Editing Lisa Simpson (section)

===Sexuality===
Lisa's sexuality has become the subject of speculation amongst viewers of the show. Lisa is shown to have [[heterosexual]] [[Limerence|crushes]] on Nelson Muntz and Langdon Alger in "[[Lisa's Date with Density]]" and "[[Bart on the Road]]" respectively. In some episodes Lisa is shown to have a boyfriend, such as Edmund Dracula in "[[Treehouse of Horror XXI]]" or Colin in "[[The Simpsons Movie]]".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://screenrant.com/simpsons-movie-colin-lisa-boyfriend-what-happened/|title=The Simpsons: What Happened To Lisa's Boyfriend Colin After The Movie?|last=Tyler|first=Adrienne|date=August 19, 2020|work=[[Screen Rant]]|access-date=October 28, 2020}}</ref> Lisa becomes engaged to, and later almost marries, Hugh Parkfield in "[[Lisa's Wedding]]" and the episode "[[Holidays of Future Passed]]" suggests that Lisa will go on to marry Milhouse Van Houten. However, "[[Holidays of Future Passed]]" also show Lisa being in both a [[Monogamy|monogamous]], and later [[Polyamory|polyamorous]], [[lesbian]] relationships.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://screenrant.com/simpsons-lisas-best-romances/|title=The Simpsons: Lisa's 10 Best Love Interests, Ranked|last=Cvitesic|first=Magdan D.|date=December 1, 2019|work=[[Screen Rant]]|access-date=October 28, 2020}}</ref>

Although Lisa's sexuality has never been confirmed on screen, showrunner [[Al Jean]] said in a 2019 interview with ''[[Metro (British newspaper)|The Metro]]'' that he had always envisaged for Lisa to grow up to become polyamorous.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://metro.co.uk/2019/04/02/simpsons-showrunner-teases-lisas-sexuality-become-polyamorous-president-9090903/|title=The Simpsons showrunner teases Lisa's sexuality and could become polyamorous president|last=Pearce|first=Tilly|date=April 2, 2019|work=[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]|access-date=October 28, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/lisa-simpson-is-possibly-bisexual-and-polyamarous-says-showrunner/|title=Lisa Simpson is 'possibly bisexual and polyamorous', says showrunner|last=Morgan|first=Joe|date=April 9, 2019|work=[[Gay Star News]]|access-date=October 28, 2020|archive-date=March 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220319080653/https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/lisa-simpson-is-possibly-bisexual-and-polyamarous-says-showrunner/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In a 2020 interview with the ''Stryker & Klein show'' on [[KROQ-FM|KROQ Radio]], Yeardley Smith said that she believed that Lisa was "still exploring her sexuality". Smith also asked fans to stop speculating on Lisa's sexuality, as she was "ultimately an eight-year old girl".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/10/26/lisa-simpson-bisexual-lesbian-gay-yeardly-smith-voice-actor/|title=Lisa Simpson voice Yeardley Smith sets the record straight on those bisexual theories|last=Singh|first=Rajdeep|date=October 26, 2020|work=[[PinkNews]]|access-date=October 28, 2020}}</ref>