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When Homer was ncerned that Bart was homosexual, he took Bart to a steel l to show him an example of real men at hard work. " a sg-song, stereotypilly effemate fashn, and Homer saw that all the workers the plant were openly homosexual. Rose then pulled a cha which ma mic play and a dis ball scend om the ceilg, and all the workers started dancg wh each other, turng the steel l to a gay nightclub, lled "The Anvil.

The steel l workers are gay men who works at the Ajax Steel Mill. The SimpsonsCast & crewUser reviewsTriviaEpiso aired Feb 16, 1997TV-1423mAfter Marge beiends John, a gay store owner, Homer worri that his prence will have a negative effect on Bart's Marge beiends John, a gay store owner, Homer worri that his prence will have a negative effect on Bart's Marge beiends John, a gay store owner, Homer worri that his prence will have a negative effect on Bart's productn, box office & pany PhotosReview Great Episo that Explor a Theme no Show had Neve Dealt wh Prevly, Homers Phobia is a brilliant Simpsons episo wh a very well wrten storyle wh loads of really funny episo is an absolute classic episo of the Simpsons, and is also a very groundbreakg episo for s time, as 's storyle heavily revolv around a gay character, which no show had prevly alt character, John (voiced by John Waters) is such a memorable character, his personaly and his tert all thgs llectible are hilar and this mak him whout a doubt one if the highlights of the eight season.

After the fay beiends a gay man, Homer is ightened when Bart starts to behave like him and try's get him terted more manly activi. I danced wh a gay! However, when Marge tells Homer that John is a homosexual, Homer eaks out and, fearg that his son will emulate John, tak Bart on a misguid journey to make his son heterosexual.

REVISG THE FIRST-EVER GAY EPISO OF THE SIMPSONS

When Marge rms Homer that John don't have a wife and is a homosexual, he is horrified.

Bart starts wearg Hawaiian shirts, dancg women's wigs and eatg cupk wh strawberry icg stead of cholate icg; which mak Homer worry that Bart might be gay. Homer tak Bart to a steel l to revel a manly environment; however, the entire workforce is gay, which Homer learns when the steel l turns to a gay dis durg breaks. Bart is nfed until Lisa explas Homer thks that Bart is gay.

"Homer's Phobia" was the show's first episo to revolve entirely around gay them and received a posive cril rponse both for s humor and anti-homophobia msage. The seri ma several referenc to homosexualy before the episo aired. However, "Homer's Phobia" was the first episo to revolve entirely around homosexual them.

Two later episos that explored LGBT issu were "Three Gays of the Condo" and "There's Somethg About Marryg". " In the book Leavg Sprgfield, Matthew Henry praised the episo's criqug of "the most mon misnceptn about homosexualy: namely that gayns is somehow ntag", as well as s other them. Cathare Lumby of the Universy of Sydney ced the episo as an example of good satire as "managed to explore a lot of [homosexual] issu que a ep way [...

] whout beg overtly polil", which she claimed, along wh the episo's humor, ma s anti-homophobia msage more succsful than that of other gay-themed shows like Queer as Folk.

" There are also viewers today who, while appldg the show for s posive msag about homosexualy and acceptance (as well as lampoong toxic masculy), still hate the episo for g male homosexual stereotyp jt to prove their pot.

In June 2003, Igor Smykov sued the Rsian televisn channel REN TV on claims that The Simpsons, along wh Fay Guy, were "morally generate and promoted dgs, vlence and homosexualy". As evince, "Homer's Phobia" was shown to the judge to prove that The Simpsons promoted homosexualy and should not be aired aga on the channel.

In July 2021, Cathal Gunng of Screen Rant argued that the episo ma a huge ntributn to "normalizg LGBTQ+ characters, " notg that they were a rary at the time the episo aired, and didn't "treat s first openly gay character as a walkg joke.

" Gunng also argued that the episo was "groundbreakg" bee Homer's fear of a gay man, voiced by John Waters, was mocked, rather than Waters' character, and herald the episo for beg "one of the first attempts to break down the visible barrier faced by gay characters" while notg lampooned the hypermasculy of Homer's iends.

Seems kda gay. Dad, why'd you take me to a gay steel l? The whole world's gone gay!

[pulls a cha, "Everybody Dance Now" starts playg as the l turns to a gay nightclub]. He thks you're gay. He thks I'm gay?

When you don’t know why you brought Bart to a gay steel l. In "Homer’s Phobia, " Waters plays a Simpsonized versn of himself: He’s a gay man named John who owns a kschy antique store.

An animated seri showsg a gay character was pecially novel. John spends the episo not only helpg Homer at least start to shed his homophobia but also acquatg the Simpsons fay — and the adolcent-filled dience — wh gay culture.

"The ia was that this character was troducg gay life to a happy home that knew nothg about , " Waters said.

In 1971, on the fifth episo of the first season of CBS’s All the Fay, Ameri’s favore bigot Archie Bunker has a mi-existential crisis after learng that his burly, ex-athlete drkg buddy is gay. The short-lived ABC s The Corner Bar buted a year later and featured Vcent Schiavelli as a set signer who’s gay.

And by the late ’70s, Billy Crystal was starrg on ABC’s Soap as Jodie Dallas, a gay man who directs TV mercials. More and more programs soon began tacklg homosexualy, ually one short arc at a time.