Gay Simpsons Character Revealed

It was one of the most heavily-guarded secrets in television, but last night in the U.S. saw the revelation of which Simpsons character is gay. Previously discussed here when it was announced that one of the regular characters was going to come out of the closet, the secret has finally been revealed. If you don't want to know the character, don't use your mouse to highlight the white space in the following quotation, which comes from the New York Times article on the episode:

In an episode titled 'There's Something About Marrying,' a longtime character on Fox's 15-year hit - it was Marge Simpson's sister Patty Bouvier, a closely held secret until the 8 p.m. broadcast - came out of the closet while Homer Simpson conducted dozens of same-sex weddings after small-town Springfield legalized the unions in a bid to increase tourism.