While mainstream visibility is still limited, LGBT comics are moving past cliches and homophobic roadblocks to take their place in the US comedy sceneTwenty-five years ago, Lea DeLaria became the first openly gay comic to appear on American television when she performed on The Arsenio Hall Show. "It's the 1990s," she announced with characteristic gusto. "It's hip to be queer, and I'm a bi-i-i-i-ig dyke!" At a time wh…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:12AM on June 8, 2018