Gay Comedians.

Todd Glass. It was fairly big news when he came out.

Unfortunately not Jeff Dye.

Louie Anderson.

Seriously, some good ones at the link:

That comedienne who shan't be named lest her stalker return.

But, uh, yeah, Todd Glass is the only male one I could think of too.

Tig Notaro, Ellen Degeneres, Ant

Thought about this today. Bumping this thread.

Matteo Lane and Evan Williams

Alan Carr (a British comedian) is gay. Julian Clary (ditto) is also gay. It's only a rumour, but Sean Lock is allegedly in the closet too or, at least, in public he's closeted.

Todd Glass coming out. A lot of his comedy was about his girlfriend, remember.

Adam Sank, Billy Eichner.

Paula Poundstone?

Matteo wishes he was a good comedian

Alex Mapa, Bruce Vilanch, Suzanne Westenhoeffer, Kate Clinton.

Alec Mapa got fat

Serious question, why do people give such lazy and insulting threads even one reply?

These threads are pure troll threads, put out by someone doing “opposition research” on Americans and especially gay Americans.

No wit, no insight from the op. Just probing on “what gay people do..” or how to identify (aka how to profile or how to impersonate) us.

Use discretion people and importantly use your brain. A real gay person or American wouldn’t need to ask such stupid questions.

Stephen K. Amos

Simon Amstell, Scott Capuro, Mae Martin.

r8 Sean Lock has been married to a woman for some time and has three kids. He’s clearly very, very closeted.

Is the guy next to Matteo in that photo a comedian too?

Carrot Top

R12 Matteo is sharp on radio. Ever heard him guest on The Bonfire (Sirius XM)?

the guy next to Matteo is comedian Evan Williams, who is straight

Julio Torres is a great out comedian and SNL writer - he wrote this sketch

Daniel Tosh

Half his humor revolves around him being gay. It is like he performs in gayface.

And, R18? You talk as if gay men have never trapped women into sham marriages before. Rock Hudson was married. As said in my post, it's only a rumour. I never said it was actual fact, but I do know "one or two" who work in that scene who claim it's common knowledge amongst comics.

R24 could be on to something. Daniel Tosh is now 42 and never been married.

Simon Amstell is adorable.

He's also hilarious. Very talented. Saw his stage show.

I'm pretty sure that sometimes playing gay is just a schtick for Daniel Tosh. It would be nice if he were gay, but I'm pretty sure he isn't. He strikes me as a guy who's pretty sure of his own sexual identity, so he easily plays gay at will.

Yeah, someone who was actually worried about hiding his sexuality wouldn't play gay as often as Tosh does.

Gay humor is just one of goes his go tos, #CulturalAppropriation!!!

Hiding in plain sight...

Mike Diamond

R26 IIRC, he's been wearing a wedding ring for the past like 2 seasons of Tosh.0

James Adomian

R15 you're boring - stop being so serious! Everyone knows DL is supposed to be taken Tongue-In-Cheek. (ass cheeks, if that's your thing)

It's a very tough scene in general - gay or straight. I did it for about 2 years... mixed with some writing for a sketch comedy show. Just to get to be a writer took ages. Gay comedy doesn't go over that well with straight people because the in-jokes among gays have to be explained to straight crowds & it takes too long - doesn't work with the pace of standup. You can do general "dating humor" but that's mostly dull and it's hard to find new things in that topic. So, the only gay material you can do has to be overly simplified, and it feels like you're pandering for laughs & not actually being as funny as you can be with your (gay) friends. I hated having to dumb things down.

It was easier just to fall back on self-deprecating humor, and that seems to work anywhere.... but it gets old. I love how Joan Rivers would make fun of everyone and then rip herself apart just as easily. I was always inspired by that style - way more than some of the big male comics. Of course it's harder than it looks. I forgot the exact number, but I think a successful standup comic gets something like 10 laughs per minute, minimum. I was getting 4-6 ... I never had their pace. I tried... and sometimes people laughed...sometimes they just stared at me like a freak. And one time I was even kicked off stage! I did some routine about getting sex off craigslist & not knowing if i'd be raped or killed (which "added to the excitement")...and this pissed off the host, Ms. Carmen Esposito... long before #metoo). I have a few of them on YouTube still, but they make me cringe now - it's just so hard to watch back. At the time, I loved it though.

Anyway, I've been told I should consider it a compliment to have been kicked off stage by this hipster lez....

I've seen a lot of good gay stand up comedians on LOGO.

R35 why don't you post your YouTube videos on here? At least it's the right audience!

[quote] And one time I was even kicked off stage! I did some routine about getting sex off craigslist & not knowing if i'd be raped or killed (which "added to the excitement")...and this pissed off the host, Ms. Carmen Esposito

Good to see the old "humorless lesbian" thing holds true even for professional comedians.

