Stand Up and Be Funny: Lamentg the Lack of Gay Comedians

Contents:

• FUNNY GAY JOK TO MAKE YOU LGH
• FUNNY DARK GAY JOK YOU’VE NEVER HEARD BEFORE
• LGH YOUR FEARS AWAY WH 7 OF THE FUNNIT GAY COMEDIANS EVER
• 7 HILAR GAY COMEDIANS WHO SLAY EVERY PERFORMANCE

FUNNY GAY JOK TO MAKE YOU LGH

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.

FUNNY DARK GAY JOK YOU’VE NEVER HEARD BEFORE

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. Amstell hid his inty as a gay man for many years his adolcence, and seeg him brg to his standup so sually is to stream: NetflixJaboie to the stage hot his feature episo of Comedy Central Stand-up Prents.

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LGH YOUR FEARS AWAY WH 7 OF THE FUNNIT GAY COMEDIANS EVER

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. After breakg to the edy scene, this South Korean-born edian released their but stand-up album, Mol Mory, which vered racism the gay muny and his experienc fyg stereotyp about Asian Amerins. The Benefs of Dark Gay JokThey’re funnyThey’re relatableThey make you thkThe Different Typ of Dark Gay JokThe self-pretg dark gay jokeThe dark gay joke about societyThe dark gay joke about relatnshipsWhy You Should Tell Dark Gay JokThey’ll make you lghThey’ll make you thkThey’ll make you feel better about yourselfThe Benefs of Dark Gay JokThey’re funnyIt’s no secret that people love to lgh, and that lghter has a whole host of benefs.

They ph the envelope and challenge our perceptns of what is socially people might fd dark gay jok offensive, but as long as you’re not ridiculg someone or groups of people, then they n be hilar. However, if you’re open-md and have a sense of humor, you might fd the typ of jok to be self-pretg dark gay jokeThe self-pretg dark gay joke is a type of humor that reli on makg fun of onelf orr to get a lgh.

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7 HILAR GAY COMEDIANS WHO SLAY EVERY PERFORMANCE

I thk an example of a gay hack joke or queer hack joke has some racist unrton or somehow downplays the experience of other margalized groups, which is somethg I’ve fely heard at open mics. Or jt queer people talkg about regular everyday stuff — that is probably the most tertg to me, where I’m like, Oh, we don’t have to expla that we’re gay and you’re lghg at bee we’re gay.

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LGBTQ+ edians, like other edians om certa groups, n have their work boiled down to “gay jok” or “trans jok, ” but their sets n be and are more topilly diverse, a realy the Stand Out special reflects.

I had a long talk wh Judy Gold, not very recently, about how the early ’00s and the ’90s when you got on stage, you had to figure out when you were gog to e out and say you were a lbian, gay, queer, bi or trans. Whether the bt LGBTQ edians are observatnal, suatnal, absurdist, blue llar, abstract, alternative, dark, or a long form storyteller, all of the funnit gay edians are unique, hardworkg, and hilar. Kathryn McKnon Berthold (born January 6, 1984) is an Amerin actrs, edian, and mician wily known as a regular st member on The Big Gay Sketch Show (2007–2010) and Saturday Night Live (2012–prent).

The straight, old, whe men who still sist their racist, misogynistic, homophobic jok are funny have been replaced by young and diverse edians sharg their experienc wh dienc across the globe.

A 2012 New York Tim article by Jason Zoman asssg the state of gay men wh stand-up edy clared that "mastream ic actors and wrers, like Neil Patrick Harris and David Sedaris, have found succs. In the '80s and '90s, stand-up edians like Andrew Dice Clay and Sam Kison relentlsly attacked gay men, no one more so than Eddie Murphy, who, his 1983 HBO edy special, Delir, said, "Faggots aren't allowed to look at my ass while I'm onstage. Even to the lennium, if there was a seat at the table for a gay edian, was a wobbly stool at bt, and sce mastream edy clubs have tradnally been nsired straight male plac, 's easy to see that any help wanted signs were not tend for our have been some notable exceptns.

