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Contents:
- ‘THE SIMPSONS’ LANDMARK GAY EPISO KEEPS THE FAY
- JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR U.S.-BASED PRO LEAGU
- THE SIMPSONS' SMHERS TO FALLY E OUT AS GAY, PRODUCER REVEALS
- THE SIMPSONS’ WAYLON SMHERS FDS LOVE HISTORIC GAY EPISO
- THE SIMPSONS: WHEN SMHERS' GAY CLU FIRST STARTED
- TOM HOLLAND’S THE CROWD ROOM GAY SEX SCENE SPARKS APPALLG HOMOPHOBIC BACKLASH
‘THE SIMPSONS’ LANDMARK GAY EPISO KEEPS THE FAY
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And while ’s a historil moment for Smhers, ’s also a full-circle one for longtime seri wrer Rob LaZebnik, whose son, Johnny, spired Smhers’ big, gay g-out episo 2016.
JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR U.S.-BASED PRO LEAGU
When filmmaker John Waters played a gay character on The Simpsons, his episo eventually end up breakg down barriers for LGBTQ+ reprentatn. * gay episodes in the simpsons *
Of urse, Smhers — who fds himself thst to a globe-trottg, whirlwd romance wh Garber’s fashnista — was already fluenced by them both when he bted down his closet door 2016’s touchg Season 27 episo “Tom Colls, ” which was penned by Rob as an homage to his gay son.
“So often, gay romanc are a subplot or allud to or shown some kd of montage or as a punchle. And what I thk I was really exced about, wh this episo, we get to see — whout spoilg too much — the begng, middle and who knows how ends of a gay relatnship, of really gettg to the nty-grty of how gay people date, how they meet, what ’s like, ” he said.
THE SIMPSONS' SMHERS TO FALLY E OUT AS GAY, PRODUCER REVEALS
A new Thanksgivg episo of the animated s The Simpsons will give s openly gay character Waylan Smhers a boyiend on November 21. * gay episodes in the simpsons *
“I haven’t played a lot of gay characters, but every time I do , brgs back certa feelgs I had as a young actor where I uldn’t be gay. Both episos were penned by longtime seri wrer Rob LaZebnik, who revealed to the New York Post he had an assist om his gay son, Johnny, the creatn of both episos. "While lettg Smhers e out of the closet was a major achievement for visibily back 2016, the father-son duo wanted to do more than jt make another one-dimensnal gay uple and relatnship.
"So often, gay romanc are a subplot or allud to or shown some kd of montage or as a punchle, " Johnny ntued. "And what I thk I was really exced about, wh this episo, we get to see -- whout spoilg too much -- the begng, middle and who knows how ends of a gay relatnship, of really gettg to the nty-grty of how gay people date, how they meet, what 's like, " he said. "I haven't played a lot of gay characters, but every time I do , brgs back certa feelgs I had as a young actor where I uldn't be gay.
The character, who me out a 2016 episo of the animated Fox seri, will be at the center of a gay romance storyle an episo set to air on November 21. “So often, gay romanc are a subplot or allud to or shown some kd of montage or as a punchle, ” Johnny LaZebnik told the New York Post this week.
THE SIMPSONS’ WAYLON SMHERS FDS LOVE HISTORIC GAY EPISO
Simpsons executive producer says Mr Burns’s assistant, long mored to be gay, will fally e out of the closet durg two episos of current season * gay episodes in the simpsons *
“And what I thk I was really exced about, wh this episo, we get to see – whout spoilg too much – the begng, middle and who knows how ends of a gay relatnship, of really gettg to the nty-grty of how gay people date, how they meet, what ’s like.
Garber, the openly gay star of Global’s “Fay Law, ” told the New York Post he was “ccially important that the stori are acknowledged, ” addg that every time he plays a gay character “ brgs back certa feelgs I had as a young actor where I uldn’t be gay. -based profsnal league to e out as gay.
THE SIMPSONS: WHEN SMHERS' GAY CLU FIRST STARTED
Waylon Smhers of The Simpsons fally fds love a landmark gay episo. * gay episodes in the simpsons *
Michael Sam beme the first openly gay player to be drafted when the then-St.
TOM HOLLAND’S THE CROWD ROOM GAY SEX SCENE SPARKS APPALLG HOMOPHOBIC BACKLASH
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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.
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.