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Contents:

• 7 HILAR GAY COMEDIANS WHO SLAY EVERY PERFORMANCE
• WHY STT THOMPSON IS CANADA'S TE GAY NATNAL TREASURE
• TOM ALLEN: THE IA OF GAY SHAME STILL PERVAS
• DAWN WHWELL, GAY COMEDIAN, DROPPED BY TORONTO CATHOLIC SCHOOL BOARD FROM HOMOPHOBIA EVENT
• TREND: GAY STAND-UP EDIANS
• BOB SMH, PNEERG GAY COMEDIAN AND WRER, DI AT 59
• JERROD CARMICHAEL OUT AS GAY HIS NEW EDY SPECIAL
• LGH YOUR FEARS AWAY WH 7 OF THE FUNNIT GAY COMEDIANS EVER
• THE TOP 5 GAY COMEDIANS YOU SHOULD PAY ATTENTN TO
• THE GREATT GAY COMEDIANS OF ALL TIME

7 HILAR GAY COMEDIANS WHO SLAY EVERY PERFORMANCE

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.

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.

WHY STT THOMPSON IS CANADA'S TE GAY NATNAL TREASURE

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.

Joel Kim Booster often jok about beg raised a homogeno Southern town.

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.

TOM ALLEN: THE IA OF GAY SHAME STILL PERVAS

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

Which gay and lbian stand up edians do you love? MoreKathryn 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). 7 Hilar Gay Comedians Who Slay Every PerformancePri Month means that ’s time to enjoy art and entertament om our favore LGBTQ creators, so here are seven of the bt gay Jun.

While we should be watchg a diverse array of stand-up edy all year long, now is the time to celebrate some of the bt gay edians the universe has to offer. Article ntu below advertisementSure, there are the Saturday Night Live greats, om Terry Sweeney (who allegedly endured homophobic bullyg om Chevy Chase) to Bowen Yang, and several credible gay edic actors on televisn.

DAWN WHWELL, GAY COMEDIAN, DROPPED BY TORONTO CATHOLIC SCHOOL BOARD FROM HOMOPHOBIA EVENT

But what about gay edians? His stand-up is mostly about what means to be a gay man today, but he’s also a multalented sger and performer. Mawaan is an activist among LGBTQ ics, havg gone to Pakistan to film the documentary How Gay Is Pakistan?, which explor what means to be gay a untry where ’s emed illegal.

And the secret is that I’m gay. Article ntu below advertisementCole EslaSource: Getty ImagSome people might regnize Cole Esla most as Chip aka “the twk” Search Party, but their absurdist, goofy edy easily mak them one of the bt gay edians — if not jt one of the bt edians — of our time.

TREND: GAY STAND-UP EDIANS

Queeri is a weekly lumn by CBC Arts producer Peter Knegt that queri LGBTQ art, culture and/or inty through a personal a Canadian gay man, if someone were to ask me to name our untry's tt natnal treasure, I would have to say that — personally — there are three rrect answers to that qutn: Céle Dn, Carly Rae Jepsen and Stt Thompson.

I highly spect if I took a poll of say, 1000 other gay Canadian men, Ms. Thompson, however, would be very unlikely to do the same — which ankly is a great gaynadian shame, bee he is one of the greatt gay ics of all time, anywhere. — wh Buddy Cole that timate settg would be somethg I uld easily fd a gaggle of fellow gays to e wh me.

BOB SMH, PNEERG GAY COMEDIAN AND WRER, DI AT 59

Thompson walked to the bookstore, full Buddy Cole garb, and ma clear we shared a mutual annoyance regardg how gay Torontonians were choosg to spend their eveng. There's no other explanatn for gay men g out to see another gay man! "The gay men who ma that choice were not disappoted.

"I feel sorry for young gay men today, " Cole screamed as he opened his monologue, marti hand.

JERROD CARMICHAEL OUT AS GAY HIS NEW EDY SPECIAL

But also, for me, the time that I grew up — the time that I me of age —was a very different time for gay people. You uld not really be an openly gay ic and fely not an openly gay stand-up edian. Especially for a gay man of my generatn the world today, bee thk of what we suffered through to get here.

"As for how the world today treats openly gay ics, though Thompson is sure 's "1000% better, " there's still one major problem: there's still no openly gay male star edy.

"There's lot's of famo gay women edy, but not gay men, " he says. I thk the level of self-loathg wh gay men is a lot higher than people thk. And as a rult gay men have a very difficult time givg up for other gay men.

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

We're a stage when gay men only seem able to give up for women or drag queens, but not other gay men. Like if a gay man is up there beg funny and he's not drag I thk most gay men feel like, 'Well, I'm as funny as he is. ' Gay men all thk they're hilar and I have to rm you, they're not.

To me, 's somethg that I found very sad over my reer: how ltle gay men embrace me, and how ltle gay men embrace other gay men edy. We gay men "need to take a hard look at ourselv the mirror. "Gay men need to look at themselv and go, 'Why n I not let another gay man she?

THE TOP 5 GAY COMEDIANS YOU SHOULD PAY ATTENTN TO

' You ask any gay male edian and I'm pretty sure 99% of them would agree wh me. Remember, gay men are still let's be hont, the gay media is absolutely guilty too.

"Personally, I thk a very good start for gay men ( the media or otherwise) would be by helpg Stt Thompson she as bright as he possibly n. Who are some gay edians?

Image source, Aemen SkarImage ptn, Allen says edy is a place where people n explore and celebrate their quirksAt the turn of the lennium, when edian Tom Allen was a teenager, a celebry g out as gay regularly ma headle late Boyzone sger Stephen Gately was splashed across the ont page of the Sun when he revealed he was gay 1999. When Brian Dowlg won the send seri of Big Brother 2001, the fact he was gay was notable and groundbreakg. Society was a perd of transn at the time, wh attus towards homosexualy beg ls hostile.

THE GREATT GAY COMEDIANS OF ALL TIME

And wh them me chang the law to improve gay rights. "Those were such seismic events 15 or 20 years ago, " says Allen, whose new memoir studi the shame he felt growg up gay.