The first gay episo of The Simpsons, entled 'Homer's Phobia', featured a character played by queer filmmaker John Waters.
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REVISG THE FIRST-EVER GAY EPISO OF THE SIMPSONS
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 * simpsons gay steel mill episode *
The SimpsonsCast & crewUser reviewsTriviaEpiso aired Feb 16, 1997TV-1423mAfter Marge beiends John, a gay store owner, Homer worri that his prence will have a negative effect on Bart's Marge beiends John, a gay store owner, Homer worri that his prence will have a negative effect on Bart's Marge beiends John, a gay store owner, Homer worri that his prence will have a negative effect on Bart's productn, box office & pany PhotosReview served Emmy Award wner - endlsly re-watchableI had been wag for the Eight Season of The Simpsons to be released on DVD jt to own a good qualy, plete py (i.
I liked that Homer's Phobia was ma wh such rmed awarens of the stereotyp which persist of both gay men and of the people who refe to accept them as beg see Homer quickly formg a tstg, affectnate and purely platonic relatnship wh John Waters - only to aggrsively disrd that iendship when he (fally) prehends that John is show is certaly empowerg for viewers - both young and old - who know they are same sex attracted, but also mt be the most entertag, ncise and effective program the history of televisn for lettg the general public know that there is nothg at all to fear about beg 's Phobia is packed wh memorable l - such as "You know me Marge - I like my beer ld, my TV loud and my homo-sexuals FLAMING! When Homer was ncerned that Bart was homosexual, he took Bart to a steel l to show him an example of real men at hard work.
Rose, the l's manager, gave them a tour which Homer enjoyed, until they met the rt of the workers When Rose asked the workers to say hello to Homer and Bart, they all waved and said "Hel-looooooo!" a sg-song, stereotypilly effemate fashn, and Homer saw that all the workers the plant were openly homosexual. Rose then pulled a cha which ma mic play and a dis ball scend om the ceilg, and all the workers started dancg wh each other, turng the steel l to a gay nightclub, lled "The Anvil." Rose said that after workg hard, they played hard. The steel l workers are gay men who works at the Ajax Steel Mill.
The steel l workers are gay men who works at the Ajax Steel Mill. The all waved "Hello!" to Homer and Bart. Rose told them that the workers worked hard and played hard. Then they started dancg wh each other. Homer then ran away om the l, takg Bart wh him. Episo – "Homer's... * simpsons gay steel mill episode *
The groundbreakg episo featured a character played by queer filmmaker John Waters and an famo scene set a gay steel l. I was remd recently that was the anniversary of the first-ever gay episo of The Simpsons, ‘Homer’s Phobia’ (Season 8, Episo 15, se you want to revis ) airg Ameri.
Unbeknownst to Homer, John is a gay man, a fact that eaks him out.
Not admtg that he is homophobic, he ratnalis his reactn by sayg wasn’t bee John was gay, but bee he was a sneak about , statg, “I like my beer ld, my TV loud, and my homosexuals fuh-lamg”. His paranoia leads to him spectg that Bart might be gay, then embarkg on a missn to “fix” him, which clus a hilar scene a gay steel l.