‘SNL’s’ Gay History: All 4 LGBTQ Cast Members

Contents:

• ‘SNL’S’ GAY HISTORY: ALL 4 LGBTQ CAST MEMBERS
• WHERE THERE ANY GAY LAWRENCE WELK ST MEMBERS?
• NEW 'SNL' CAST MEMBER BOWEN YANG IS BREAKG BARRIERS FOR BOTH ASIAN AND GAY COMEDIANS

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

Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr and Queer televisn newssters have a proment profile many untri around the world. Amerin Charl Perez of ABC News is one to particularly note - he published his book 'Confsns of a Gay News Anchorman' (2011) after his oral of beg fired om a posn Florida when he was intified as beg gay. For example, France, there is L'associatn s journalist LGBT, and Ameri there is the Natnal Lbian & Gay Journalists Associatn.

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.

WHERE THERE ANY GAY LAWRENCE WELK ST MEMBERS?

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.

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.

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

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. Smh was out as gay while petg, but he had never discsed his genr inty wh his tribemat prr to beg outted by Varner (who is also gay). ) So Very Gay that Lawrence Welk himself uld not rea om makg a bchy observatn that Tom was "a big h, and NOT JUST WIT' THE LADIES.