The Simpsons nstantly allud to Mr. Smhers beg a gay man, but took years for the show to overtly make an aspect of his character.
Contents:
- ‘THE SIMPSONS’ LANDMARK GAY EPISO KEEPS THE FAY
- MILEY CYS CLARIFI NTROVERSIAL MENTS ON BEG 'GAY,' 'EVIL' MEN: 'LET ME BE CLEAR'
- SIMPSONS GAY CHARACTERS: WHO IS LGBT THE SIMPSONS?
- ‘THE SIMPSONS’ RESTS HANK AZARIA’S GAY CHARACTER WH GAY ACTOR
- AFTER DES, THE SIMPSONS REVEALED SMHERS WAS GAY - HERE'S HOW
‘THE SIMPSONS’ LANDMARK GAY EPISO KEEPS THE FAY
While John Waters famoly starred a groundbreakg gay Simpsons episo, this was not the first time that the show featured an LGBTQ+ storyle. * gay simpson *
And while ’s a historil moment for Smhers, ’s also a full-circle one for longtime seri wrer Rob LaZebnik, whose son, Johnny, spired Smhers’ big, gay g-out episo 2016.
MILEY CYS CLARIFI NTROVERSIAL MENTS ON BEG 'GAY,' 'EVIL' MEN: 'LET ME BE CLEAR'
A new Thanksgivg episo of the animated s The Simpsons will give s openly gay character Waylan Smhers a boyiend on November 21. * gay simpson *
Of urse, Smhers — who fds himself thst to a globe-trottg, whirlwd romance wh Garber’s fashnista — was already fluenced by them both when he bted down his closet door 2016’s touchg Season 27 episo “Tom Colls, ” which was penned by Rob as an homage to his gay son.
SIMPSONS GAY CHARACTERS: WHO IS LGBT THE SIMPSONS?
A number of people have been intified as (or implied to be) lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr (monly abbreviated LGBT). * gay simpson *
“So often, gay romanc are a subplot or allud to or shown some kd of montage or as a punchle.
And what I thk I was really exced about, wh this episo, we get to see — whout spoilg too much — the begng, middle and who knows how ends of a gay relatnship, of really gettg to the nty-grty of how gay people date, how they meet, what ’s like, ” he said. “I haven’t played a lot of gay characters, but every time I do , brgs back certa feelgs I had as a young actor where I uldn’t be gay.
While John Waters famoly starred a groundbreakg gay Simpsons episo, that was not the first time that the show featured an LGBTQ+ storyle. While The Simpsons famoly featured John Waters a landmark episo that addrsed homophobia, the animated fay s’s first pictn of LGBTQ+ characters arrived a lot earlier.
‘THE SIMPSONS’ RESTS HANK AZARIA’S GAY CHARACTER WH GAY ACTOR
The are characters that are lbian, gay, bisexual, or transgenr The Simpsons. * gay simpson *
The show also directly addrsed social ills like homophobia, as The Simpsons season 8, episo 15, “Homer’s Phobia, ” although this was not the first time the seri touched on LGBTQ+ them.
AFTER DES, THE SIMPSONS REVEALED SMHERS WAS GAY - HERE'S HOW
Homer’s Assistant Karl Gave The Simpsons Its First Gay Hero. Make no mistake, John Waters’ Simpsons episo was a groundbreakg moment for gay reprentatn on televisn.
Karl’s orientatn is never explicly addrsed and, when prsed on the matter, seri -creator Matt Groeng never nfirmed that the character was gay. A selfls, kd character who helped Homer ga nfince and took the fall for Homer's mistak — even gettg fired his stead — Karl is arguably one of televisn’s earlit gay hero. The inic gay actor and playwright Harvey Fierste played Karl the Simpsons episo “Simpson and Delilah.