A few years ago, I entered my classroom and was about to introduce that day’s lesson when a large poster pinned to the bulletin board caught my eye.

Ramirez, who is bisexual in real life and on screen as surgeon Callie Torres, said of ABC: "I will invest my brand where I'm respected."

Ramirez spoke to the intersections in her own life, including, "woman of color, queer, bisexual, Mexican-Irish American, [and] immigrant."

LOS ANGELES -- ABC says Isaiah Washington will return to "Grey's Anatomy" for a guest appearance in May, seven years after he was fired from the medical drama amid fallout over his use of the word…