7 of the Bt Gay Comedians to Check Out Right Now

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• GAY STAND-UP COMEDIAN PERFORMS DROWNING POOL'S 'BODI' ON 'THE X FACTOR PHILIPP' (VIO)
• LGH YOUR FEARS AWAY WH 7 OF THE FUNNIT GAY COMEDIANS EVER
• 7 HILAR GAY COMEDIANS WHO SLAY EVERY PERFORMANCE

GAY STAND-UP COMEDIAN PERFORMS DROWNING POOL'S 'BODI' ON 'THE X FACTOR PHILIPP' (VIO)

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.

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.

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

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

Gay stand-up edian Jefey "Osang" Soliven performed the song "Bodi" om DROWNING POOL on the send week of ABS-CBN's newt talent search "The X Factor Philipp" 31-year-old Soliven drew praise om the show's judg, Mart Nievera, Gary Valenciano, Pila Corral and Charice, wh Nievera mentg, "This is the strangt thg I'm gog to say. You e out here and you talked and act like any other gay person would, but when you perform you are 100% man. Raised North Carola, Sampson faced a lot of bigotry growg up beg both black and gay, and he’s turned his experienc to hilar stori puncturg the prejudice of small-md twerps.

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.

7 HILAR GAY COMEDIANS WHO SLAY EVERY PERFORMANCE

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. 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.

He played the role of Pearly, the gay shokoy and slave of Dugong, the show’s antagonist. Dolphy starred a long list of movi and televisn seri, but some of perhaps his most popular works clu Espadang Patpat (1990), Markova: Comfort Gay (2000) and John and Marsha (1974). AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTFor years, gay male performers were left out of the edy landspe or tokenized wh .

“I remember Googlg gay ics and nothg g up, pecially gay Black ics, ” says Perks, whose blazgly funny stand-up work rang om sweet to goofy to rnchy. ’”Even as a kid, Perks uld vaguely perceive that gay entertaers were, certa other realms of pop culture, “havg a moment.

Havg a moment, the late ’90s and early ghts, meant that, sudnly, a gay performer or character would appear a space that had been prevly domated by straight people — say, at the center of a TV s like “Will & Grace” or a stand-up special, or as the voice of reason to the leadg lady a romantic edy like “My Bt Friend’s Weddg” — and everyone uld appld and say, “We solved !

” It was a pop-cultural phenomenon that started to surface when Perks, who’s 31, and other gay edians of his generatn were middle school.