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REVISG THE FIRST-EVER GAY EPISO OF THE SIMPSONS
When filmmaker John Waters played a gay character on The Simpsons, his episo eventually end up breakg down barriers for LGBTQ+ reprentatn. * simpsons gay episode *
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.
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The first gay episo of The Simpsons, entled 'Homer's Phobia', featured a character played by queer filmmaker John Waters. * simpsons gay episode *
When a character was referred to as gay, the figure qutn almost always played as tragic or, more often, herently il. 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.
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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.