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LGH YOUR FEARS AWAY WH 7 OF THE FUNNIT GAY COMEDIANS EVER
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."Insir listed 11 LGBTQ ics who are sharg their stori on the stage, drawg lghs along the way.
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 patriarchy.She 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" 2019.The 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 issu.Though 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.""I thk everythg I have ever done has been an attempt to reach a hand out to my teenage self and tell him he is OK," he revealed The Big Issue's "A Letter To My Younger Self."Where to watch: Amstell's special "Set Free" is on Netflix. Cho, who grew up San Francis and had parents that owned a gay bookstore, has squashed the stereotypil tras placed on Asian-Amerin women.She gaed populary by wrg and starrg a s lled "All Amerin Girl" and has bee a celebrated stand-up ic.