The Simpsons has always had queer characters, but it’s fair to say that it didn’t always treat its LGBTQ characters in the best way–to say the least. They were either mocked by other characters for being queer or had their sexual orientation treated ambiguously. Lest we forget, it took a whopping sixteen seasons for Patty to officially come out. But now we can see how much the show actually changed its approach on queer characters throughout its three-decade run. Drew Mackie, who hosts the podcast Gayest Episode Ever on LGBTQ-focused episodes of classic sitcoms, made a video documenting every single LGBTQ joke across 31 seasons of the animated series.

The 2-hour long video begins showing the very first Smithers gay joke and goes on to chronicle the bad (lots of awful trans jokes) before finally getting to the good. But it takes nearly 20 seasons for the jokes to stop framing gayness as a joke in and of itself and begin presenting queer relationships just as they would any other character’s. One episode that Mackie added commentary to on the video and has discussed on Gayest Episode Ever is “Livin’ La Pura Vida” from season 31. Patty and her new girlfriend Evelyn (voiced by Fortune Feimster) join Homer and Marge on vacation, but the trip makes Patty realize that Evelyn is a Homer.
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