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- 25 YEARS AGO, GAY FAI JT WEREN'T TALKED ABOUT. THEN 'THE BIRDGE' H THE SCREEN
- ‘THE SIMPSONS’ RESTS HANK AZARIA’S GAY CHARACTER WH GAY ACTOR
- HERE'S HOW 'THE SIMPSONS' REPLACED HANK AZARIA WH A GAY ACTOR FOR A POPULAR GAY CHARACTER
- HOW 'THE SIMPSONS' REPLACED HANK AZARIA WH A GAY ACTOR FOR A POPULAR GAY CHARACTER
25 YEARS AGO, GAY FAI JT WEREN'T TALKED ABOUT. THEN 'THE BIRDGE' H THE SCREEN
As The Simpsons ntu s prevly announced missn to diversify Sprgfield's vol st, the producers have gotten extra-creative their stg choic. Case pot: Openly gay Cuban-Amerin actor Tony Rodriguez recently land the job of voicg one of the animated show's popular LGBTQ characters, Jul, wh the help of the podst Gayt Episo Ever. In January, -host Drew Mackie posted a viral supercut of every LGBTQ joke ever featured on The Simpsons and unwtgly started Rodriguez — a regular gut on the podst — on his path towards jog the st of the long-nng animated favore. * is hank azaria gay *
This week marks the 25th anniversary of "The Birdge, " the smash h directed by Mike Nichols wh a screenplay by Elae May, starrg Rob Williams, Nathan Lane, Gene Hackman, Dianne Wit, Hank Azaria, Dan Futterman and Calista years ago, gay marriage was not only illegal, was banned most stat.
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‘THE SIMPSONS’ RESTS HANK AZARIA’S GAY CHARACTER WH GAY ACTOR
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HERE'S HOW 'THE SIMPSONS' REPLACED HANK AZARIA WH A GAY ACTOR FOR A POPULAR GAY CHARACTER
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HOW 'THE SIMPSONS' REPLACED HANK AZARIA WH A GAY ACTOR FOR A POPULAR GAY CHARACTER
“Tonight I make my but on The Simpsons as gay, Cuban Jul, ” Rodriguez, a longtime performer wh the Upright Cizens Briga, wrote on Instagram last month. “In the past two years, I have seen myself more the show, and by that, I mean specifilly the part of Jul, who is gay like me, he’s Cuban like me, ” Rodriguez said an IGTV vio. Case pot: Openly gay Cuban-Amerin actor Tony Rodriguez recently land the job of voicg one of the animated show's popular LGBTQ characters, Jul, wh the help of the podst Gayt Episo Ever.
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