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05 November 2008 @ 05:41 pm

Campaign Update

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Here are some things you can do + contact infos:

Write a letter (until Nov 15th) to Brooke for our scrapbook project
Send leaves to ABC and Shonda
Sign the Hope4Hahn Petition here
Join the Hope4Hahn Facebook Groupe here
Join the Hope4Hahn skype public chat
Write to AfterEllen: N.B.
Write to Ellen and ask her to invite Brooke
Write to GLAAD
E-mail The View Talkshow
Write to Brooke Smith with multiple signatures. See below for Brooke Smith contact info.
Send your written petition lists to ABC Download the signature lists here
Write to Brooke Smith individually. See below for Brooke Smith contact info.
Write a letter to Shonda with an attached online petition
Write a letter to ABC with an attached online petition
E-mail ABC (Only 500 characters per comment but you can write as many as you want)
Write a letter to the Walt Disney Company, because ABC is owned by them
Find out what companies advertise during the Grey's Anatomy timeslot, then send those companies letters saying we will boycott their products unless they address this with ABC.
Write to the GLAAD women whom Grey's consulted: Nikki Weiss; Trish Doolan: to be found
if you live in areas where there are large universities or colleges, google the school's name and GLBT and you should get a hit on websites/emails for leaders of the organizations. Send them an email (helpful link)
if you live in a large city, contact the local organization
Spread the word to L Word message boards

Other sites that are organizing campaigns:

craigarmstrong has started "Hope4Hahn" at

hope4hahn

Brooke Smith Contact Info
Brooke Smith
c/o Barking Dog Entertainment
Sue Leibman, Agent
609 Greenwich St.
New York, NY 10014

USA
Phone: 212-343-2117
Fax: 212-343-9018

ABC Contact Info:
ABC Television Network
Audience Information
500 South Buena Vista St.
Burbank, CA 91521-4551

More numbers to call:
Disney Corporate: 818-560-1000
ABC Comment Line: 818-460-7477
ABC Viewer Feedback: 212-456-7777
Comment line - answering machine: 310-557-4583

Please contact also TV Guide:
TV Guide Inbox
Letters: TV Guide
Radnor, PA 19088
or email: letters@tvguide.com
Include your name, address, and phone number.

Or TV Guide Cheers & Jeers
email: cheers&jeers@tvguide.com

Call TMZ
1-888-847-9869

More addresses and contact infos:
Mr. Stephen McPherson
President, ABC Primetime Entertainment
500 South Buena Vista Street
Burbank, CA 91521
no email

Ms. Anne Sweeney
President, Disney-ABC Television
500 South Buena Vista Street
Burbank, CA 91521
anne.x.sweeney@abc.com

Grey's Anatomy
Production Office
4151 Prospect Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90027

Articles so far
Ausiello Files
Watch with Kristin: Grey's Degayed
Shonda's official statement
Rumor about Sara leaving too (not confirmed)
LA Times Article
After Ellen Article
French Article
Exclusive Scoop from the TV Addict
Perez Hilton: Grey's is getting un-gay
Article on People
Maureen Ryan of Chicago Tribune
GLAAD responds to Grey's firing (no longer online)
More from EW
NBC Wahsington (Statement from PD)
newsday.com
AfterEllen Update
German Articles
Patrick Dempsey on Ellen (vid)
AfterEllen Visibility Matters
The Guardian
eTalk on CTV (vid)
Guanabee
AfterEllen: Best Lesbien Week Ever
Dorothy Snarker's Weekend Crush
boston.com - Brooke's mother speaks
Ö3 (Austria)
Collection of Articles (google news)
Cultural Learnings
Washington Post

Please post new articles as a comment to this entry and I will update the list. Do not post a new entry! If you click on the Campaign Update button in the sidebar, you will be directed to this entry. Thank you!

darsfebruary
comment by gt22:
For those who don’t know Five is the non-cable UK channel that shows Grey’s Anatomy. Their CEO is a Gay right activist. She has a civil partnership and a daughter with her partner. I’ve known her for a few years and have let her know about ‘Brookegate’ Five have not as yet brought the rights to season 4 of Grey’s Anatomy. If she gets her way - they never will. Now that - really will hit ABC where it hurts. She is also going to try and get a statement off of ABC/Shonda but if she does as well as the others ...

