Sara
Ramirez is known for keeping her private life pretty private, but this morning,
the Grey's Anatomy star shared something very intimate during a powerful
speech.
The
actress, who is best known for her role as Dr. Callie on the Shonda Rhimes
series, came out as bisexual while speaking at the True Colors: 40 to None
Summit, a two-day conversation that addresses LGBT youth homelessness across
the country, on Saturday morning in Los Angeles.
"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," Ramirez said.
"And,
because of the intersections that exist in my own life: Woman, multi-racial
woman, woman of color, 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,
who married husband Ryan DeBolt in 2011, has never openly
spoken about her sexuality, but has admitted in the past that it comes to
question because of her bisexual character on Grey's.
#40ToNoneSummit #SpeakingMyTruth! Will post full video of speech soon! #ThankYou @TrueColorsFund #WomanOfColor#Bisexual #Queer #Immigrant
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