Openly gay Cuban-Amerin actor Tony Rodriguez recently land the job of voicg one of the animated show's popular LGBTQ characters, Jul, wh the help of the podst "Gayt Episo Ever."
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- AARON SORK FENDS CUBAN STG, SAYS GAY ACTORS ONLY PLAYG GAY ROL IS 'A BAD IA'
- AARON SORK ARGU STG ONLY GAY ACTORS LGBT+ ROL IS AN ‘EMPTY GTURE’: ‘IT’S CHILLG TO SEE’
- HOW 'THE SIMPSONS' REPLACED HANK AZARIA WH A GAY ACTOR FOR A POPULAR GAY CHARACTER
- ‘THE SIMPSONS’ RESTS HANK AZARIA’S GAY CHARACTER WH GAY ACTOR
AARON SORK FENDS CUBAN STG, SAYS GAY ACTORS ONLY PLAYG GAY ROL IS 'A BAD IA'
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AARON SORK ARGU STG ONLY GAY ACTORS LGBT+ ROL IS AN ‘EMPTY GTURE’: ‘IT’S CHILLG TO SEE’
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HOW 'THE SIMPSONS' REPLACED HANK AZARIA WH A GAY ACTOR FOR A POPULAR GAY CHARACTER
"Speakg wh Mackie and his -host Glen Lak on a recent episo of Gayt Episo Ever, Rodriguez discsed his strong intifitn wh Jul even before playg the role was a possibily.
"The show troduced me to a lot of elements of gay culture that I wasn’t gettg anywhere else, " he wrote at the time. "That’s been good some stanc, but often also tght me bad lsons about what means to be a gay person, that way that happens when you’re young and your bra jt absorbs everythg whout really unrstandg .
"In the past two years, I have seen myself more the show, and by that I mean specifilly the part of Jul, who is gay, like me.
‘THE SIMPSONS’ RESTS HANK AZARIA’S GAY CHARACTER WH GAY ACTOR
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Jul, a gay, Cuban character will now be voiced by a gay, Cuban actor: Tony Rodriguez. “Tonight I make my but on The Simpsons as gay, Cuban Jul, ” Rodriguez, a longtime performer wh the Upright Cizens Briga, wrote on Instagram last month.