The Greatt Gay Comedians of All Time

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We have a number of talented gay edians who are exceptnally skilled at entertag the dience while passg on subtle msag on issu related to the LGBTQA+ movement.

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IS LLIE JON GAY? SHE ONCE THOUGHT SHE ‘WOULD BE THE WORST LBIAN'

Pri Month means that ’s time to enjoy art and entertament om our favore LGBTQ creators, so here are seven of the bt gay edians. * gay comedian ghostbusters *

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.

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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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Openly gay ic Kate McKnon has been st the new 'Ghostbters' reboot. * gay comedian ghostbusters *

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.

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.

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Booster ntued, "I'd look at myself and say, 'Why am I treated like a send-class cizen the gay muny? | Source: Getty ImagLlie Jon Is Not Gay But Would Have 'So Many Girliends' If She Was OneLlie Jon keeps her love life private, so much so that fans began to assume that she might be to women as there are no signs of a man her life.

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"Conan O'Brien mentned that her "SNL" -star, Kate Mcknon said she'd do well as a gay woman. Jon rpond by sayg that if she were gay, she would be cshg. She agreed by jokg that if she were gay, she would be volved wh many betiful women, as she is sure about her nvcg flirtat Jon the People's Choice Awards hosted at Barker Hangar, Santa Moni, California, on December 07, 2021.

"It is clear that the strong bond veloped between Jon and her lleagu, wh the help of some edy sketch, has been an illn to many fans who believe that she's gay. 2016's latt maybe-gay character Ghostbters, and more specifilly the form of Jillian Holtzmann, played by Kate McKnon. I ask Feig: Is Holtzmann gay?

Like the movie self, Feig tipto jt up to the edge of nfirmg Holtzmann is gay, but won't actually cross that le. Even when we did get an actual, nfirmed gay uple this summer Inpennce Day: Rurgence, their prentatn was so subtle that personally, I did not realize they were a uple until the very end of the movie. No Gay Superhero?

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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. 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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. 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SHE ALSO THANKED HER MOTHER, SISTER AND HER LATE FATHER, WHO PASSED AWAY WHEN SHE WAS 18: "HE MA ME START WATCHG SNL WHEN I WAS 12," SHE SAID. "THANK YOU, AND I MISS YOU, POP."MCKNON ALSO WON A CRICS' CHOICE TELEVISN AWARD AND WAS NAMED USA TODAY'S ENTERTAER OF THE YEAR 2016. SHE PICKED UP HER SEND PRIMETIME EMMY THE FOLLOWG {BORR:0;BORR-BOTTOM:TH SOLID BLACK;MARG:1.875REM 0;CLEAR:BOTH;}QUICK FACTS

Meanwhile, the multiplex are clogged wh movi that seem to go out of their way to avoid havg gay characters.

Much has been ma of the X-Men beg a metaphor for gay rights — jt thk back to that "g out scene" om X2.

To be clear, I am not argug that Capta Ameri is "secretly" gay or bi, nor that he necsarily should be. Why Can't The Characters Be Openly Gay?

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Marvel's Kev Feige has said there is "no reason" we n't see a gay character  the MCU, and Star Wars' J. Abrams has said there will absolutely be gay characters that galaxy.

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Bryan Sger has reportedly pared the X-Men's stggle to that of gay me and women. Roland Emmerich talked up Inpennce Day: Rurgence's gay uple months before the film h theaters. It's not hard to gus why, when huge swaths of the world are still eply unfortable wh homosexualy.

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Even Ameri, where gay marriage is legal, policians are currently throwg temper tantms to keep trans people om g rtrooms. As of now, feels like the real song of the summer might be Popstar: Never Stop Stoppg's "Equal Rights, " which Conner4real raps about how he totally supports gay rights while shoutg thgs like "tti" and "sports" so we know he's absolutely, adamantly, fely 100% straight.

In 2015, Emmerich discsed his cisn to feature a gay uple Inpennce Day: Rurgence:. We have a gay uple the film.

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You start small and then you get bigger and bigger and bigger, and one day you have a gay character as the lead and nobody will wonr at no more. But when you have five characters, they allow [one of them to be gay] bee they're super-smart, you know?

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