10 Lesbian and Bisexual Comedy Specials to Watch After “Nanette”

Queer comedians have been using their unique perspectives to provide scathing, riotous commentary on everything from politics to pop culture for decades.

Comedy

The Transformative Comedy of Hannah Gadsby’s “Nanette”: An Autostraddle Roundtable

Lex Smithers, Brittani Nichols, El Sanchez, Gaby Dunn and I all talk about Hannah Gadsby’s new Netflix special, “Nanette.”

Arts + Pop Culture

Cameron Esposito and Rhea Butcher are Building a New World: The Autostraddle Interview

Heather Hogan chatted with Cameron and Rhea about touring as a married couple, their #1 selling comedy album, and what’s next in their plan for global domination.

Arts + Pop Culture Comedy

10 Stupid Questions With 10 Hilarious Queer Women, Part 2

Would you rather be drowned in Jello or suffocated by cheesecake?

Arts + Pop Culture Comedy

10 Stupid Questions With 10 Hilarious Queer Women, Part 1

These comedians’ answers will surprise you, and you definitely can’t find any of this stuff on Google.

Comedy

DeAnne Smith’s Debut Comedy Album Is Everything We Like, And It’s Moving!

The album isn’t actually moving, you guys. That’s part of a DeAnne Smith joke, and one of my favorites. Anyway get this album!

Comedy

8 Reasons Cameron Esposito is “Marriage Material” in Her New Special

Just two days before marrying fellow comedian Rhea Butcher in her hometown of Chicago, Cameron Esposito invited a whole bunch of strangers to her bachelor party, otherwise known as her first standup special.

Comedy First Person

Coming Out To 50 People At Once Was So Much Easier Than Doing It One-on-One

“That’s right!” I shouted, feeding off their energy. “Clap because I’m gay!”

Comedy

Netflix’s Tig Notaro Documentary Premieres Today

Tig is a story about losing love, family, and comedy and then finding them all again in places you never would’ve thought to look because Jesus Christ, you’d never want to.

Arts + Pop Culture

Brouhaha’s Trans Women of Color Storytelling is Healing, is the Revolution

“I’m so tired of our stories being saturated in death and martyrdom. What’s lacking in the way our stories are told by the media is our joy. This is an entire show where we’re sharing laughter. That’s heart medicine.”

Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: Listen to Angry Punk with Rachel Maddow and Other Stories We Missed

Potatoes, bisexuals, cat crafts, Ellen Page, feminist echo chambers, Mars, swimming, Dear White People, life lessons, rituals and spells, racism in the newsroom, movies, the sex talk, teen pregnancy, cookie butter, other things, stuff you’ll like, words to read, pictures.

Comedy

Cameron Esposito’s “Same Sex Symbol” is Optimistic, Specific, and Fantastic

At one point Cameron characterizes Chicago as optimistic and Portland as specific and “Same Sex Symbol” perfectly embodies both of those things.

First Person

The Language of Comedy: On Defensiveness and Being Wrong

“LANGUAGE MATTERS. In the same way a racial slur brings back a SLEW of painful memories for me and a reminder of the entire history of those words and what they have meant to people and how they have been used to hurt people. I was wrong and it’s important to accept when you’re wrong.”

Television

DeAnne Smith’s Cute Face is on Television Tonight Making Your Cute Face HaHa

Straight people really like the tell it to my balls joke, I think.

Comedy

Comedy Crush: On the Mountain with Elicia Sanchez

Elicia Sanchez is a stand-up comedian living and joking in Seattle though this week she has temporarily relocated to Angelus Oaks as part of the talent line-up for A-Camp.