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Advocate.com November 17, 2011 04:00:00 AM ET
7 Funny LGBT Comics You Shouldn't Have Missed in 2011
From Dallas to New York, the heart of queer and trans comedy is alive and well — and out comics now rank in the thousands. Here are punch lines from just seven funny folks this year.
By Diane Anderson-Minshall
http://www.advocate.com/Arts_and_Entertainment/Comedy/7_Funny_LGBT_Comics_You_Shouldn%E2%80%99t_Have_Missed_in_2011/JEFFREY JAY
"The thing that sucks about being trans is I am the only gay guy no other gay guys are attracted to. When I tell a gay guy I'm trans he says, 'Awwww sweetie, I like real boys.' What am I, Pinocchio?" —Jeffrey Jay on the perils of dating. Jay is a 24-year-old trans comedian in Dallas who does training and speaking at colleges to help address and spread awareness of trans issues. "My goal is to use comedy to expose people to trans issues," he says. "I hope that when people watch me do my set they leave thinking, 'Wow, I just saw a trans person for the first time and he was normal and funny.'"
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http://www.advocate.com/Arts_and_Entertainment/Comedy/7_Funny_LGBT_Comics_You_Shouldn%E2%80%99t_Have_Missed_in_2011/IAN HARVIE
"With all the work Cher's had done, Chaz is the second person in the family to be trans."—Transgender funnyman Ian Harvie on Chaz Bono and his mom. The longtime host of queer comedy talk show, The Ian Harvie Show, Harvie joined Felon O'Reilly and Amy Dresner to travel the U.S. in 2011 as part of a recovery-based stand-up show called We Are Not Saints.
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http://www.advocate.com/Arts_and_Entertainment/Comedy/7_Funny_LGBT_Comics_You_Shouldn%E2%80%99t_Have_Missed_in_2011/ALISON GRILLO
"I used to work as a waitress. Before that I was a waiter." —Transgender comedian Alison Grillo on survival jobs. Trans comedian Alison Grillo bills herself as "New York City's Woman Trapped Inside a Woman's Body." She's been seen on NBC's Last Comic Standing and is a regular at the Broadway Comedy Club, where she hosts the monthly Jokes 'n' Gender: A Talk Show. Her goal is to increase the emerging role of trans folks in the national LGBT conversation. "We're the awkward pause," she says.
