"Homer's Phobia" Do Homophobia Right — Gayt Episo Ever

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You guys don't have a gay time mache, do you?Homer Simpson "Three Gays of the Condo" is the seventeenth episo of Season 14. Homer and Marge have a fight when Homer realiz Marge only married him bee she was pregnant wh Bart. Homer choos to leave the hoe and stggl to fd the...

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THREE GAYS OF THE CONDO

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"Three Gays of the Condo" is the seventeenth episo of Season 14. While walkg home Homer se a newspaper benr and tak one which featur a classified advertisement for an open apartment the Gay District of Sprgfield. In the new apartment Homer mov wh two gay men named Grady and Jul and Homer starts the learn about gay culture and even tak the kids to his new home.

Homer then fets while havg Margaras wh the "Velvet Mafia" and asks Grady and Jul if they own a gay time mache (Grady's shoe closet) and tell Homer no but he is missg his date wh Marge. The character Grady is voiced by the openly gay edian/actor Stt Thompson, most famo for beg a member of the Canadian sketch edy troupe The Kids In The Hall.

CLASSIC GAY TV: THE SIMPSONS, 'HOMER'S PHOBIA'{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY LOUIS PEZMANSEPTEMBER 19, 2012/11:36 AMBY LOUIS PEZMANSEPTEMBER 19, 2012 / 11:36 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"CLASSIC GAY TV: THE SIMPSONS, 'HOMER'S PHOBIA'","DATEPUBLISHED":"2012-09-19T15:36:23.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2012-09-19T15:36:23.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"LOUIS PEZMAN","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN CLASSIC GAY TV, LOUIS PEZMAN LOOKS AT CLASSIC AND NEW-CLASSIC GAY-THEMED EPISOS OF TELEVISN. WAS THIS A MAJOR STEP FORWARD LGBT REPRENTATN OR A CRGEWORTHY RELIC OF THE PAST?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SERI: THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EPISO: “HOMER’S PHOBIA” (SEASON 8, EPISO 15){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ORIGAL AIR DATE: FEBARY 16, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PLOT POTS: BART STROYS THE DRYER, BUT THE FAY N’T AFFORD TO REPLACE . MARGE CIS TO SELL HER GRANDMA’S PREC CIVIL WAR FIGURE. THE SIMPSONS GO TO COCKAMAMIE’S, A STORE THAT SPECIALIZ MP – “THE TRAGILLY LUDICRO, THE LUDICROLY TRAGIC” – AND MEET THE FLAMBOYANT OWNER, JOHN (VOICED BY JOHN WATERS). HOMER AND JOHN H OFF STANTLY, AND HOMER V JOHN OVER. THEY DANCE TO “I LOVE THE NIGHTLIFE,” WHICH IS MAYBE THE GAYT THG YOU N DO OUTSI OF MAN-ON-MAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TURNS OUT HOMER HAS THE WORST GAYDAR EVER, BEE HE EAKS OUT WHEN MARGE TELLS HIM THAT JOHN IS GAY. (“OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD, I DANCED WH A GAY. MARGE, LISA, PROMISE ME YOU WON’T TELL ANYONE.”) HOMER ROLV TO SHUN JOHN, EVEN AS THE RT OF THE SIMPSON FAY EMBRAC HIM. AS BART BEGS TO ACT GAYER – WEARG A HAWAIIAN SHIRT, CHOOSG A PK SNOWBALL OVER A HOSTS CUPKE – HOMER BE TERMED TO STRAIGHTEN HIM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT’S A TOTAL DISASTER, AS THE WHOLE WORLD HAS APPARENTLY GONE GAY. HOMER TAK BART TO A STEEL L THAT TURNS TO A BIG GAY DIS. WHEN HE CIS TO TAKE HIS SON HUNTG – ALONG WH STUNNG EXAMPL OF MASCULY MOE AND BARNEY – THEY END UP HUNTG DOMTITED REER STEAD OF ER. THE REER GET THE UPPER HAND, AND ’S UP TO JOHN TO SAVE HOMER’S LIFE WH A MISSILE-FIRG ROBOT SANTA. HOMER FALLY ACCEPTS JOHN, LEADG JOHN TO NCLU THAT WE ULD END HOMOPHOBIA IF ALL GAY MEN WOULD JT SAVE A STRAIGHT MAN’S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAT MAK IT GAY: PREV EPISO OF THE SIMPSONS HAD SOME GAY THEM: SEASON 2’S SIMPSON AND DELILAH” EVEN SHOWED KARL (VOICED BY HARVEY FIERSTE) KISSG HOMER. BUT “HOMER’S PHOBIA” WAS THE FIRST EPISO TO TRODUCE AN OPENLY GAY CHARACTER. (IT ALSO NTU THE LONG PROCS OF OUTG SMHERS, WHO SEEMS TO HAVE A THG WH JOHN.) AND HAS THE GLAAD SEAL OF APPROVAL, EARNG THE GLAAD MEDIA AWARD FOR OUTSTANDG TV – INDIVIDUAL EPISO. ALSO: JOHN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOW DO IT HOLD UP: WHAT’S TERTG ABOUT “HOMER’S PHOBIA” IS THAT ’S VERY RELEVANT BUT ALSO A PRODUCT OF S TIME – CURRENT SS MAY MAKE THE OCSNAL GAY JOKE, BUT ’S RARE FOR A MA CHARACTER TO EXPRS SUCH SEVERE PREJUDICE. ON THE OTHER HAND, ’S SO OVER-THE-TOP THAT MAK HOMER OUT TO BE AN IDT, NOT A BIGOT. THAT’S WHY REMAS ONE OF THE GREAT TV EPISOS ABOUT HOMOPHOBIA: RATHER THAN GET PREACHY, SHOWS EXACTLY HOW STUPID HOMOPHOB {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KEY L:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I LIKE MY BEER LD, MY TV LOUD, AND MY HOMOSEXUALS FLAAAAMG.” (HOMER){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JOHN: “HOMER, WHAT HAVE YOU GOT AGAST GAYS?”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOMER: “YOU KNOW, 'S NOT UAL. IF THERE WAS A LAW, WOULD BE AGAST .”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MARGE: “HOMER, PLEASE, YOU’RE EMBARRASSG YOURSELF.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOMER: “NO, I’M NOT, MARGE. THEY’RE EMBARRASSG ME. THEY’RE EMBARRASSG AMERI. THEY TURNED THE NAVY TO A FLOATG JOKE. THEY ED ALL OUR BT NAM LIKE BCE AND LANCE AND JULIAN. THOSE WERE THE TOUGHT NAM WE HAD. NOW THEY’RE JT—”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JOHN: “QUEER?”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOMER: “YEAH, AND THAT’S ANOTHER THG! I RENT YOU PEOPLE G THAT WORD. THAT’S OUR WORD FOR MAKG FUN OF YOU. WE NEED !”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“WHERE YOU BEEN, HOMER? ENTIRE STEEL DTRY’S GAY. YEAH, AEROSPACE, TOO. AND THE RAILROADS. AND YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE? 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The steel l workers are gay men who works at the Ajax Steel Mill. The all waved "Hello!" to Homer and Bart. Rose told them that the workers worked hard and played hard. Then they started dancg wh each other. Homer then ran away om the l, takg Bart wh him. Episo – "Homer's... * the simpsons homer gay *

