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Contents:
- ‘THE SIMPSONS’ LANDMARK GAY EPISO KEEPS THE FAY
- SIMPSONS GAY MARRIAGE EPISO SPARKS IRE
- 'SIMPSONS' ANIMAT GAY NUPTIALS, AND A DEBATE
- THE SIMPSONS (ALMOST) HAS S FIRST GAY MARRIAGE
‘THE SIMPSONS’ LANDMARK GAY EPISO KEEPS THE FAY
After months of speculatn, cult rtoon show The Simpsons reveals s gay character is Marge's sister Patty. * the simpsons gay marriage *
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. "Gay and lbian upl e to Sprgfield to get married by Homer, and Patty Bouvier out of the closet.
Soon, hundreds of gay and lbian upl e to Sprgfield. Shortly afterwards, he marri every gay uple town. When there are no more gay upl town to marry, a money-hungry Homer puts up a sign sayg "Will marry anyone to anythg.
SIMPSONS GAY MARRIAGE EPISO SPARKS IRE
is a webse for the mpaign that Sprgfield had when they legalized same-sex marriage. * the simpsons gay marriage *
Marge rells through flashback ditns of Patty's homosexualy.
'SIMPSONS' ANIMAT GAY NUPTIALS, AND A DEBATE
Cartoon show The Simpsons has end months of speculatn by revealg the inty of s gay character - Marge's sister Patty Bouvier. Speculatn on the inty of the gay character had been fierce, wh fans gusg might be Mr Burns' voted sikick Waylon Smhers or one or both of Homer's sisters--law, while bookmakers had been takg bets. The Gay & Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn weled the velopment, scribg as a "ray of light".
However, L Brent Bozell, print of the Parents Televisn Council, said: "At a time when the public mood is overwhelmgly agast gay marriage, any show that promot gay marriage is liberately buckg the public mood.
THE SIMPSONS (ALMOST) HAS S FIRST GAY MARRIAGE
nservative groups Ameri, who acce of promotg gay marriage.