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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?
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Hannah Gadsby, for example, speaks about growg up as a lbian Tasmania, where homosexualy was illegal until 1997.
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ANTI-GAY STAND UP AND EDIANS THE 1980S
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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.
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TREND: GAY STAND-UP EDIANS
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