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Contents:

• THE SIMPSONS: WHEN SMHERS' GAY CLU FIRST STARTED
• ‘THE SIMPSONS’ LANDMARK GAY EPISO KEEPS THE FAY
• SMHERS OUT AS GAY ON THE SIMPSONS
• 'THE SIMPSONS' FALLY GIV GAY CHARACTER WAYLON SMHERS HIS OWN LOVE STORY
• SMHERS TO FD LOVE ON ‘THE SIMPSONS’ LANDMARK GAY ROMANCE EPISO
• THE SIMPSONS WRER EXPLAS THE IMPORTANCE OF SMHERS’ MONUMENTAL GAY LOVE STORY: ‘I DON’T THK HAS EVER HAPPENED’
• HOW SIMPSONS WRER'S GAY SON HELPED MAKE SMHERS' LOVE STORY AUTHENTIC
• AFTER DES, THE SIMPSONS REVEALED SMHERS WAS GAY - HERE'S HOW
• THE SIMPSONS' SMHERS TO FALLY E OUT AS GAY, PRODUCER REVEALS
• 'SMHERS & BEYOND' SIFTS THROUGH EVERY GAY REFERENCE IN 'THE SIMPSONS'
• 'SIMPSONS' CHARACTER SMHERS COM OUT AS GAY
• 'THE SIMPSONS' FALLY GAVE GAY CHARACTER SMHERS HIS OWN LOVE STORY AND VIEWERS REACT

THE SIMPSONS: WHEN SMHERS' GAY CLU FIRST STARTED

Burns whout explicly addrsg his homosexualy for years, but where n the first clu be found? The Simpsons Hted At Smhers Beg Gay In Season 1. Smhers went through a uple of chang his first episos: he was origally black, but was quickly changed to yellow, jt like the rt, wh executive producer Jay Kogen sayg that Smhers beg black and gay was “too much” so they “jt kept him gay”.

‘THE SIMPSONS’ LANDMARK GAY EPISO KEEPS THE FAY

Sce then, The Simpsons has dropped all typ of clu about Smhers beg gay, some more subtle than others, such as Smhers equently visg Sprgfield's gay sectn and gog on an all-male cise. 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.

SMHERS OUT AS GAY ON THE SIMPSONS

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.

In an episo lled The Burns Cage, he enlists the help of Homer to help him fd a also gay datg app Grdr to search for a suable match. The storyle's been weled by some fans on others, while still happy, are ls than surprised:Wrer Rob LaZebnik claims the episo was spired by his son, who is also gay.

'THE SIMPSONS' FALLY GIV GAY CHARACTER WAYLON SMHERS HIS OWN LOVE STORY

Simpsons character Waylon Smhers Jr., who me out as gay a 2016 episo, will date a fashn signer voiced by Victor Garber. "So often, gay romanc are a subplot or allud to or shown some kd of montage or as a punchle, " Johnny recently told The New York Post. "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.

"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, " Garber, 72, told the publitn, addg that takg on the role was "a remr of how much thgs have changed, and also how I've evolved.

SMHERS TO FD LOVE ON ‘THE SIMPSONS’ LANDMARK GAY ROMANCE EPISO

Waylon's sexualy had long been hted at, but he didn't officially e out as gay until season 27 2016.

Waylon Smhers will fd love wh a new boyiend an upg episo of The Simpsons, which will explore a gay relatnship on the show for the first time. The character, who prevly me out on the show the 2016 episo ‘Tom Colls’, will have a gay romance storyle an upg episo set to air November 21. Watch a very gay episo of @TheSimpsons on november 21, wrten by me and my dad ???.

Speakg to the New York Post, Johnny, who has also worked on the Rugrats reboot at Paramount+, said: “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. Smhers on The Simpsons (Picture: Fox)The Simpsons fally troduced Waylon Smhers’ first boyiend last week, as the animatn embarked on s first gay love story wh one of s major characters.

