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WHY STT THOMPSON IS CANADA'S TE GAY NATNAL TREASURE
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" - Elvira Kurt Elvira Kurt, one of Canada's ft edians, ma history as the first openly gay performer on late night TV on CBC 1993, and has recently wrten for the Barons von Sketch Show, The Great Canadian Bakg Show, Canada's Drag Race and much, much more.
When he's not dog children's theatre, he's producg, and actg on his web seri A Gay Victorian Affair (wner of a Canadian Comedy Award 2018) or producg LGBTQ2S shows, now onle. Whether workg wh the all new Black sketch troupe The Untled Black Sketch Project, that they helped found, hostg the onle late afternoon variety show High Tea on Bad Dog TV or performg their solo shows (of which they have TWO g up this Pri, STAY AT HOMO & '27 Club (Part One), partnered wh another wonrful queer edian Tom Hearn), they brg fun high octane energy that mak you lgh and thk. And of urse bee 'Gaysian' edian Kate Rigg is one of my wrg and performg partners, I was stantly drawn to J and the ntent of her edy.
TREND: GAY STAND-UP EDIANS
For years, gay male performers were left out of the edy landspe or tokenized wh . Now, a new wave of entertaers are succeedg by playg to themselv. * canadian gay comedian *
Hannah Gadsby, for example, speaks about growg up as a lbian Tasmania, where homosexualy was illegal until 1997. Risg to fame followg her special "Nate, " Gadsby has phed edy to new levels by weavg together personal stori, art history lsons, and sthg monologu — routely takg hs at men and the chronicl her childhood growg up as a lbian Tasmania, where homosexualy was illegal until 1997.