Exclive: Jam Barr promis to be "more mp and more gay" for LGBTQ+ Stand-Up Comedy Ftival | HELLO!

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• EXCLIVE: JAM BARR PROMIS TO BE "MORE MP AND MORE GAY" FOR LGBTQ+ STAND-UP COMEDY FTIVAL
• THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
• 7 HILAR GAY COMEDIANS WHO SLAY EVERY PERFORMANCE

EXCLIVE: JAM BARR PROMIS TO BE "MORE MP AND MORE GAY" FOR LGBTQ+ STAND-UP COMEDY FTIVAL

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

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THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985

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7 HILAR GAY COMEDIANS WHO SLAY EVERY PERFORMANCE

Queer people tellg our stori thentilly and havg a lgh wh is the most important medice for homophobia and transphobia. The tour me for some crcism om onle trolls, who claimed he only told "gay jok" and the prenter had the perfect rebuttal to this.

"[I'm gog to be] makg more gay, and more mp, " he retorted. BetJam has promised his show to be "more mp and more gay"Outsi of edy, Jam is bt known as the host of A Gay and a Non-Gay, which he hosts alongsi Dan Hudson, where the pair n "dive to nversatns, around day to day life, differenc perceptns, homophobia, g out, mental health and lighter topics like datg.

"Our show will bee almost like Non-Gay Eye, " he stated. It needs to be a show where a gay and a non-gay person, two people wh pletely different perspectiv and journeys, n change the liv of other people.