D'oh • 'Sce Me While I Miss the Sky • Three Gays of the Condo • Du, Where's My Ranch? The steel l workers are gay men who works at the Ajax Steel Mill. Homer: There's only two kds of guys who wear Hawaiian shirts: gay guys and big fat party animals.

In Classic Gay TV, Louis Pezman looks at classic and new-classic gay-themed episos of televisn.

They dance to “I Love the Nightlife, ” which is maybe the gayt thg you n do outsi of man-on-man out Homer has the worst gaydar ever, bee he eaks out when Marge tells him that John is gay.

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A great memorable quote om the The Simpsons movie on - Homer: There's only two kds of guys who wear Hawaiian shirts: gay guys and big fat party animals. And Bart don't look like a big fat party animal to me! * the simpsons homer gay *

(“Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God, I danced wh a gay. As Bart begs to act gayer – wearg a Hawaiian shirt, choosg a pk Snowball over a Hosts Cupke – Homer be termed to straighten him ’s a total disaster, as the whole world has apparently gone gay. Homer tak Bart to a steel l that turns to a big gay dis.

Homer fally accepts John, leadg John to nclu that we uld end homophobia if all gay men would jt save a straight man’s Mak It Gay: Prev episo of The Simpsons had some gay them: Season 2’s Simpson and Delilah” even showed Karl (voiced by Harvey Fierste) kissg Homer. But “Homer’s Phobia” was the first episo to troduce an openly gay character. Also: John Do It Hold Up: What’s tertg about “Homer’s Phobia” is that ’s very relevant but also a product of s time – current ss may make the ocsnal gay joke, but ’s rare for a ma character to exprs such severe prejudice.

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That’s why remas one of the great TV episos about homophobia: rather than get preachy, shows exactly how stupid homophob L:“I like my beer ld, my TV loud, and my homosexuals flaaaamg. ” (Homer)John: “Homer, what have you got agast gays? He was pleasantly surprised when Lizzo asked to perform a le for a Homer--hell scene that satirilly shows gay rints beg upgrad to heaven due to changg societal views.

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. At long last, Homer Simpson asks the difficult qutn, "Hey, what if Bart is a homo? " This episo has none other than John Waters on hand as the primary non-Smhers Sprgfield queer, and the rult is one of the better gay outgs of the entire '90s.

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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 * the simpsons homer gay *

Origal air date: 2/16/1997 (produced 1996)Productn : 4F11Homer beiends John, an eccentric antiqu aler, only to ll the iendship off upon learng that he's a homosexual. He then begs to fear that Bart might be fluenced by John and bee gay.

Homer tak a likg to him and v him over to their hoe, where John is entertaed by the mp value of their posssns, although Homer seems unaware of what John's mpy meanor followg morng, Homer is told by Marge, no uncerta terms, that John is gay, a revelatn that tly shocks him, as he thought he didn't act flamboyant enough. While Marge and the kids ntue to socialize wh John, Homer ref to associate wh him and begs to fear that Bart might be turng to a homosexual after seeg him sportg a Hawaiian shirt, dancg to "The Shoop-Shoop Song" wearg a bouffant wig and preferrg pk Sno-Balls for ssert stead of Hosts cholate cupk. They then go to a steel l expectg to see manly men actn, but turns out the brawny-lookg steelworkers are very much flamboyant, and that the place also doubl as "The Anvil", a gay the tavern, Moe and Barney nvce Homer that the world is turng gay, and that the only way to keep Bart straight is to take him huntg.

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