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  • Manning Up

    By on May 2, 2013

    ''I think there wasn't someone like me on TV before, so maybe it was a little culture shock. Like, who's this big gay cartoon clown?''...

  • The Goddess of Gay Days

    By on March 14, 2013

    There's something about Judy Tenuta and gay audiences. There is a mysterious connection that's kept the two intertwined for the duration of her comic career,...

  • The Best Medicine

    By on March 6, 2013

    Nearly 10 years ago comic Suzanne Westenhoefer told Metro Weekly she had quit smoking, in part because of the Mautner Project. ''I'm not going to...

  • Bernhard with a Vengeance

    By on February 28, 2013

    It's the very picture of domestic life. Sandra Bernhard is at home in New York City. Her girlfriend, Sara, is at the store picking up...

  • Bunny Business

    By on August 23, 2012

    ''I have no idea what hatefulness is in store,'' Lady Bunny says. ''But all I have to do is slap my thigh and laugh and...

  • Kathy Griffin Sees You!

    By on June 7, 2012

    One doesn't ask Kathy Griffin an opening question in an interview situation. She just starts. And once off and running, Kathy Griffin doesn't stop. In...

  • Lizzbian Power

    By on May 31, 2012

    Maybe you've heard the story about Lizz Winstead, as a budding comic, getting yanked off her feet by a bit of theater machinery as she...

  • Gay by Association

    By on February 29, 2012

    Michael Ian Black once made out with Bradley Cooper. ''He wasn't yet People's Sexiest Man Alive,'' Black says. ''Had I known he would be that,...

  • Clinton's Administrations

    By on November 10, 2011

      {Kate Clinton (Photo by Jurek Wajdowicz)} There's a fine line between charisma and charm. If charisma is the bait, charm is the rod and...

  • Transformational Humor

    By on June 8, 2010

    Ian Harvie is like an open book. The transgender comic doesn't refrain from much when standing in front of a microphone. ''I kind of feel...

  • Qomedy Tonight!

    By on August 19, 2009

    Poppy Champlin was frustrated. As a lesbian stand-up comic she was landing the right kinds of gigs -- Dinah Shore Classic, Rosie O'Donnell's cruises --...

  • Poppy Champlin Confidential

    By on August 19, 2009

    What’s on your nightstand?I got a book, water, my phone, my sucky-suck things for in the middle of the night because I have acid reflux....

  • For Goodness Sykes

    By on August 12, 2009

    Wanda Sykes is power-walking. At least that's what I think she's doing. I hear birds chirping in the background, and once during our conversation she...

  • Yuks and a Uke

    By on August 6, 2008

    It's not a tall order, but with any luck Ben Lerman's three D.C. shows will have little in common with the low point of his...

  • Stand-up Guy

    By on July 16, 2008

    There's no doubting Eddie Sarfaty is a funny man. Maybe you've heard his unique style of connecting the dots that, for example, begins with gays...