"Whereas out lbian or bisexual edians have long had a quasi-membership the proverbial boys' club of stand-up edy -- thk Ellen DeGener, Rosie O'Donnell, Wanda Syk, Margaret Cho, Kate McKnon, Tig Notaro -- gay men have yet to rve out a signifint space all their would thk the same muny that rose up at Stonewall, helped w Harvey Milk a seat on the San Francis Board of Supervisors, and marched on Washgton mandg that Print Ronald Reagan addrs the AIDS crisis would, at the very least, be supportive of out gay stand-up acts. "Still, there's dtry-wi homophobia that, as head-scratchg as seems, Lane, 29, an out edian who's been featured on MTV's Girl Co and Guy Co, was at first hant to discs a recent experience, worryg that speakg out might hr future opportuni.

I did the show, and a week later I got a ll sayg that the host wanted me to retape bee he felt was too gay and that he would like me to talk about beg gay once, and for the rt of my five mut, not mentn aga. " Five other edians preferrg to rema anonymo shared siar rponse to this dismissive attu, many out gay male edians have created their own opportuni, occupyg space adjacent to nventnal stand-up through sold-out one-man shows at baret theaters or through viral YouTube clips.

The are distct and wi-rangg exampl of ways around the seemgly unendg dodgeball game that is fdg a mastream gay stand-up edy dtry's once glacial-paced progrs is begng to show signs of shiftg. He went on for another 10 mut about his gay neighbors, who he nstantly referred to as "butt bands" and "fags" to the shock and amement of the crowd and ma jok about how sred he was of tchg AIDS through the wall livg next to them.

I uldn't believe , I'd heard gay jok before, and told my own share of crass jok and bragged about how much psy I was gettg (that's what male ics were supposed to do) but that night, I cid that that uldn't work for me anymore. However, I didn't expect what me next, I was kicked off a small tour that I was on and lost a weekly hostg gig at a bar bee the owner felt like "the patrons wouldn't be able to handle the gay sh. I know sounds harsh, but that's jt the way is, " "You're funny, we jt don't want to risk alienatg the dience" and a more recent email, which read, "We'd rather not have ics who explore homosexual subject matter on our stage, " not to mentn a late night show which told me "You're fely funny, but we jt don't thk our viewers are ready for that.

Gettg back to those lls and emails, I fd que ridiculo that some s, LGBT subject matter and women's pot of view on stage isn't afford as many opportuni, all while some other ics (who get the opportuni and exposure, not to mentn are workg clubs every weekend) n stand up on stage, tell rape jok, make fun out of abortn and trmatic events, gra women, gay, transgenr and disabled people, some s do racist humor and be looked at not only as funny (as medcre as some of them are) but never be nsired "risks for alienatg an dience. " I don't nsir myself polilly rrect, I feel like if that's the liber of their humor and they're able to draw an dience to e listen, then more power to them, but the opportuny should be ma to hear the other sis, no matter who we are, after all, funny is funny, and for a long time, funny has existed the gay, women, disabled and other mory stand-up that's often overlooked, simply bee we're seen as eher niche or issue of diversy edy is beyond apparent, om the up until a while ago cricism of Saturday Night Live, which fally add a black woman to the st after about 7 years. Gay ics are ually offered "Pri Night" which most dienc don't venture out to and (although there aren't a signifint number of queer ics) we get looked at like leprechns when dienc fally see , bee some don't believe we exist (pecially LGBT ics of lor) we fely exist, and we work hard, you have to show up and be two tim funnier, and we serve opportuni on equal platforms, as medcre, whe male ics who get ee pass on rape jok, bro referenc and sh humor, and enjoy mastream exposure.

Filmed before a live dience at San Francis's Great Amerin Mic Hall on October 11, 1993, Natnal Comg Out productn, box office & pany PhotosReview First gay edy specialBefore Will and Grace and before Ellen, some executiv at edy central cid to do somethg that had never been done before; produce a stand up show of all gay ics.