230: Daria Should Have Kissed Jane Instead of Tom
You’re standing on my neck and you’re making me feel gay thoughts.
229: Lucy Meets a Drag Queen
How to make drag acceptable for mainstream America in one easy sitcom episode.
228: A Queer History of SNL, Part Four: The Lost Years
Terry Sweeney was the first openly gay cast member… and we didn’t get another one for 28 years.
227: Sex and the City Meets an Effeminate Heterosexual
Our first look at a show that shaped your world… even if you never watched it.
225: Jerri Blank is a Pansexual Sex Predator
Warning: This Strangers With Candy episode is dangerously lacking in Noblet and Jellineck content.
224: Gimme a Break Transformed Into a Lesbian Perfect Strangers
What would fix the gradual queering of Gimme a Break? Rosie O’Donnell!
223: The Simpsons Does a Riff on Lesbian Cult Classic
The weird story behind “Lisa the Drama Queen” and the New Zealand murder that led to it.
222: How Does a Conservative Sitcom Do a Gay Episode?
Tim Allen’s second second did a gay episode almost right off the bat.
221: The Gay Origins of Mister Ed
Developed by a gay man, Mister Ed focuses on Wilbur, who’s chief emotional confidante is not his wife.
220: Frasier Has Two Daddies
Charles Emerson Winchester is the spiritual father of Frasier Crane… if not the biological one.
218: Bob’s Burgers Celebrates Christmas at a Gay Rave
A Christmas mystery + the legend of Marshmallow!
217: Frank’s Place Makes Hanukkah Gay
And three gay-coded characters who are all apparently straight?
215: A Queer History of SNL, Part Three: The “Not Ready for Prime Time” Era
Occasionally better than you’d guess, but also sometimes worse than you’d imagine.
214: Gimme a Break Meets Yet Another 80s Orphan
Why are there so many parentless moppets in 80s sitcoms?
213: We Can Be Sad About Matthew Perry Dying and Still Think Friends Is Homophobic
The case for why we’re better off not wallpapering over the things Friends did wrong.
212: The Complete History of George Costanza’s Homosexuality
“An unblemished record of staunch heterosexuality.”
211: The Sarah Silverman Program Has Gigantic, Orange Gays
An explanation for and takedown of the ironic bigotry comedy of the 2000s!