He was a trailblazer in the gay comedy world.

Carrot Top is straight or something like it

Carrot top is a fruit.

Oops, I mean vegetable!

Seth McFarlane

This was the first I'd heard that Bob Smith died. So sad. I remember seeing him as part of "Funny Gay Males" at the Duplex--I thought they were wonderful, and so different from each other. Smith's was the most subtle humor of the three and he was adorable in an Eagle Scout way. I also enjoyed his books. ALS is a hell of a way to go.

Very sad about Bob Smith.

Greg Scarnici is a writer and a comic.

Todd Masterson, who is both funny and adorable. Lots of lesser-known gay comedians in L.A. Hopefully they’ll break through.

....

Kevin Meaney. He was a very funny guy and well loved by other comedians. I know one of Kevin's closest friends from early on in both of their careers, and the guy was totally devastated by Kevin's sudden death. There are a lot of videos on YouTube, including his first HBO Special.

Marsha Warfield.

Rhys Nicholson and Joel Creasey

Anthony Jeselnik

I meant to add that Kevin Meaney came out - to himself, his wife and family - late in his career and then made it the central focus of his act. It was a different, more thoughtful presence on stage and off, and as a result he owned it honestly, with more nuanced material. He was still as absurdist as always but it was a richer dialogue. I really miss his crazy humor.

R50 — Go back and check. I'm quite sure that Anthony Jeselnik isn't gay. Which is too bad—I'd really like to buttfuck him. He's not at all what you'd call handsome, but he's hot as hell.

Josh Thomas

Jessica Kirson.

R15, you're close. But the real situation is that Poo is constantly spewing forth new threads (dozens a day including duplicates of many of them) because that's what it does. Obsessed with keeping the conversation going so it can be the center of attention. Among its many obsessions is the lives of celebrities, large and small. A compulsive gossip.

Jason Stuart

Shann Carr

Mark Davis

Russ King

Tim Dillon, Louis 'Twitchels' Centanni

Scott Thompson...

Michael Macdonald from madtv. Ex hot daddy. Sadly his career tanked after madtv and no one cares.

All the gay InstaHoes are comedians. Unintentionally and unbeknownst to them.

[quote]You talk as if gay men have never trapped women into sham marriages before.

Sometimes the woman is the instigator.

Not sure if he's gay but this joke is funny. (You will have to click on the image to see the text on the top.)

[quote]Julio Torres is a great out comedian and SNL writer - he wrote this sketch

Julio has been a writer on Jimmy Fallon's show for awhile, he even comes out to do bits with Jimmy. Julio joins Jimmy's monologue at the 2:37 mark.

Stephanie Miller

Judy Gold

Margaret Cho (bi)

Todd Glass is very sexy,

Justin Martindale

Eddie Murphy

Mario Cantone

Rosie O'Donnell

Marty Allen. He wore his pubes on his head.

Rosie O'Donnell, R68? I had no idea...my heart...

Scott Kennedy, who also died not too long ago.

Guy Branum

Tom Ballard

Nath Valvo

Adam Richard

Pete Zias

Michael Lucid

Michael Henry

Brian Jordan Alvarez

Nico Santos

Joel Kim Booster

Jimmy Fowlie

Justin Sayre

Sam Jay

Someone is reaching with some of those names

Zach Noe Towers

Gina Yashere

Joe Lycett

Erin Foley

Bryan Safi

Now we're just listing names of people.

One of the pioneers that the gay community has already forgotten is Barry Steiger. Barry moved to LA, and Elaine let him put a gay comedy show in the Belly Room that ran for years. It was THE launching pad for gay comics in LA. Barry eventually was a recurring character on Grace Under Fire but we know how that show ended. I believe that he just gave up and moved back to Kentucky.

I was at one of the original organizing meetings for the the gay actors caucus, or whatever it was finally called, and listened to Jason Stewart, mentioned above, talk about how hard her worked and how he spent his energy clawing his way to the MIDDLE. The fucking middle! I pulled out my phone after the meeting and made arrangements to move back home myself.

Suzanne Westenhoefer would have died if it weren't for her diehard core of women fans.

Same goes for Kate Clinton.

Marci Coyote Rose just disappeared.

Every gay male comic, is a flavor of the month.

Men in general are flavor of the month.

Ahmed Ahmed, handsome straight Egyptian comic, flamed out with CAA representation.

Someone needs to reinvent standup.

I'll stop rambling so r91 can go back to listing comics.

Oh, and Todd Glass, you mother fucker, and Barry Diamond, fuck you both.

OP asked who's gay in the comedy scene. Should I have given my impressions of each name? You have youtube, iTunes etc.

