'The Simpsons' rests gay character wh gay actor

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

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'

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. “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 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. Homer’s Assistant Karl Gave The Simpsons Its First Gay Hero.

SIMPSONS GAY CHARACTERS: WHO IS LGBT THE SIMPSONS?

Make no mistake, John Waters’ Simpsons episo was a groundbreakg moment for gay reprentatn on televisn.

‘THE SIMPSONS’ RESTS HANK AZARIA’S GAY CHARACTER WH GAY ACTOR

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.

AFTER DES, THE SIMPSONS REVEALED SMHERS WAS GAY - HERE'S HOW

The inic gay actor and playwright Harvey Fierste played Karl the Simpsons episo “Simpson and Delilah. Th, Fierste created one of the earlit unambiguoly posive pictns of gay life on mastream Amerin televisn. Fierste had the opportuny to return to The Simpsons season 14, episo 17, “Three Gays of the Condo.

” The actor opted not to return for a later episo, sayg the “script was a lot of very clever gay jok, and there jt wasn't that Simpsons twist. ” While “Three Gays of the Condo” was a cril succs, the episo didn’t attempt the sort of movg drama that mak “Simpson and Delilah” an early-season standout.

The Simpsons’ First Gay Character Is An Unr-Appreciated In. It would be a long while before The Simpsons treated a gay character wh as much digny as Karl sce the show’s e-a-mute edy ma s characters creasgly zanier and more over-the-top. Prentg a gay character as a hero 1990 was a darg cisn, and pictg a kiss between two men onscreen was outright brazen, but The Simpsons opted to take the risks to make televisn history In the procs, The Simpsons helped her an era of creased visibily for gay characters onscreen.