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Contents:
- LGH YOUR FEARS AWAY WH 7 OF THE FUNNIT GAY COMEDIANS EVER
- JERROD CARMICHAEL OUT AS GAY HIS NEW EDY SPECIAL
- EXCLIVE INTERVIEW: NETFLIX IS A JOKE STAND-UP STAR MATTEO LANE “I’M JT TALKG ABOUT WHAT I LIKE & IF HAPPENS TO BE SUPER GAY, GOOD!”
LGH YOUR FEARS AWAY WH 7 OF THE FUNNIT GAY COMEDIANS EVER
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Hannah Gadsby, for example, speaks about growg up as a lbian Tasmania, where homosexualy was illegal until 1997. 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.
JERROD CARMICHAEL OUT AS GAY HIS NEW EDY SPECIAL
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. The straight, old, whe men who still sist their racist, misogynistic, homophobic jok are funny have been replaced by young and diverse edians sharg their experienc wh dienc across the globe. Notaro exprs her immense love for her wife, their wacky relatnship wh their t Fluff, and her kid’s first words beg, “I’m gay!
Booster charts his upbrgg as a kid om South Korea adopted by a whe fay, growg up gay a very relig hoehold. Amstell hid his inty as a gay man for many years his adolcence, and seeg him brg to his standup so sually is to stream: NetflixJaboie to the stage hot his feature episo of Comedy Central Stand-up Prents. To stream: Prime Vio Matteo Lane hot, proclaimg his gayns by sgg on the high not; if that isn’t Pri material, I don’t know what is.
EXCLIVE INTERVIEW: NETFLIX IS A JOKE STAND-UP STAR MATTEO LANE “I’M JT TALKG ABOUT WHAT I LIKE & IF HAPPENS TO BE SUPER GAY, GOOD!”
He immediately announc, “If you didn’t know I’m gay, ” then asks if anyone else the crowd is gay too, then asks for a date. He mak fun of his voice and the stereotypil views of gayns that others place upon him, and fds a way to poke fun at the pa of a drive-by slur shouted his way while on a vis to Columb, Oh.
However, he is perhaps bt known for beg a rrponnt on The Daily Show wh Trevor Noah, He quietly left the show November 2021 and is workg as a wrer and executive producer on the upg HBO seri adaptatn of the book The Gang’s All Queer: The Liv of Gay Gang Members.
After breakg to the edy scene, this South Korean-born edian released their but stand-up album, Mol Mory, which vered racism the gay muny and his experienc fyg stereotyp about Asian Amerins. He filmed the documentary How Gay Is Pakistan?, worked as a wrer on the queer Netflix dreamed seri Sex Edutn and opened for Queer Eye‘s nonbary fashn maven Jonathan Van Ns on tour.