Jason Miciak is back on loan and thankful for it, read more at his Substack Page.

It is a new time, a new era, may it stay forever, and thank God forever for it. We treat LGBTQ people with the same respect and dignity as society has always shown for straight people.

It has taken a lot of education and many of us should be honest enough with ourselves to say that we, too, needed that education. Forty years ago, some of us might have figured it was “weird,” and they should keep quiet, but we never hated.

We learned and evolved, just as any adult should do throughout life. Those who refuse to evolve despite being given the chance to learn no longer have a place in the NFL, in Delta Airlines, at Chase Visa, and damn sure not Hollywood, as Ingo Rademacher found out today.

Long-time General Hospital star Ingo Rademacher is out at the ABC daytime drama. He was let go after not complying with the production’s COVID vaccine mandate, sources tell The Hollywood Reporter.

News of his departure also comes a day after castmates called Rademacher out for sharing an anti-transgender meme on social media. Rademacher’s final episode on the show, where he’s been a regular for most of the past 25 years, is slated for Nov. 22.

Twenty-five years? Outed by castmates? If there is a positive takeaway from all this it is that so many sure have learned, evolved, and now openly accept and love people for who they are.

Yes, some Republican fundamentalists will fight the premise for some time, and they’ll lose, just like they’ve lost on every other social issue. We won’t stop, just ask his coworkers.

Twitter certainly supported the castmates:

For those who are searching for #IngoRademacher IG debacle, here you go in sequential order. So much to say about this. #gh #GeneralHospital pic.twitter.com/SuOPu6tqRw

— Evie Rosales (@EvieRosales) November 8, 2021

The fellow actor, #IngoRademacher, is mercifully no longer a part of the #gh cast. Transphobia & misgendering are disgusting & should be unacceptable in any industry, including soaps/acting. I stand with my costar, @cassandrajames_, & the trans community. https://t.co/pjj6FzEncg

— Nancy Lee Grahn (@NancyLeeGrahn) November 8, 2021

GH should have fired Ingo Rademacher a long time ago. But they let him spew his hate and ignored it. His character is not valuable to the show. Never has been. And if he were to leave today, not a single storyline would be affected. Not a one.

— . (@CheyanneBabeey) November 8, 2021

Thank God #IngoRademacher is finally fucking gone.

His blatant racism and Covid19 misinformation didn't do it… but his transphobia finally took his punk ass down. #GH…y'all could have done this months ago…

— #LifeAfter (@Ladyhawke80) November 8, 2021

Our LGBTQ community is stronger than the hateful ignorance exhibited by people like Ingo Rademacher. His trafficking in racism, sexism, and now transphobia speaks directly to his character. I don’t care how nice he’s been *to you*, his behavior is abhorrent. Shame on him. #GH pic.twitter.com/nDcZMWAJxe

— ryan w (@SourceRyan) November 8, 2021

Any actor that speaks vile words against another human should not be employed anywhere in the acting community. #IngoRademacher is a has been attention seeking loud mouth, sexist, racist,transphobic, bigot. And any company especially Disney need to shout how wrong his words are

— 𝐵𝓁𝓊𝑒𝐸𝓎𝑒𝓈𝒬𝓊𝒾𝑒𝓉𝒮𝓂𝒾𝓁𝑒 🐉 🐦‍🔥💫 (@Walks_LikeRain) November 8, 2021

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