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Contents:

• ‘THE SIMPSONS’ LANDMARK GAY EPISO KEEPS THE FAY
• SMHERS OUT AS GAY ON THE SIMPSONS
• THREE GAYS OF THE CONDO
• SIMPSONS GAY CHARACTERS: WHO IS LGBT THE SIMPSONS?
• GAYT EPISO EVER: HOW JOHN WATERS HELPED ‘THE SIMPSONS’ GET LGBT REPRENTATN RIGHT
• THE SIMPSONS: WHEN SMHERS' GAY CLU FIRST STARTED

‘THE SIMPSONS’ LANDMARK GAY EPISO KEEPS THE FAY

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.

SMHERS OUT AS GAY ON 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. The SimpsonsCast & crewUser reviewsTriviaEpiso aired Feb 16, 1997TV-1423mAfter Marge beiends John, a gay store owner, Homer worri that his prence will have a negative effect on Bart's Marge beiends John, a gay store owner, Homer worri that his prence will have a negative effect on Bart's Marge beiends John, a gay store owner, Homer worri that his prence will have a negative effect on Bart's productn, box office & pany PhotosReview John Waters-The Simpsons-My Wet DreamThis is my favore Simpsons episo bee 's the two thgs that me asm the most, John Waters and The Simpsons. Homer unknowgly beiends a gay shop owner (John Waters) and then is horrified to fd out his sexualy.

Upon the ncurence of this rmatn, Homer begs to spect Bart is turng gay. Homer gets mad at John Waters for not beg more gay.

He uldn't be more gay. What about a gay steel l?

THREE GAYS OF THE CONDO

While John Waters famoly starred a groundbreakg gay Simpsons episo, that was not the first time that the show featured an LGBTQ+ storyle. While The Simpsons famoly featured John Waters a landmark episo that addrsed homophobia, the animated fay s’s first pictn of LGBTQ+ characters arrived a lot earlier. The show also directly addrsed social ills like homophobia, as The Simpsons season 8, episo 15, “Homer’s Phobia, ” although this was not the first time the seri touched on LGBTQ+ them.

Homer’s Assistant Karl Gave The Simpsons Its First Gay Hero.

Make no mistake, John Waters’ Simpsons episo was a groundbreakg moment for gay reprentatn on televisn. Karl’s orientatn is never explicly addrsed and, when prsed on the matter, seri -creator Matt Groeng never nfirmed that the character was gay. A selfls, kd character who helped Homer ga nfince and took the fall for Homer's mistak — even gettg fired his stead — Karl is arguably one of televisn’s earlit gay hero.

SIMPSONS GAY CHARACTERS: WHO IS LGBT THE SIMPSONS?

The inic gay actor and playwright Harvey Fierste played Karl the Simpsons episo “Simpson and Delilah. Th, Fierste created one of the earlit unambiguoly posive pictns of gay life on mastream Amerin televisn. Fierste had the opportuny to return to The Simpsons season 14, episo 17, “Three Gays of the Condo.

” The actor opted not to return for a later episo, sayg the “script was a lot of very clever gay jok, and there jt wasn't that Simpsons twist. ” While “Three Gays of the Condo” was a cril succs, the episo didn’t attempt the sort of movg drama that mak “Simpson and Delilah” an early-season standout.

GAYT EPISO EVER: HOW JOHN WATERS HELPED ‘THE SIMPSONS’ GET LGBT REPRENTATN RIGHT

The Simpsons’ First Gay Character Is An Unr-Appreciated In.

It would be a long while before The Simpsons treated a gay character wh as much digny as Karl sce the show’s e-a-mute edy ma s characters creasgly zanier and more over-the-top. Prentg a gay character as a hero 1990 was a darg cisn, and pictg a kiss between two men onscreen was outright brazen, but The Simpsons opted to take the risks to make televisn history In the procs, The Simpsons helped her an era of creased visibily for gay characters onscreen. A number of people have been intified as (or implied to be) lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr (monly abbreviated LGBT).

THE SIMPSONS: WHEN SMHERS' GAY CLU FIRST STARTED

2 Gay. 1 Openly gay characters. 3 Hted to be Gay.

Patty Bouvier - Formerly closeted, as she appeared (enclosed) on a float a gay pri para, chantg "We're gay! Billie Jean Kg, San Sontag and Sappho of Lbos - Lisa ced the three of them as hero of hers who are or were gay. Peppermt Patty - Lisa ced her as beg among hero of hers who are or were gay, but qualified her statement by addg that she only spected that Peppermt Patty was gay.

Gay[ed]. Openly gay characters[ed].

- Longtime closeted, now openly gay. The show has treated Smhers as openly gay sce then, for example, wh Marge referrg to him as her "gay bt iend".

He and his workers are all gay, and at breaks they turn the l to a gay nightclub.

Stuart - Hangs out the Gay Neighborhood and knows Waylon Smhers, Jr.

Dewey Largo - Formerly the closet, now openly gay. Largo revealed himself as gay when he ran off wh his soul mate, a man he met at Mo's, also named Dewey. Comic Book Gay - Patron of Mo's and of Comic Book Guy, to whom he bears a strong enough remblance that Homer mistook him for Comic Book Guy.

The ntractor replied that he was gay, but had a subntractor (Angelo) who would take re of that. Gay Lato man - When he saw Homer's graffi tag of "El Homo"(parodyg "El Barto"), he terpreted as Homer clarg himself to be homosexual, and said, "If only I had your urage, Señor. Huckleberry Hound - Once said that he was gay but uldn't tell anyone.

Hted to be Gay[ed].