When filmmaker John Waters played a gay character on The Simpsons, his episo eventually end up breakg down barriers for LGBTQ+ reprentatn.
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- ‘THE SIMPSONS’ LANDMARK GAY EPISO KEEPS THE FAY
- SIMPSONS GAY CHARACTERS: WHO IS LGBT THE SIMPSONS?
- 'SMHERS & BEYOND' SIFTS THROUGH EVERY GAY REFERENCE IN 'THE SIMPSONS'
‘THE SIMPSONS’ LANDMARK GAY EPISO KEEPS THE FAY
A number of people have been intified as (or implied to be) lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr (monly abbreviated LGBT). * i was so gay the simpsons *
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. 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.
SIMPSONS GAY CHARACTERS: WHO IS LGBT THE SIMPSONS?
* i was so gay the simpsons *
A number of people have been intified as (or implied to be) lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr (monly abbreviated LGBT). 2 Gay.
1 Openly gay characters.
'SMHERS & BEYOND' SIFTS THROUGH EVERY GAY REFERENCE IN 'THE SIMPSONS'
Drew Mackie, -host of the podst Gayt Episo Ever and "a 38-year-old gay man who has watched The Simpsons basilly his entire life," has acplished a * i was so gay the simpsons *
3 Hted to be Gay. Patty Bouvier - Formerly closeted, as she appeared (enclosed) on a float a gay pri para, chantg "We're gay! Billie Jean Kg, San Sontag and Sappho of Lbos - Lisa ced the three of them as hero of hers who are or were gay.
Peppermt Patty - Lisa ced her as beg among hero of hers who are or were gay, but qualified her statement by addg that she only spected that Peppermt Patty was gay.
Gay[ed]. Openly gay characters[ed].