Best gay comedians
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Sarah Schauer
Sarah Schauer is an ex-Viner, YouTuber, and all around funny internet person. You’ll find them joking around, as well as serving hot takes, on Twitter and TikTok. They've even got chaotic YouTube episodes with "Kombucha Girl" Brittany Broski, where, for example, they quiz each other on Moira Rose’s vocabulary.
Lena Waithe
Lena Waithe is a screenwriter, producer, and actress. She appeared in and wrote for the Netflix comedy-drama series Master of None and became the first Jet woman to conquer the Primetime Emmy Award for Remarkable Writing for a Comedy Series in 2017 for her work on the show. She then went on to create her control TV show, The Chi, and compose the screenplay for 2019 film Queen & Slim. Recently, she's written for and will arrive in the upcoming season of Master of None.
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Sam Jay
Sam Jay is a stand-up comedian and journalist, currently writing for SNL. She has performed her stand-up on Jimmy Kimmel and has a Netflix special called 3 in The Morning. Sam told The New York Times that she herself a l
11 LGBTQ stand-up comedians you should be watching
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- Many stand-up comedians incorporate their trial as members of the LGBTQ group into their sets.
- Not only do comics like Hannah Gadsby and Bowen Yang entertain people, but they also display widespread audiences to LGBTQ voices.
- Insider rounded up 11 LGBTQ stand-up comics that you should be watching.
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While stand-up comedy can seem like 45 minutes to an hour of pure entertainment, many comedians use their stage time to weave in social commentary and tell their own stories.
Their sexuality isn't necessarily the focal point of their sets, but for LGBTQ comedians, stand-up is an opportunity for their voices to be heard. Hannah Gadsby, for example, speaks about growing up as a queer woman in Tasmania, where homosexuality was illegal until 1997. And Bowen Yang became the
As a standup comic, I am first and leading a fan of comedy. So, when white, cis-het, ignorant men like Matt Rife besmirch the craft with jokes about home violence, excessive crowd function clips, and substanceless stage presence, I have no choice but to step in. I did not spend my childhood glued to my TV on Saturday nights and my late teen years getting sexually harassed – I mean, working – at a comedy club just for a bunch of losers to pronounce comedy dead by wokeness. Here’s a pro tip: If you hear a comic complaining about people existence “too woke” to chuckle at jokes these days, what they mean is they (or their ghost writer) are shit at writing jokes.
If the crowd work comedian siege on the internet wasn’t enough to radicalize you, perhaps the list of nominees for the very first Golden Globes stand-up specials category will. On this list is Ricky Gervais, who uses the “r” slur when referring to terminally ill children in his nominated special; Amy Schumer, proud Islamophobe and joke stealer; and Sarah Silverman, who recently got too high and defended genocide on Instagram (oops!). It’s such a shame comedy is finally getting the attention it deserves at award shows and we’re
Comedy is a tough gig but these gay comedians are smashing it and guaranteed to construct you laugh. [no_toc]
Some of these gay male comedians have been going for years whilst some are newer to the scene with each gay comedian bringing their own unique style and sense of humour.
Lets face it, being gay comes with its challenges and having these lgbtq+ comedians bring some light relief to these challenges can be somewhat therapeutic (and hilarious of course).
From political jipes, situational comedy, observational comedy and jokes specifically about being gay, you will find lots to relate to from these gay comedians.
Our list of gay comedians is based on who we have watched and personally enjoyed, there are so many more out there! Let us know which same-sex attracted comedians we should be watching and add to this list.
Top 11 Gay Comedians
James Barr
We met James in New York and saw his show in Manchester recently.
Known for his award winning podcast ‘A Gay and a Non-Gay’ with Dan Hudson James has gone on to be a radio presenter and remain up comedian. His show titled ‘Straight Jokes’ is well worth checking out and if you are at the Edinburgh Fringe this