SNL: Alec Baldw Says There Have Been Many Closted Gay Cast Members – IndieWire

Contents:

• ‘SNL’S’ GAY HISTORY: ALL 4 LGBTQ CAST MEMBERS
• NEW 'SNL' CAST MEMBER BOWEN YANG IS BREAKG BARRIERS FOR BOTH ASIAN AND GAY COMEDIANS
• NEW ‘SNL’ CAST MEMBER BOWEN YANG IS ASIAN AMERIN, GAY, AND ABOUT TO MAKE HISTORY
• ‘SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE’: ALEC BALDW SAYS THERE HAVE BEEN MANY GAY MALE CAST MEMBERS — THEY JT WEREN’T OUT

‘SNL’S’ GAY HISTORY: ALL 4 LGBTQ CAST MEMBERS

Michael Michd, thor of books on gay actors Sal Meo and Alan Su, has kdly wrten the tribut to the four — unt 'em, four! Even though he intified as gay om childhood, he beme engaged to a woman for a short time.

By that time, he was livg openly as a gay man. He was the first openly gay performer on SNL, and there was no other for nearly 27 years.

Terry experienced problems on SNL bee of his sexual orientatn, pecially beg bullied and meaned by homophobic Chevy Chase, who had left the show after one season but who equently returned.

NEW 'SNL' CAST MEMBER BOWEN YANG IS BREAKG BARRIERS FOR BOTH ASIAN AND GAY COMEDIANS

Boy, he sure died, you know, he sure went to hell”) and the show’s first openly gay st member, Terry Sweeney (Chase suggted Sweeney star a recurrg sketch where he was weighed to see if he had ntracted AIDS). She first appeared on TV on The Big Gay Sketch Show (2007-2010) and has worked steadily on televisn sce then, gut-starrg on such shows as Maya & Marty, Difficult People, Hudson Valley Ballers, Comedy Bang!

He gut-starred on many TV shows, cludg Rejected Pch, Sgle Siblgs, Ltle Horribl, Joe & Dave, Adam DeVe's Hoe Party, Other Space, Gay of Thron, 2 Broke Girls, Dog Walkers, Broken, The Gut Book, Adam Rus Everythg, Foursome, College Humor Origals, We the Inter TV, and His feature films clu Ghostbters, The Ltle T Man, and Camp Takota. John Milhiser is gay, and wants everyone to know he was out and proud while on the show, makg him the send out gay man and third out gay st member:. Hey, @thedailybeast I’m pretty sure that I was out and proud as a gay man when I was an SNL st member for a hot sec.

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NEW ‘SNL’ CAST MEMBER BOWEN YANG IS ASIAN AMERIN, GAY, AND ABOUT TO MAKE HISTORY

The only openly gay men to appear on the show before Bowen are Terry Sweeney on one season om 1985 to 1986 and John Milhiser, who was briefly part of the st for the 2013-2014 season. Article ntu below advertisementSource: Getty ImagBowen Yang is SNL's first openly gay, Asian st of this trivia nfirms two thgs: SNL has a long-standg problem wh reprentatn that seems to be gettg addrsed (however slowly), and Bowen Yang is fely a first for the show as the first openly gay, Asian player the show's five s on televisn.

‘SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE’: ALEC BALDW SAYS THERE HAVE BEEN MANY GAY MALE CAST MEMBERS — THEY JT WEREN’T OUT

Though both are openly gay now, when they were llege, they were actually romantic rivals over a girl. When they both later me out (separately), they didn't thk they would necsarily be iends jt bee they both happened to be gay, but here they are years later and are total BFFs. As SNL’s first openly gay st member, and the first openly gay st member on any work televisn show, Sweeney found himself tratgly typest.

He had plenty of origal ias, but outsi of imprsns of female public figur and gay ritur, there wasn’t much for him to do.

In a 2017 terview, he explaed, “If there was a part for a game show host, they wouldn’t put me bee, well, wasn’t a gay game show host.