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Contents:

• ‘SNL’S’ GAY HISTORY: ALL 4 LGBTQ CAST MEMBERS
• NEW 'SNL' CAST MEMBER BOWEN YANG IS BREAKG BARRIERS FOR BOTH ASIAN AND GAY COMEDIANS
• ‘SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE’: ALEC BALDW SAYS THERE HAVE BEEN MANY GAY MALE CAST MEMBERS — THEY JT WEREN’T OUT
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MCKNON APPEARED ON THE BIG GAY SKETCH SHOW FOR SEVERAL YEARS BEFORE JOG THE ST OF SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE AS A FEATURED PLAYER 2012. SHE HAS ALSO PERFORMED WH THE UPRIGHT CIZENS BRIGA AND WRTEN SEVERAL ONE-WOMAN SHOWS. IN 2016, MCKNON STARRED THE ALL-FEMALE REBOOT OF GHOSTBTERS AND WAS HONORED FOR HER SNL WORK WH AN EMMY AWARD FOR OUTSTANDG SUPPORTG ACTRS A COMEDY SERI.EARLY LIFEKATE MCKNON WAS BORN KATHRYN MCKNON BERTHOLD ON JANUARY 6, 1984, SEA CLIFF, NEW YORK, AND GREW UP ON LONG ISLAND. MCKNON GRAVATED TO MIC AS A CHILD, PLAYG THE PIANO, GUAR AND CELLO. A FILM AND THEATER BUFF, SHE ENJOYED DRSG STUME AND PERFORMG DANCE RECALS AND PLAYS. SHE ALSO EXCELLED AMILLY. AFTER GRADUATG OM HIGH SCHOOL, MCKNON STUDIED THEATER AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSY NEW YORK CY.EARLY CAREER: 'THE BIG GAY SKETCH SHOW'MCKNON, WHO IS OPENLY GAY, GOT HER BIG BREAK TELEVISN AS PART OF THE ST OF THE LOGO WORK'S THE BIG GAY SKETCH SHOW. THE DN PROCS VOLVED SEVERAL GELG ROUNDS ONT OF PRODUCER ROSIE O'DONNELL, WHO WNOWED THE FIELD OM THOANDS TO JT 16. MCKNON JOED THE ST 2006, WHERE SHE REMAED FOR THE SHOW'S FULL N. ONE OF HER MORE MEMORABLE CHARACTERS ON THE PROGRAM WAS FZWILLIAM, A BRISH BOY WHO WISH TO BE A GIRL.'SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE'IN APRIL 2012, MCKNON JOED THE ST OF THE POPULAR SKETCH EDY SHOW SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE AS A FEATURED PLAYER; SHE WAS ONE OF SEVERAL ACTRS HIRED TO FILL THE VOID LEFT BY THE PARTURE OF {-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:#A00000;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;}{LOR:#595959;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}KRISTEN WIIG, A BREAKOUT STAR WHO LEFT TO PURSUE A MOVIE REER. IN MAY 2013, MCKNON PLAYED WIIG'S MOTHER ON AN EPISO OF SNL. AMONG HER MOST POPULAR IMPRSNS ARE ELLEN DEGENER, ANN ROMNEY, RUTH BAR GSBURG, SHAKIRA, JEFF SSNS AND MOST NOTABLY, HILLARY CLTON. 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• NEW ‘SNL’ CAST MEMBER BOWEN YANG IS ASIAN AMERIN, GAY, AND ABOUT TO MAKE HISTORY

‘SNL’S’ GAY HISTORY: ALL 4 LGBTQ CAST MEMBERS

Michael Michd, thor of books on gay actors Sal Meo and Alan Su, has kdly wrten the tribut to the four — unt 'em, four! Even though he intified as gay om childhood, he beme engaged to a woman for a short time. By that time, he was livg openly as a gay man.

