As SNL turns 50, Bowen Yang, Terry Sweeney, Paula Pell and other gay writers and performers look back at the show’s LGBTQ history.

Julia Sweeney’s recurring “Saturday Night Live” character Pat is still making headlines three decades later. Sweeney debuted the androgynous Pat during a December 1990 episode of “SNL.” ...

Julia Sweeney says she took the criticism about her SNL character, Pat ‘to heart’ (ABC / NBC) When asked how she felt about Pat, despite the controversy surrounding the character now ...

So close, in fact, that it’s already here: McRae’s third album (and first since she was announced as a musical guest on SNL) was released ... belongs to Sydney Sweeney. The Euphoria actress ...

For instance, back in the ’80s, queer cast members Terry Sweeney, Denny Dillon, and the late Danitra Vance all left their marks on SNL after just one season each (though the latter two weren’t ...

The year was 1984, and Terry Sweeney had gotten wind that Michaels was back at SNL after a five-year hiatus. Sweeney, a veteran of the New York comedy scene, had written for Michaels’s short ...