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‘THE SIMPSONS’ LANDMARK GAY EPISO KEEPS THE FAY
When filmmaker John Waters played a gay character on The Simpsons, his episo eventually end up breakg down barriers for LGBTQ+ reprentatn. * gay john simpsons *
Cult in John Waters was the first openly gay character on The Simpsons, and the show's treatment of him signaled a tidal shift Amerin TV.
When a character was referred to as gay, the figure qutn almost always played as tragic or, more often, herently il.
A number of people have been intified as (or implied to be) lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr (monly abbreviated LGBT). * gay john simpsons *
The Simpsons mocked almost everythg (except Scientology) s Goln Age, but unlike most ss of the time, the seri didn’t treat s first openly gay character as a walkg joke. Beg gay was, and of self, seen as a punchle even for progrsive televisn of the ‘80s and early ‘90s, and few shows were terted challengg this.
However, the show was still subject to work censorship and, although the star of Ellen me out as a lbian two months later, “Homer’s Phobia” was one of the first attempts to break down the visible barrier faced by gay characters.
Homer's Phobia: Directed by Mike B. Anrson. Wh Dan Castellaa, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smh. After Marge beiends John, a gay store owner, Homer worri that his prence will have a negative effect on Bart's sexualy." data-id="ma * gay john simpsons *
While no one explicly stated that any characters were to be stereotyped, was all-but-unheard of for a character like John, who was picted as charmg, lm, and genial, to be gay.