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13 queer comedians you didn’t know you need to know

February 7, 2019 Rosa Escandon 0 Comments bowen yang, cameron esposito, cole escola, jaboukie young-white, jes tom, joel creasey, john early, julio torres, lgbtq, list, patti harrison, queer comedians, Sabrina Jalees, sampson mccormick

Queer comedians are no new fad (despite what some disgruntled dudes who didn’t get a Netflix half-hour will tell you). In 1994, Lea DeLaria became the first openly LGBTQ comedian to appear on American TV. On the Arsenio Hall Show, she took the stage for her set and proudly announced, “It’s the ’90s. It’s hip to be queer and I’m a BIG dyke.” In the last 25 years, queer comics

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Jaboukie Young-White calls Trevor Noah ‘vintage millennial’ in Daily Show debut

October 12, 2018October 12, 2018 Billy Procida 0 Comments Comedy Central, daily show, daily show jaboukie young-white, jaboukie young-white, the daily show with trevor noah, voting

Newcomer Jaboukie Young-White established his role as Senior Youth Correspondent for The Daily Show with Trevor Noah. On his first night, Young-White explained to Trevor Noah why young people don’t vote. The Chicago native made the case that the system is old and outdated, like his new boss who he referred to as vintage millennial. “Why are we still using paper to vote?! …Can’t you just Postmates the election to