The impact of gay and bi men morn edy is unniable. So where is our stand-up ic?
Contents:
- STAND UP COMEDIAN SIMON AMSTELL OPENS UP ABOUT BEG GAY, SO WHO'S HIS BOYIEND/PARTNER?
- ANTI-GAY STAND UP AND EDIANS THE 1980S
- TREND: GAY STAND-UP EDIANS
STAND UP COMEDIAN SIMON AMSTELL OPENS UP ABOUT BEG GAY, SO WHO'S HIS BOYIEND/PARTNER?
An elrgay thread of urse, but doe anyone rell the heyday of people like Sam Kison and Andrew Dice Clay fillg stadiums and dog some really horrible anti-gay material?They actually mad ... * comediante stand up gay *
Hannah Gadsby, for example, speaks about growg up as a lbian Tasmania, where homosexualy was illegal until 1997.
ANTI-GAY STAND UP AND EDIANS THE 1980S
Gay ics like Kate Clton and Frank Maya are breakg taboos, and breakg through * comediante stand up gay *
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.
TREND: GAY STAND-UP EDIANS
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? 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.