sides.”
“I am deeply invested in projects that allow our youth’s voices to be heard, and that support our youth in owning their own complex narratives so that we can show up for them in the ways they need us to.”
Ramirez is a member of the True Colors Fund board of directors and an outspoken advocate for LGBT rights.
You can watch her speech below:
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