We have a number of talented gay edians who are exceptnally skilled at entertag the dience while passg on subtle msag on issu related to the LGBTQA+ movement.
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THE GREATT GAY COMEDIANS OF ALL TIME
* openly gay comedians *
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.
Llie Jordan played many funny rol sce he first me onto the edic scene 1986, but his path to beg a gay in wasn’t apparent until 2001 when he starred as wealthy New York Cy sociale Beverley Llie the groundbreakg queer s Will & Grace durg s 3rd season (wng him an Emmy), and later for s reboot 2017. He proved this durg the lockdown 2020, when he basilly vented the ont-facg mera athetic for edy, creatg plenty of absolutely hilar viral vios unhged wh gayns, which gaed him over 5 ln followers. She beme one of the first openly gay ics to appear on Amerin televisn 1993 and rocked Broadway wh hilarns throughout the years, rultg Entertament Weekly proclaimg “a star is born” regardg her performance the 1998 revival of On the Town (to a srned baby Gaga).