He was the first openly gay performer on SNL, and there was no other for nearly 27 years. Terry experienced problems on SNL bee of his sexual orientatn, pecially beg bullied and meaned by homophobic Chevy Chase, who had left the show after one season but who equently returned. Boy, he sure died, you know, he sure went to hell”) and the show’s first openly gay st member, Terry Sweeney (Chase suggted Sweeney star a recurrg sketch where he was weighed to see if he had ntracted AIDS).

NEW 'SNL' CAST MEMBER BOWEN YANG IS BREAKG BARRIERS FOR BOTH ASIAN AND GAY COMEDIANS

She first appeared on TV on The Big Gay Sketch Show (2007-2010) and has worked steadily on televisn sce then, gut-starrg on such shows as Maya & Marty, Difficult People, Hudson Valley Ballers, Comedy Bang!

He gut-starred on many TV shows, cludg Rejected Pch, Sgle Siblgs, Ltle Horribl, Joe & Dave, Adam DeVe's Hoe Party, Other Space, Gay of Thron, 2 Broke Girls, Dog Walkers, Broken, The Gut Book, Adam Rus Everythg, Foursome, College Humor Origals, We the Inter TV, and His feature films clu Ghostbters, The Ltle T Man, and Camp Takota. John Milhiser is gay, and wants everyone to know he was out and proud while on the show, makg him the send out gay man and third out gay st member:. Hey, @thedailybeast I’m pretty sure that I was out and proud as a gay man when I was an SNL st member for a hot sec.

‘SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE’: ALEC BALDW SAYS THERE HAVE BEEN MANY GAY MALE CAST MEMBERS — THEY JT WEREN’T OUT

Terry Sweeney Is the First Out Gay Cast Member (Season 11). However, he left the show after his first season, reportedly havg endured behd-the-scen homophobic bullyg by Chevy Chase, a former st member who had returned to host SNL.

Chris Kelly Is Named the Seri' First Out Gay Head Wrer (Season 42).