Gaydar radio ran a thing early hours of this morning about actors/actress that are discriminated because either they or the character that they play is an out homosexual

UPDATE:

Reply from FIVE
Unfortunately, we only broadcast this programme and do not have any influence on casting decisions made by the producers. Nevertheless, we have noted the details and request for people to sign the petition you have listed. This is circulated throughout the company and will be seen by all relevant personnel. If there is anything further we can help you with, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Also ABC left a statement with Pinkpaper - 'At present Sara Ramirez is still a member of our cast and there are no immediate plans for that to change.'

Tags: comm:campaign, ga:brookegate, ga:media buzz

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gt22 on November 5th, 2008 04:53 pm (UTC)

After Ellen update - http://www.afterellen.com/blog/sarahwarn/greys-firing-updates-11-05-08

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krizzzie on November 5th, 2008 04:58 pm (UTC)

added, thanks!

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poeticflow on November 5th, 2008 05:29 pm (UTC)

ABC is so effin predictable, n e gay couple who have an established relationship n aint messin round they just kill the storyline. The problem wasnt that erica was gay its that she was gay and only into Callie and Callie WANTED to be with erica, as soon as Callie agreed to no more sex with sloan in their eyes that killed the excitement of that relationship. Its so friggin degrading, because it makes it appear as n e one who's in the LGBT cmmunity and isnt sleeping around is just not worth watching. I love Sara Ramirez and Brooke Smith so I honestly dont see myself watching anymore if the rumors of Sara quitting is true; its just that simple! Thanks ABC for being a typical whore-centric network!

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marciavandecamp on November 5th, 2008 05:32 pm (UTC)

Thank you for doing this! I also found a german article, dunno if there's really something new, but there ya go: German article

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krizzzie on November 5th, 2008 05:38 pm (UTC)

Thanks, Marcia. I added it to the list.

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krizzzie on November 5th, 2008 06:04 pm (UTC)

LOL, even the Gala reported about this? That just made me smile.

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tinkerbell8986 on November 6th, 2008 04:11 pm (UTC) (Expand)

krizzzie on November 5th, 2008 07:34 pm (UTC)

Just bringing over a comment by

system_d_rail:

I am watching E! right now and they mentioned the "de-gaying" of Greys. Brief recap...pretty much more of the same, but hey at least its getting out there.

Ryan: And now let's talk about Grey's Anatomy. There has been some breaking news. Kristen Desantos? is here with the scoop. Are they taking the gay out of Grey?

Yes, this is whats happening. All the fans are talking about this today, inside sources have confirmed to us that Brooke Smith who was having a lesbian affair with Sara Ramirez on the show has been axed from the show. In addition, Melissa George who's coming on the show this month was supposed to be playing a bisexual character and that has totally been rewritten and shes not going to have a same-sex storyline. So it seems like they are taking all the gay storylines out of Grey's Anatomy which has been pretty prominate this season. Executive producer Shonda R says it has nothing to do with the fact that she was playing a lesbian, she just didnt have chemistry.

Ryan: Thats right, we just had the same conversation in our newsroom with you know who.

Whatever that means?

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gt22 on November 5th, 2008 07:54 pm (UTC)

It’s badly worded that - IMO sounds like Brooke and Sara having being have the lesbian relationship not Erica and Callie.

I wanna know who was in the Newsroom and what was said. I haven’t seen it and the way they say it might be different but from that ^^ it sounds like they don’t believe Shonda either …

Thanks for posting …

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systym_d_rail on November 5th, 2008 09:11 pm (UTC) (Expand)

systym_d_rail on November 5th, 2008 07:37 pm (UTC)

Found some more address to write to from afterellen. I didnt see them posted but sorry if they are repeats!

Mr. Stephen McPherson
President, ABC Primetime Entertainment
500 South Buena Vista Street
Burbank, CA 91521
no email

Ms. Anne Sweeney
President, Disney-ABC Television
500 South Buena Vista Street
Burbank, CA 91521
anne.x.sweeney@abc.com

Grey's Anatomy
Production Office
4151 Prospect Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90027

I have already started to draft a letter.

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krizzzie on November 5th, 2008 07:42 pm (UTC)

Added, thanks!

