23: Blanche’s Brother Wants to Get Gay Married

“Sister of the Bride” (January 21, 1991)

The Clayton Hollingsworth story comes to an end with an episode about same-sex marriage before even the term “commitment ceremony” came into the popular lexicon. Tony Rodriguez joins us to discuss the ways that this episode shows how The Golden Girls was ahead of its time in so many ways, “Ah so” notwithstanding.

Check out the brand-new Gayest Episode Ever Patreon.

“Dorothy’s Friend Is a Lesbian,” the first gay Golden Girls episode.

“Blanche’s Brother Is a Homo,” the first Clayton episode.

Read Drew’s interview with Golden Girls writers.

Read the transcript for this episode here.