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Contents:

• FAY GAY
• ‘THE SIMPSONS’ LANDMARK GAY EPISO KEEPS THE FAY
• FAY GUY REVERSED S STANCE ON 'GAY JOK'. WHY?
• FAY GUY CHARACTER OUT AS GAY AND MARRI HIS BOYIEND
• FAY GAY
• FAY GUY (1998–…): SEASON 7, EPISO 8 - FAY GAY - FULL TRANSCRIPT
• GAY GUY OM FAY GUY

FAY GAY

Fay Gay Peter's new unexpected homosexualy shocks the Griffs.

To make money, Peter works as a tt subject for medil experiments, beg jected wh var gen to see their effects; the clu the squirrel gene, the Seth Rogen gene, and the gay gene amongst others. Lois is ially upset that Peter is now gay, but she warms up to the change when he begs exhibg stereotypil gay behavrs like shoppg for cloth and okg muffs, only to rensir her stance when Peter rejects her sexual advanc. Upon learng that the effects of the gay gene may be permanent, she cis to make the bt of thgs when Peter sudnly leav her for a gay man named Stt.

Seeg Lois heartbroken and prsed, Stewie and Brian (who is reluctant due to his support of gay rights) attempt to brg Peter back to his normal self by kidnappg him and sendg him to a "straight mp" for nversn therapy. However, the effects of the experimental gay gene are revealed to be temporary and the effects wear off right when Peter is the middle of a gay y wh Stt and ne other men.

‘THE SIMPSONS’ LANDMARK GAY EPISO KEEPS THE FAY

Fay Gay. 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.

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.

“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.

FAY GUY REVERSED S STANCE ON 'GAY JOK'. WHY?

For better or worse, this junk food of the televisual world has bee a larger part of my life than I ever is why I paid attentn when, last year, the January 2019 episo “Tmp Guy” (an tertg episo and of self, sce took on the Tmp admistratn and featured Meg Griff as a victim of sexual asslt on the print’s part), the show announced s tentn to stop rortg to “gay jok”. It started wh a fictnal Donald Tmp tellg Peter: “Many children have learned their favoure Jewish, black, and gay jok by watchg your show over the years”, to which Peter replied: “In fairns, we’ve been tryg to phase out the gay stuff. ”This moment was great many ways: the show acknowledged s rponsibily shapg young viewers’ mds, Peter attempted to flect the cricism wh a ltle touch of meta humour – a Fay Guy hallmark – and we were all left lookg forward to a gay-joke-ee future.

FAY GUY CHARACTER OUT AS GAY AND MARRI HIS BOYIEND

So ’s not exactly surprisg that, a recent season 18 episo, Fay Guy appeared to do a plete 180 by reversg s stance on so-lled “gay jok” “Disney’s The Reboot”, the episo se Peter and his fay tryg to fd a new inty for their show. The sequence isn’t so homophobic that mak you want to throw your remote to your TV screen (though by all means, feel ee), but ’s still kd of “meh”. If you’re gog to joke about sexualy, do properly, and maybe make sure your quip packs enough of a punch to jtify s own existence – otherwise, you’re jt jokg about beg gay for the sake of this sequence, Peter Griff go back to the foc group helpg him craft a Fay Guy reboot, at which pot someone asks him: “I thought I read you guys were phasg out gay jok?

It’s almost self-pretn on the show’s wrers’ part – we thought we uld do whout “gay jok”, but turns out we jt like them too much, silly !

Bt edy shows on NetflixShow all 10Peter Griff’s sexualy is a recurrg theme on Fay Guy, where ’s regularly implied that Peter, a middle-aged married man the fictnal cy of Quahog the (real) state of Rho Island, might be gay. The “Peter is gay” jok are never the most cisive the seri, and ankly, you uld remove them whout losg out. But if the pot of your quip is the very ncept that someone might be gay, one might argue that your wrg is gettg kd of aforementned, Fay Guy is currently s 18th season.

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If Fay Guy’s mment to “irreverence” (sometim, “irreverence” is jt another word for “sensivy”) tak precence over s qut for relevance, then the show’s future will be jeopardised, and rightly the show would specifilly highlight the topic of “gay jok” this manner before dog a public about-face is jt bizarre. How hard n possibly be to shelve the “Peter is gay” punchle once and for all?

Fay Guy character Bce has e out as gay and married his boyiend the animated show's 19th now Bce, known for his "Oh no! She then started datg Bce, spe the Griff fay potg out that he's "obvly gay".

FAY GUY (1998–…): SEASON 7, EPISO 8 - FAY GAY - FULL TRANSCRIPT

Eventually, Meg lled off the weddg, before enuragg Bce to e out as gay and to rennect wh the love of his life, Jefey. However, January last year, the show's executive producers Alec Sulk and Rich Appel nfirmed that the animatn would be "phasg out" jok about gay "If you look at a show om 2005 or 2006 and put si by si wh a show om 2018 or 2019, they're gog to have a few differenc, " said Sulk told TV Le at the time.

GAY GUY OM FAY GUY

"Speakg to Digal Spy late 2019, Patrick Warburton, who voic Joe Swanson on Fay Guy, said: "If there is too much gay humour be bullyg and I don't like that, so probably uld do wh phasg out.