Joel Kim Booster
"... I've started doing a lot more sketch writing out in New York and I think that's definitely bled through to my stand up."

Cameron Esposito
"I really used stand-up as a tool to become honest with those around me and more connected with myself."

Dana Goldberg
"I like pushing the boundaries and saying things that other people are thinking but just won’t say."

Casey Ley
"Comedy in Chicago has been so top notch for so long that audience members trust it."

Poppy Champlin
"Gay comedians bring an honesty and vulnerability that straight acts do not bring."

Sandra Bernhard
"I’m so excited to be going to Milwaukee! It is going to be a great gay evening."

Roseanne Barr
"We’re just comparing it to who’s hungriest, who wants it most, who’s got the balls to get out there and deliver the mail."

Suzanne Westenhoefer
"I can't wait, it's my first time!"

Bill Cruz
"At a queer event, there is a community of shared knowledge that a queer crowd would already know."

Trannika Rex
"I've gotten my share of hate mail, but it's under a pile of love letters so I'm OK with that."

Casey Ley

Adam Guerino
"I’ve always been a writer and I like to think humor has always come easily to me."

Margaret Cho
"I never got permission! I've been making fun of my mom since I was a really young kid."

Noam Ash
"We definitely played with these elements and sprinkle in a little homo-eroticism here and there..."

Judy Gold
"I love the gays and they are the best audience. Gays can laugh at themselves."

Tamale Sepp
"It is just cool that we can meet at an intersection, all hang out and make people laugh."

Jason Stuart
"There is a certain authenticity you have when you bring your own experience to the table. It is some intangible that is unsaid and unseen but you know it is there. It is very elusive."

Joan Rivers

Jason Stuart
"Those closeted gay actors seem okay with staying in there, but after a while, those hatboxes and shit starts getting in the way."

Lisa Lampanelli
"Twitter has to be a reality in everyone’s life. Doesn’t it make you sick? But we have to do it."

Rosie O'Donnell
"The fact that she [Oprah] asked me to do it was the biggest vote of confidence that I could ever have received in my life."

Jo Koy
"When people call me a storyteller I take it as one of the biggest compliments."

Lisa Lampanelli
"I donated $50,000 of my money to the GMHC because of those inbreds."

Charo