Acclaimed The Simpsons episo Homer's Phobia was almost censored by Fox as they reportedly objected to s pictn of gay relatnships.
Contents:
- THE GAY SONG
- THREE GAYS OF THE CONDO
- HOMER SIMPSON - YOU ARE GAY
- SIMPSONS GAY CHARACTERS: WHO IS LGBT THE SIMPSONS?
- AFTER DES, THE SIMPSONS REVEALED SMHERS WAS GAY - HERE'S HOW
THE GAY SONG
“Oh my God! Oh my God! Oh my God! Oh my God! I danced wh a gay! Marge, Lisa, promise me you won't tell anyone. Promise me!” ―Homer, after disverg John's sexual orientatn "Homer's Phobia" is the fifteenth episo of Season 8. Homer mak iends wh John, a kschy antiqu store aler... * homer simpson you are gay *
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. When Marge rms Homer that John don't have a wife and is a homosexual, he is horrified.
THREE GAYS OF THE CONDO
The Gay Song is a song maly sung by Homer the "There's No Bs Like Moe Bs" segment of "Treehoe of Horror XX". The mic was wrten by Alf Clsen and voice actor Dan Castellaa provid the lyrics. Homer: While turng gay the other day, A thought occurred to me. I'd like to... * homer simpson you are gay *
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.
HOMER SIMPSON - YOU ARE GAY
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 * homer simpson you are gay *
Two later episos that explored LGBT issu were "Three Gays of the Condo" and "There's Somethg About Marryg", both of which have been pared unfavorably to this episo, as "Three Gays... " rorted to offensive stereotyp of homosexual men (to the pot that Harvey Fierste, who origally was supposed to gut star that episo, refed to e back for that episo) and "There's Somethg About Marryg" did a poor job of lampoong same-sex marriage and had unfortunate implitns and stereotyp about the transgenred (even though Patty's fiancee was a man cross-drsg as a woman rather than an actual transman or transwoman). " 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.
SIMPSONS GAY CHARACTERS: WHO IS LGBT THE SIMPSONS?
“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... * homer simpson you are gay *
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.
The Gay Song is a song maly sung by Homer the "There's No Bs Like Moe Bs" segment of "Treehoe of Horror XX". While turng gay the other day,. Seems kda [about a gay man] Homer, he prefers the pany of Who don't?
[Homer is worried that Bart will turns out gay]Moe: Come on, don't take this so hard, Homer. Homer: I like my beer ld, my TV loud, and my homosexuals fa-laaaamg. Gay Man, sir?
AFTER DES, THE SIMPSONS REVEALED SMHERS WAS GAY - HERE'S HOW
* homer simpson you are gay *
Homer: [screams]Bart Simpson: 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]Homer: There's only two kds of guys who wear Hawaiian shirts: gay guys and big fat party animals.
Lisa: He thks you're He thks I'm gay?