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Pop Culture Fix: Shrill Heartthrob E.R. Fightmaster Is Grey’s Anatomy’s First Non-Binary Doctor

Heather Hogan
Nov 1, 2021

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+ E.R. Fightmaster has joined Grey’s Anatomy as the series’ first non-binary doctor. (I can’t be the only person who thinks they’ve got big Alex Vega energy, right?)

https://www.instagram.com/p/COihf1vpDOD/

I mean, come on.

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+ Your girl Christina Grace is on Pop Culture Happy Hour talking about the big gay storyline on The Morning Show this season.

+ Dopesick tells a very different kind of queer story.

+ Megan Rapinoe talks about her St. Paul mural and its deeper meaning.

+ How iconic 60s horror film The Haunting broke the mould by putting queerness front and centre.

+ Stranger Things‘ Maya Hawke reveals how her character coming out helped viewers.

+ From Dracula’s Daughter to Carmilla, lesbian vampire depictions prove immortal.

+ Orphan Black: The Next Chapter will be back for a second season.

+ Elite has already been renewed for a sixth season.

+ From Goop to puppets, how Netflix is offering sex ed for a new age.

+ Michelle Badillo has joined the cast of Search Party ahead of season five.