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THE DN PROCS VOLVED SEVERAL GELG ROUNDS ONT OF PRODUCER ROSIE O'DONNELL, WHO WNOWED THE FIELD OM THOANDS TO JT 16. MCKNON JOED THE ST 2006, WHERE SHE REMAED FOR THE SHOW'S FULL N. ONE OF HER MORE MEMORABLE CHARACTERS ON THE PROGRAM WAS FZWILLIAM, A BRISH BOY WHO WISH TO BE A GIRL.'SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE'IN APRIL 2012, MCKNON JOED THE ST OF THE POPULAR SKETCH EDY SHOW SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE AS A FEATURED PLAYER; SHE WAS ONE OF SEVERAL ACTRS HIRED TO FILL THE VOID LEFT BY THE PARTURE OF {-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:#A00000;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;}{LOR:#595959;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}KRISTEN WIIG, A BREAKOUT STAR WHO LEFT TO PURSUE A MOVIE REER. IN MAY 2013, MCKNON PLAYED WIIG'S MOTHER ON AN EPISO OF SNL. AMONG HER MOST POPULAR IMPRSNS ARE ELLEN DEGENER, ANN ROMNEY, RUTH BAR GSBURG, SHAKIRA, JEFF SSNS AND MOST NOTABLY, HILLARY CLTON. DURG SEASON 41'S PREMIERE, CLTON HERSELF APPEARED ALONGSI MCKNON. MCKNON IS ONE OF ONLY A FEW GAY PLAYERS SNL HISTORY, AND IS THE FIRST GAY WOMAN TO BE ST ON THE PROGRAM SCE DANRA VANCE THE 1980S. OTHER STAGE AND TV WORKSCE JOG THE ST OF SNL, MCKNON HAS APPEARED A NUMBER OF OTHER STAGE AND SCREEN PRODUCTNS. SHE HAS ALSO WORKED AS A VOICE ACTRS, APPEARG ANIMATED SERI SUCH AS UGLY AMERINS AND THE VENTURE BROTHERS AND THE BIG SCREEN'S THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE AND FDG DORY; REGULARLY PERFORMED SKETCH EDY WH THE UPRIGHT CIZENS BRIGA NEW YORK CY; AND NTRIBUTED TO THE 2010 WEB SERI VAG MAGAZE. ADDNALLY, SHE HAS PERFORMED A NUMBER OF ONE-WOMAN SHOWS, CLUDG KATE MCKNON ON ICE, DISENCHANTED AND BT ACTRS.MOVIAMONG HER MORE NOTABLE FILM PROJECTS, MCKNON HAS APPEARED TED 2 AND SISTERS. SHE WAS CHOSEN FOR AN ALL-STAR, ALL-FEMALE ENSEMBLE ST 2016'S REBOOT OF GHOSTBTERS, AND ALSO APPEARED THE EDY OFFICE CHRISTMAS PARTY LATER THAT YEAR.IN 2018, MCKNON STARRED THE SPY WHO DUMPED ME, AS THE BT IEND WHO TEAMS WH MILA KUNIS ON A SERI OF ADVENTUR THROUGH EUROPE. THE FOLLOWG YEAR, SHE HAD SUPPORTG ROL YTERDAY, AS A TALENT AGENT, AND BOMBSHELL, AS A CLOSETED LBIAN PRODUCER AT FOX NEWS.AWARDS MCKNON'S PROMISE HAS BEEN PUBLICLY REGNIZED. IN 2009, THE EDIC ACTRS RECEIVED A LOGO NEWNOWNEXT AWARD FOR BT RISG COMIC. THE FOLLOWG YEAR, SHE WAS NOMATED FOR THE ECNY EMERGG COMIC AWARD.FOR HER WORK ON SNL, 2014, MCKNON EARNED AN AMERIN COMEDY AWARD, AS WELL AS HER FIRST SET OF EMMY NOMATNS TWO TEGORI.IN 2016, MCKNON WON HER FIRST EMMY AWARD FOR OUTSTANDG SUPPORTG ACTRS A COMEDY SERI. IN HER ACCEPTANCE SPEECH, MCKNON THANKED SNL CREATOR AND PRODUCER LORNE MICHAELS, THE ST AND WRERS, AS WELL AS TWO OF THE WOMEN SHE IMPERSONAT ON THE SHOW, ELLEN DEGENER AND HILLARY CLTON. 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Chris Kelly beme the long-nng sketch show's first out gay head wrer when he was promoted to the role 2016.

Bowen Yang Be the First Out Gay Asian Cast member (Season 45). 1663268487In 1985, SNL phed the envelope when Terry Sweeney beme the first out gay person on work TV.

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NEW ‘SNL’ CAST MEMBER BOWEN YANG IS ASIAN AMERIN, GAY, AND ABOUT TO MAKE HISTORY

New 'SNL' Cast Member Bowen Yang Is Breakg Barriers for Both Asian and Gay ComediansBowen Yang, a gay edian and the son of Che immigrants, is helpg make SNL's st more diverse than ever. Though the show is embarkg on s 45th season on the air, Bowen jos the st as the first Che-Amerin performer history and one of only three openly gay male st members ever. The only openly gay men to appear on the show before Bowen are Terry Sweeney on one season om 1985 to 1986 and John Milhiser, who was briefly part of the st for the 2013-2014 season.

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This mak Schneir only the third female head wrer on the show, while Kelly tak his place history as SNL's first out gay man to take on the mantle. In celebratn of this tone, we're takg a look at the hilar highs and rocky lows of SNL's gay Players Terry Sweeney (Season 11)The only out gay man to be a member of SNL's st to this date, Terry Sweeney was part of the ill-fated 11th-season st and was dismissed at the end of jt one season, though he was good pany (Robert Downey Jr., Joan Cack, Randy Quaid, and Anthony Michael Hall were all part of that fired group as well).