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Is Milhouse a Secret Gay on The Simpsons?

Written by Kyle Buchanan | 13 Nov 2009, 9:45 AM | 8 comments

bei15M111209-503.jpgLast night, The Shepard Fairey Equality Project had its official launch party at the Andaz West Hollywood in Los Angeles, and 24 special, celebrity-customized prints of Fairey’s marriage equality poster were on display. Some celebrities went all out in redecorating the posters (Virginia Madsen loves to collage!) while some put in the bare minimum of effort (in all fairness to Anna Kendrick, she has had a busy year), but it was the Matt Groening-enhanced poster that really caught my eye. After outlining Homer Simpson on Fairey’s print, the Simpsons creator scrawled a mysterious message at the very bottom.

“Your pal, Matt Groening, Creator of Milhouse,” read the signature. Now, unless Milhouse has a special LGBT fanbase I’m not aware of, might Groening be giving us a hint that Milhouse’s surface yearning for Lisa actually obscures the fledgling gay within? Someday, will Milhouse grow up and become the homo hipster he was always meant to be, smoking cheroots, listening to Vampire Weekend, and trading in his dorky glasses for chunky-chic black frames? (The blue hair, of course, will suddenly seem very on-trend.)

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From Chris | Reply
Posted 13 Nov 2009, 10:13 AM

HA.
I caught this too.
Nicely written, Kyle.

From Ethan | Reply
Posted 13 Nov 2009, 10:33 AM

Matt Groening begins a lot of Simpsons commentary tracks by introducing himself as Matt Groening, the creator of Milhouse.

It could just be a joke, and they have made several references on the show to Milhouse being gay so this isn't really a surprise.

From Anon | Reply
Posted 13 Nov 2009, 10:49 AM

Matt Groening often refers to himself as the creator of Milhouse. Countless episode commentary tracks confirm this.

From HwoodHills | Reply
Posted 13 Nov 2009, 11:10 AM

So are we looking for A Very Special Simpsons... in 2010 where Bart gets experimental?

From Cecil's Wielder | Reply
Posted 13 Nov 2009, 1:11 PM

For a child displaying so many homosexual signifiers...

Wait, Bart's gay?

Oh, Bart? Wrong file.
/puts away Milhouse Van Houten file.

Or something like that.

From stolidog | Reply
Posted 13 Nov 2009, 4:10 PM

aren't we all secret gays?

From stretch65 | Reply
Posted 13 Nov 2009, 5:42 PM

Makes Bart's " Eat My Shorts" a secret code word for a rim job...

From Daft Clown | Reply
Posted 13 Nov 2009, 8:42 PM

Now that's what I call Daddy Day Care.

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