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LGH YOUR FEARS AWAY WH 7 OF THE FUNNIT GAY COMEDIANS EVER

For years, gay male performers were left out of the edy landspe or tokenized wh . Now, a new wave of entertaers are succeedg by playg to themselv. * stand up comedy about gays *

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. 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.

7 HILAR GAY COMEDIANS WHO SLAY EVERY PERFORMANCE

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? 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!

)Where to stream: NetflixJoel Kim Booster lets you know he is a proud gay man right off the bat. 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. 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.

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