As "My Big Gay Italian Weddg" celebrat 20 years, creator Anthony Wilkson reflects on how the msage has stayed the same - CBS New York

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• AS "MY BIG GAY ITALIAN WEDDG" CELEBRAT 20 YEARS, CREATOR ANTHONY WILKSON REFLECTS ON HOW THE MSAGE HAS STAYED THE SAME
• COMEDIAN MATTEO LANE TALKS PASTA, DATG AND 'GAY VOICE' 
• MY BIG GAY ITALIAN WEDDG
• MY BIG GAY ITALIAN WEDDG

AS "MY BIG GAY ITALIAN WEDDG" CELEBRAT 20 YEARS, CREATOR ANTHONY WILKSON REFLECTS ON HOW THE MSAGE HAS STAYED THE SAME

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.

COMEDIAN MATTEO LANE TALKS PASTA, DATG AND 'GAY VOICE' 

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.

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.

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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.

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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.

And will soon appear alongsi fellow gay Asian ic Bowen Yang the gay romantic edy Fire Island. He filmed the documentary How Gay Is Pakistan?, worked as a wrer on the queer Netflix dreamed seri Sex Edutn and opened for Queer Eye‘s nonbary fashn maven Jonathan Van Ns on tour.

The traed opera sger often throws attentn-grabbg mil performanc to his acts which ver datg, homophobia and his life New York Cy. While he has been regnized as an important ntributor to the creasgly acceptg edy world, he has also acknowledged that gay edians existed long before he and his peers me around.