Guy Branum is the zaftig Sontag of comedy. His brainy magpie's nest of a book, My Life As A Goddess: A Memoir Through Unpopular Culture, has just been released, and it presents a more prickly, ...

At a time when many in the LGBTQ+ community feel under attack, a new comedy series is hoping to do The New Queer Comedy Series Aims To Bring LGBTQ+ Joy At A Time ‘We Need To Laugh’ first appeared on T ...

Jay Jurden's new Hulu comedy special, Yes Ma'am, premiered earlier this month and makes it clear why he's become one of the most exciting queer voices in stand-up comedy today. Jurden's first full ...

No matter how many pussy jokes he told on stage during the early days of his stand-up comedy act, Sampson McCormick's fabricated material didn't make him any less gay. Black and closeted, the truth ...

In 1962, Robin Tyler fell in love with Pat Harrison, and the couple became a powerful team both in real life and onscreen. After Tyler became the first openly lesbian television personality, their ...

One dark and particularly politically disheartening night—one of those Trump administration nights—a friend suggested I peel myself off the floor and join her in watching some hilarious stand-up ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gay comedian Sam Oh peered over to his roastee, Julian Stern, and prepared his first stream of jabs at his straight counterpart.

PORTLAND’S STAND-UP SCENE is blowing up. In the last five years, we’ve seen Salem comic Ron Funches star on an NBC sitcom and Beaverton juggernaut Ian Karmel go from Chelsea Lately to The Late Late ...

There is a plethora of stand-up nights in L.A., but few cater to the queer crowd like the weekly show Drunk on Stage. Located inside a small space in Akbar, a laid-back, unpretentious bar in Silver ...

Kalea McNeill performs Saturday, June 6, at Sports Drink. Kalea McNeill always wanted to have a performing career, but she thought it’d be acting instead of stand-up comedy. While developing her stand ...

Dallas is known for many things, but, until recently, a dedicated alt-comedy festival wasn’t one of them. Enter the Dallas Indie Comedy Festival (DICF), an event born from the passion of local ...

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