THE SIMPSONS WRER EXPLAS THE IMPORTANCE OF SMHERS’ MONUMENTAL GAY LOVE STORY: ‘I DON’T THK HAS EVER HAPPENED’

Five years after g out as gay to his notorly problematic boss Mr Burns, Smhers has found love wh fashn signer Michael De Graff, voiced by Victor Garber. ‘When we, my dad and I, talked about wrg this episo, somethg that was important to me was to see his relatnship grow and flourish and to get those timate moments of two gay people on screen talkg about beg gay or datg, ’ LaZebnik told The AV Club. ‘To have a gay romance be the A-story of a Simpsons episo, I don’t thk has ever happened.

HOW SIMPSONS WRER'S GAY SON HELPED MAKE SMHERS' LOVE STORY AUTHENTIC

(Picture: Fox)Johnny, who intifi as gay, served as a nsultant for Smhers’ g out episo, The Burns Cage, 2016, wrten by his father Rob LaZebnik.

AFTER DES, THE SIMPSONS REVEALED SMHERS WAS GAY - HERE'S HOW

‘I thk many ways, he was really an imprsive gay character to have early on, bee he’s not sort of the stereotypil, flamboyant gay that you see so many of the late ’90s rtoons, ’ Johnny said. Smhers is the hight-profile gay character on the seri; he officially me out the episo "The Burns Cage", although most people Sprgfield (and fans of the show) were well aware before this. As a (not very well) closeted gay man, Smhers has had a csh on Burns for as long as he has worked for him, but Burns is almost always obliv.

THE SIMPSONS' SMHERS TO FALLY E OUT AS GAY, PRODUCER REVEALS

[9] Asi om his heavily implied homosexualy, Smhers was also implied to have at least some genr nfn and transvte tennci, as, when smokg weed to allow Homer to not vlate his vow of never smokg aga, Smhers end up cross-drsg as Judy Garland and suggtg that Homer pose as Mickey Rooney of 60 Mut fame until Homer's reference to where Mickey Rooney me om had him realize that Mr. Burns, when askg Smhers what he was dog on the weekend, he said "somethg gay, no doubt", g Smhers to stammer and be taken aback by the qutn until Mr. Burns revealed he meant the antiquated fn of gay that meant dog somethg fun or happy (apparently beg unaware of the fn change to be a phemism for homosexualy), wh Smhers then lghg nervoly after nfirmg Mr.

'SMHERS & BEYOND' SIFTS THROUGH EVERY GAY REFERENCE IN 'THE SIMPSONS'

It is heavily implied that he only participated the mob bee he thought was meant to be a mob tryg to brg about gay marriage, or at least somethg honor of Mr. Unlike his implied grandson, however, is heavily implied that the Smhers sailors were not homosexual, as Bart when teractg wh them will sometim yell "Your grandson's liftyle will sicken you.

Smhers equents Sprgfield's gay sectn. Smhers the gay neighborhood.

In Squeam, Smhers plans to dch his own "gay ways", and is the ma guy who drs up like ghost face along wh Lovejoy every 15 sends. In Mob Rul, he appears as one of the people Marge n e to prott the sal of the Grand Theft Scratchy vio-game to mors, although 's implied that he had a different aim md for dog the mob prott, cludg tryg to celebrate gays. [37] The ia for Smhers's orientatn me om Sam Simon, who proposed that Smhers should be gay, but the wrers should never draw too much attentn to and should try to keep the back of their heads.

'SIMPSONS' CHARACTER SMHERS COM OUT AS GAY

[38] Smhers's sexual orientatn has often e to qutn, wh some fans claimg he is a "Burns-sexual" and only attracted to his boss, while others mata that he is obvly gay. Burns been a woman, then Smhers would not be gay. [Rather than beg gay], he's sort of 'Burns-sexual'".

In a 2006 study nducted by the "Gay & Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn", was termed that ne of the 679 lead and supportg characters on scripted broadst televisn were gay or lbian. [56] Dpe Matt Groeng jokg that would be Homer, The Boston Herald lculated the odds of several characters beg gay wh Smhers at a ln to one.

[57] PlaOut hosted an onle poll the weeks prr to the episo to terme based on "rtoon gaydar" who was gay on the Simpsons, wh 97% of the rponnts choosg Smhers.

'THE SIMPSONS' FALLY GAVE GAY CHARACTER SMHERS HIS OWN LOVE STORY AND VIEWERS REACT

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