The Top 5 Gay Comedians You Should Pay Attentn To

Contents:

• BAKE OFF EXTRA'S TOM ALLEN: 'I WANTED TO BE AN ACTOR – BUT TURNED OUT I WAS JT GAY'
• THE TOP 5 GAY COMEDIANS YOU SHOULD PAY ATTENTN TO
• 7 HILAR GAY COMEDIANS WHO SLAY EVERY PERFORMANCE
• LGH YOUR FEARS AWAY WH 7 OF THE FUNNIT GAY COMEDIANS EVER
• TOM ALLEN: ‘WHY DO I TALK ABOUT BEG GAY ALL THE TIME? BEE I WASN’T ALLOWED FOR HALF OF MY LIFE!’

BAKE OFF EXTRA'S TOM ALLEN: 'I WANTED TO BE AN ACTOR – BUT TURNED OUT I WAS JT GAY'

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Photograph: Wenn Rights/AlamyTake the scene where he is beaten up at school by a fellow pupil, only to blame himself afterwards for failg to nceal those tell-tale signs of gayns that flamed his attacker. ”He also walked off stage durg his early standup years rponse to homophobic abe om a heckler. Lookg back on his teens, he says: “I wanted to be an actor but turned out I was jt gay.

The days he tackl his sexualy on stage wh a claratn (“Y, I’m gay”) followed by a “Who knew? Hannah Gadsby, for example, speaks about growg up as a lbian Tasmania, where homosexualy was illegal until 1997.

THE TOP 5 GAY COMEDIANS YOU SHOULD PAY ATTENTN TO

And Bowen Yang beme the first Asian-Amerin and third openly gay st member on "Saturday Night Live. 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.

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7 HILAR GAY COMEDIANS WHO SLAY EVERY PERFORMANCE

Booster ntued, "I'd look at myself and say, 'Why am I treated like a send-class cizen the gay muny?

The Supreme Court recently led that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects gay and transgenr workers om workplace discrimatn.

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TOM ALLEN: ‘WHY DO I TALK ABOUT BEG GAY ALL THE TIME? BEE I WASN’T ALLOWED FOR HALF OF MY LIFE!’

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