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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.

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JERROD CARMICHAEL OUT AS GAY HIS NEW EDY SPECIAL

Hannah Gadsby, for example, speaks about growg up as a lbian Tasmania, where homosexualy was illegal until 1997. 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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