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WHY STT THOMPSON IS CANADA'S TE GAY NATNAL TREASURE
It's time we — pecially fellow gay men — start givg the Kid In The Hall the inic stat he serv. * canadian gay comedian *
" - 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. Hannah Gadsby, for example, speaks about growg up as a lbian Tasmania, where homosexualy was illegal until 1997.
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 *
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. Yang beme the first Che-Amerin and third openly gay st member on NBC's "Saturday Night Live" edian, who hosts a pop culture podst lled "Las Culturistas, " has proven his range on the "SNL, " masterfully portrayg characters om a Che tra reprentative ed as "Tra Daddy" to former Democratic printial ndidate Andrew Yang.
Amstell, who beme known for appearanc on "Pop World" and "Never Md The Buzzcks, " stand-up edy as a nfsnal, workg through issu like his parents' divorce, eatg meat, and timacy the Brish ic speaks openly about his sexualy durg sets, Amstell said he was "terrified" of beg gay before g out durg his Netflix special "Set Free. Cho, who grew up San Francis and had parents that owned a gay bookstore, has squashed the stereotypil tras placed on Asian-Amerin gaed populary by wrg and starrg a s lled "All Amerin Girl" and has bee a celebrated stand-up ic. He often jok that he knew he was gay before he knew he was 's sce lnched a succsful stand-up reer — appearg on "The Late Late Show Wh Jam Corn, " "Late Night Wh Seth Meyers, " "CONAN, " and more.
However, he is perhaps bt known for beg a rrponnt on The Daily Show wh Trevor Noah, He quietly left the show November 2021 and is workg as a wrer and executive producer on the upg HBO seri adaptatn of the book The Gang’s All Queer: The Liv of Gay Gang Members.