Bowen Yang Is Only the Third Gay Male Cast Member on SNL — Details!

Contents:

• NEW 'SNL' CAST MEMBER BOWEN YANG IS BREAKG BARRIERS FOR BOTH ASIAN AND GAY COMEDIANS
• ‘SNL’S’ GAY HISTORY: ALL 4 LGBTQ CAST MEMBERS
• THERE HAVE ONLY BEEN TWO OPENLY GAY MALE ST MEMBERS THE 40+ YEAR HISTORY OF SNL
• ‘SNL’: ALEC BALDW SAYS THERE HAVE BEEN MANY GAY MALE CAST MEMBERS — THEY JT WEREN’T OUT

NEW 'SNL' CAST MEMBER BOWEN YANG IS BREAKG BARRIERS FOR BOTH ASIAN AND GAY COMEDIANS

As SNL’s first openly gay st member, and the first openly gay st member on any work televisn show, Sweeney found himself tratgly typest.

He had plenty of origal ias, but outsi of imprsns of female public figur and gay ritur, there wasn’t much for him to do.

‘SNL’S’ GAY HISTORY: ALL 4 LGBTQ CAST MEMBERS

In a 2017 terview, he explaed, “If there was a part for a game show host, they wouldn’t put me bee, well, wasn’t a gay game show host. ” Sweeney add that he didn’t thk there was necsarily any bad tent behd this: “They jt did bee they didn’t know … ‘What do I wre for a gay guy?

THERE HAVE ONLY BEEN TWO OPENLY GAY MALE ST MEMBERS THE 40+ YEAR HISTORY OF SNL

One early sketch that would bee emblematic of Yang’s imprt on the show starred Harry Styl as a social media manager who accintally fills up Sara Lee’s Instagram acunt wh gay thirst ments. Like much of the material performed by Terry Sweeney, this sketch is firmly rooted stereotyp about gay men. The most famo example was when Chevy Chase, upon havg Sweeney nfirm he was gay, rpond by tellg him, “You n start by lickg my balls.

‘SNL’: ALEC BALDW SAYS THERE HAVE BEEN MANY GAY MALE CAST MEMBERS — THEY JT WEREN’T OUT

The iceberg sketch is notable that, although ’s fely not the entire joke of the sketch, Yang’s character is clearly, emphatilly gay.