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chuckdtrout on November 5th, 2008 08:41 pm (UTC)
More suggestions

I know, another comment by me . . . but CALL TMZ!!! I called them this afternoon and they didn't seem to be too familiar with our story of Brooke, and the guy was way excited about what I told him. Call:
1-888-847-9869

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krizzzie on November 5th, 2008 08:52 pm (UTC)
Re: More suggestions

Thanks, that sounds interesting. I added the number to the list.

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systym_d_rail on November 5th, 2008 08:56 pm (UTC)

This might be helpful for contacting colleges with Gay/Straight Alliances. Maybe those interested could all divy up schools?

http://www.dartmouth.edu/~gsa/links.html

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krizzzie on November 5th, 2008 09:01 pm (UTC)

added it to the list, thanks.

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sapphicwarrior on November 5th, 2008 09:38 pm (UTC)

I live in Belgium and we just reached the lesbian storyline on tv. Saw the elevator kiss last week. So in a couple of weeks the storyline will be played out here too. So I mailed to a Belgian magazine about the firing of Brooke Smith. I remember they covered the I. Washington too. Everyone should know how Brooke Smith got treated. Even if Grey's isn't so popular here as in the States, people here too should know what happened to Brooke. The more the news gets spread, the better. I'll let you know if they published something on it.

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rhyfeddu on November 6th, 2008 01:32 am (UTC)

this is a page to GLAAD's own article about Brooke's firing. There is a comment section below the article. if we post there it will be seen on their own website. Then our reaction will be seen by everybody.

http://glaadblog.org/index.php/2008/11/04/glaad-responds-to-greys-firing/

THANKS!

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krizzzie on November 6th, 2008 10:03 pm (UTC)

added, thanks.

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gt22 on November 6th, 2008 05:53 am (UTC)

After Ellen Visibility Matters - includes some Grey's/Brooke http://www.afterellen.com/TV/2008/10/visibilitymatters

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krizzzie on November 6th, 2008 10:04 pm (UTC)

added it to the list, thanks.

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gt22 on November 6th, 2008 08:34 am (UTC)

Ok Shonda/ABC’s response

Diva magazine - ’No comment’

Pink paper - ’We do not make comments to UK media about episodes that have not aired in US yet.'

Gaydar radio ran a thing early hours of this morning about actors/actress that are discriminated because either they or the character that they play is an out homosexual

For those who don’t know Five is the non-cable UK channel that shows Grey’s Anatomy. Their CEO is a Gay right activist. She has a civil partnership and a daughter with her partner. I’ve known her for a few years and have let her know about ‘Brookegate’ Five have not as yet brought the rights to season 4 of Grey’s Anatomy. If she gets her way - they never will. Now that - really will hit ABC where it hurts …

She is also going to try and get a statment off of ABC/Shonda but if she does as well as the others ...

I know it's all UK stuff so maybe won't affect anything but everylittle helps right?!

Edited at 2008-11-06 03:14 pm (UTC)

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systym_d_rail on November 6th, 2008 08:54 pm (UTC)

Thats fantastic about Five! *fingers crossed*

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krizzzie on November 6th, 2008 10:04 pm (UTC) (Expand)

gt22 on November 6th, 2008 03:18 pm (UTC)

I know it's another post I'm sorry but - http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/tvandradioblog/2008/nov/06/greys-anatomy-gay-brooke-smith

The Guardian's take on the whole - I like it!

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damelola on November 6th, 2008 06:09 pm (UTC)

Can I just say, my girlfriend wrote this blog and I am so freakin' proud of her right now?!

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krizzzie on November 6th, 2008 10:05 pm (UTC) (Expand)

systym_d_rail on November 6th, 2008 08:51 pm (UTC)

Here is another article from Guanabee.

http://guanabee.com/2008/11/sara-ramirezs-onscreen-girlfri.php

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krizzzie on November 6th, 2008 10:05 pm (UTC)

added, thanks!

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nelfy on November 6th, 2008 10:38 pm (UTC)

thanks for keeping us updated, you guys are doing a great job!

does the glaad link work for you? it doesn't for me, it says the page no longer exists, I left a comment and wanted to check whether it had been posted yet.

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krizzzie on November 6th, 2008 10:46 pm (UTC)

It doesn't work anymore, you're right. I tried to find the article on their page but couldn't find anything.

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