^^^ or was it Mitzie?

Memories....

You didn't have to make a separate post for each name R93

Harpoon Marx

r92 in fairness, a lot of people of all kinds work really hard to claw their way to the middle, not just the LGBT community.

Paul Mooney Arsenio Hall Eddie Murphy

I'm on my phone. Line spacing is temperamental. Now let's return to the subject of this thread.

[quote]Arsenio Hall Eddie Murphy

You cannot say that multi million dollar careers are the middle.

I was really sad to hear of the death of Bob Smith from ALS. He was such a trailblazer.

Who used to open for Lisa Lampanelli? Wendell Something?

Also, a few thousand views on a YouTube clip does not a gay comedian make. I qualify if we’re going by that. 400k views on a little clip somewhere.

r99 that was meant as a separate answer to the OP's question.

They are the small exception that prove the rule.

Instagram followers don’t count either

Ed Helms?

So what defines a successful, in this case gay, comedian? Their own tv show, a stand up special on Netflix/comedy central/HBO?

I wish he was gay, I have a major crush on him, r105.

If you're going to disparage, at least link to that 400k vid. Fair's fair? I'd like to make my own mind up about whether you're a comedian

Emma Willmann

Jonny Mcgovern

Did Tiffany Haddish only become a comedian on the back of that Black Bridesmaids movie? She must have been on the LA comedy for a decade or longer. Was she not a comedian then?

Is Haddish a carpet muncher? If not, why are you posting in this thread?

R112 , see r106.

r113, it makes no sense. Is Hadish a lezbo or is she a Latifa?

I beleive Theo Von is bisexual.

God, I hate to have to add this, but Barry Crimmins is dead. I am crushed, he was my friend. A really good guy.

He wasn't gay, but I have to acknowledge him here as a great supporter of his gay peers. He was at the heart of the Boston Standup Comedy insurgence and helped mentor everyone who made it big, gay and not gay. He didn't give a shit about your gender identity and he'd go to the mat for you, regardless.

He was a brilliant political satirist, a deeply loyal friend/mentor, and a man of great compassion for humanity - filtered through his intense humor and dedication to justice. He was a true humanist. Shit, he should not be gone now. If you don't know about him, look for the award winning documentary, Call Me Lucky, that Bobcat Goldthwait produced about him. It's on Netflix and more.

R3 i love louie anderson. I'm physically hot AF now but wow, to grow old with someone so hilarious

R117 I love Louie Anderson too. He's great on Baskets. Are you watching it? I think he truly anchors the show.

Nobody slap me, but I had no idea Louie Anderson is gay!

Right, R65? So masc!

Idiotic conversation and homophobic about Richard Pryor. It wasn’t even an interesting conversation it was just filled with laughing and giggling ala 1995.

10 Hilarious Gay Comedians You Should Know About

The pic in the link to that article is terrifying, r122.

What do you mean R123?

You don't see the sparkly blue guy, with the teeth, r124?

Am I the only one that can see it?

Eric Andre is bi, according to an interview he did with Towerload.

He 'frenched' gay comedian James Adomain in a sketch.

Eric Andre is an attention whore who will say anything

Martin short, Bob hope ?,Steve Martin, Jimmy Fallon,Kimmel, Richard Pryor

I have a huge crush on Fallon. He's an adorable dork.

Kimmel? No, he's not gay.

Ben stiller is an odd one. I don't get how he gets such good looking women. They showed him having sex in Greenberg and it was comical. Anybody good looking in comedy is gay.

Eddie Sarfaty - funny and fucking hot.

Ditto Scottish Scott Agnew - who is also very open about his HIV status in his comedy.

And another hot gay Scottish comedian - Larry Dean

Theo Von is bisexual? I’ve honestly never seen or heard his stand up, I just remember him from his Road Rules/Real World days.

Anyone ever heard of JJ Liberman? He's a gay (bi?) Canadian comic known as Andrew Dice Gay. I stumbled on some of his youtube videos recently. He's funny but wow talk about issues.

Anthony Jeselnik

Love Brian Jordan Alvarez, but I don't think he's quite ready for standup

John Roberts, who's also handsome AF.

Anyone remember a New York comedian, first name Lynn? Also sang, wrote "I Knew You From Brooklyn."

Don't forget Hannah Gadsby.

Gary Gulman has never been married and has spent the last few years battling depression. Any idea if he's gay? I think he's adorable.

Jay Jurden

Graham Norton and Alan Carr are the best gay comedians IMO.

Test.

I haven't seen Andy Dick's name mentioned. I thought he'd been in the top 10 first mentioned.

We’re discussing comedians, r144, not sociopathic coke addicts

I’m not sure if he’s still doing standup but Brent Sullivan is very funny (and cute.)