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Back when I was starting, there weren't very many queer comics
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Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

Back when I was starting,there weren't very many queer comics

Back when I was starting,
there weren't very many queer comics

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Back when I was starting, there weren't very many queer comics.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
29
Timestamp in Movie
00:01:26
Uploaded
May 10, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Push It Productions,Union Editorial,Brian Graden Media

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A feature length documentary that explores the history of LGBTQ+ stand up comedy, considering its importance as an instrument for social change over the past five decades.
You were more likely to hear about drugs than you were about being gay. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:06
You were more likely to hear about drugs than you were about...
When I started out, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:08
When I started out,
Everyone can tell you a story where, you know, somebody shouted, "Fag!" - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:11
Everyone can tell you a story where, you know, somebody shou...
They had to be in the closet to protect their career - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:06
They had to be in the closet to protect their career
"I'm going to be out. I'm not hiding it anymore." - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:12
"I'm going to be out. I'm not hiding it anymo...
This is not a movement about sexual preferences. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:04
This is not a movement about sexual preferences.
If I never had sex with a woman again, I would still be a lesbian. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:06
If I never had sex with a woman again, I would still be a le...
It was very important the idea that we could be seen, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:06
It was very important the idea that we could be seen,
I would not be a happy lesbian. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:04
I would not be a happy lesbian.
There's a lot of people who've come before us. We've been doing this awhile. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:05
There's a lot of people who've come before us. We&...
A very big crew of people - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:07
A very big crew of people
Queer comics, queer history, that all deserves to be talked about, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:08
Queer comics, queer history, that all deserves to be talked ...
{\an8} - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:15
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It is much better for me to be a stand-up comedian now - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:08
It is much better for me to be a stand-up comedian now
{\an8}Because for a very long time, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:06
{\an8}Because for a very long time,
Being gay was something you had to be scared admitting in your private life. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:05
Being gay was something you had to be scared admitting in yo...
When I was a young comic, there was a lot of homophobia. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:04
When I was a young comic, there was a lot of homophobia.
{\an8}You had to be careful what you did, and who you talked to, and who knew. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:06
{\an8}You had to be careful what you did, and who you talked...
{\an8}By the time I came up, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:25
{\an8}By the time I came up,
This girl has been thrown out of countries - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:11
This girl has been thrown out of countries