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Contents:

• WELE TO THE ‘GAY SHAME PARA’: AN HTX QUEER COMEDY SHOW
• 7 HILAR GAY COMEDIANS WHO SLAY EVERY PERFORMANCE
• TAG ARCHIV: GAY

WELE TO THE ‘GAY SHAME PARA’: AN HTX QUEER COMEDY SHOW

Wele to the Gay Shame Para, a Hoton-based bi-weekly edy show hosted by queer edians, open to all who dare to attend. Wele to the Gay Shame Para, a Hoton-based bi-weekly edy show hosted by queer edians, open to all who dare to attend—nothg is off lims durg this night of edy, om jok about gay gossip queens to the rise of robotic sex dolls.

Hosted at The Secret Group, the East Downtown performance venue and bar notor for s edy shows and ocsnal emo dance parti, the Gay Shame Para v edians om across the spectm—and the natn—to be their most thentic selv any hysteril, rnchy, or queer way they please. “Jamal and Drew both started about two years ago and there weren’t really a lot of gay people dog stand up when I started, so we were jt drawn to each other, ” Morrissey says.

“I thk people who aren’t gay n relate to the same kds of fights that my ex and I would have. I don’t thk gay jok are that much different than straight jok. ” -Gay Shame Para host Bob Morrissey.

7 HILAR GAY COMEDIANS WHO SLAY EVERY PERFORMANCE

Sce startg the show late last year, the Gay Shame Para, which rived s name om the annual worldwi radil Gay Pri event, has gaed a loyal followg, wh more atten g every week. When to the craft, none of the Gay Shame Para edians are aimg to be sensive or morally admirable wh their jok; stead, they e the stage to vent about their daily tratns a hilar manner wh no punch pulled. Charmg edian and bisexual -host Jamal Rahal kept the room howlg as he scribed his experience of brgg a female date around his gay iends, imatg their judgmental reactns, then tacklg the pure nfn om his straight iends who labeled him gay.

Although the hosts are queer, Gay Shame Para don’t ny straight ally edians om performg—as the show’s tagle reads: “Stand up om gays, probable gays, and people we wish were gay.

” Morrissey explas that the show would have ls longevy if only LGBTQ edians were allowed to perform, nsirg the small prence of gay edians the cy. Morrissey adds that, his opn, the te value of beg a gay edian is the abily to relate to all people. “Jt bee I’m talkg about a gay relatnship, I’m not only talkg about gay people, ” he says.

TAG ARCHIV: GAY

I thk people who aren’t gay n relate to the same kd of fights that my ex and I would have. At the end of the day, the Gay Shame Para aims to create a space where edians n fortably hone their craft while beg hont about their daily liv.