When filmmaker John Waters played a gay character on The Simpsons, his episo eventually end up breakg down barriers for LGBTQ+ reprentatn.
Contents:
- ‘THE SIMPSONS’ LANDMARK GAY EPISO KEEPS THE FAY
- GAYT EPISO EVER: HOW JOHN WATERS HELPED ‘THE SIMPSONS’ GET LGBT REPRENTATN RIGHT
- THE SIMPSONS: WHEN SMHERS' GAY CLU FIRST STARTED
- THE SIMPSONS SEASON 30 REP: IS GRAMPA SIMPSON GAY?
‘THE SIMPSONS’ LANDMARK GAY EPISO KEEPS THE FAY
Homer's Phobia: Directed by Mike B. Anrson. Wh Dan Castellaa, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smh. After Marge beiends John, a gay store owner, Homer worri that his prence will have a negative effect on Bart's sexualy." data-id="ma * simpson gay episode *
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.
GAYT EPISO EVER: HOW JOHN WATERS HELPED ‘THE SIMPSONS’ GET LGBT REPRENTATN RIGHT
A number of people have been intified as (or implied to be) lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr (monly abbreviated LGBT). * simpson gay episode *
“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 SIMPSONS: WHEN SMHERS' GAY CLU FIRST STARTED
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THE SIMPSONS SEASON 30 REP: IS GRAMPA SIMPSON GAY?
"They thk they're better than jt bee their performance reviews reflect that fact..." - Lenny Flamg Moe is the eleventh episo of Season 22. Smhers helps Moe turn his tavern to a popular gay bar, but later on Smhers gets offend at Moe for pretendg to be gay. Meanwhile... * simpson gay episode *
A young guy who ns a shop wh pop cursi beiends the Simpsons and Homer thks he's great until Marge tells him the guy is gay. And there’s one episo particular — “Homer’s Phobia, ” perhaps better known as the gay Simpsons episo wh John Waters — that probably meant a lot to the gay kids watchg.
16, 1997 — midway through the show’s eighth season and about two months before Ellen would e out “The Puppy Episo” — the Simpsons fay would meet John, a iendly gay rint of Sprgfield voiced by director John Waters.
The newt stallment of my podst, Gayt Episo Ever, has me and my -host, screenwrer Glen Lak, talkg abut “Homer’s Phobia” wh Dr. There’s a lot to unpack this episo, om Homer’s homophobic (and arguably out-of-character) rants about John’s sexualy to the way Waters plays his character as a regular person — neher mcg nor macho and very fortable beg out.