   Sacked Grey’s Anatomy star Isaiah Washington has found an unlikely supporter - a gay activist has launched a petition to have him return to the hit show.
The actor was being fired from the medical drama earlier this month (Jun07), following public outrage after calling castmate T.R. Knight “a faggot” last October (06) - a comment he then repeated at the Golden Globe Awards earlier this year (07).
But gay activist Jasmyne Cannick, who worked with Washington at the Pan African Arts Festival, has spearheaded the campaign to clear the star’s name and have him reinstated on the show - and now has 1,233 signatures of support.
The petition believes Washington’s sacking “further adds to a disturbing new trend at Abc wherein minority actors have been dismissed at an alarming rate over the past two years.
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