Kate Clinton
(born 1947 [1]) has been an American comedian for over 25 years, specializing in political commentary from a gay/lesbian point of view. She was born in Buffalo, New York. She grew up Catholic in New York State and taught high school English for eight years before becoming a comedian. She began her stand-up career in 1981 using her lesbianism, Catholicism and current politics for her jokes.
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Comic career
Kate Clinton is a self-described "fumerist," or feminist humorist, who has set out to prove that being lesbian can be, and often is, funny. She was raised in a large
Catholic family. In young adulthood she was a "pre-
Michael J. Fox conservative" who attended
Le Moyne College,
[2] a small Jesuit liberal arts college, and went on to teach high school English and coach.
In addition to comedy appearances and one-woman-shows such as
Correct Me If I'm Right
,
All Het Up
and
Kate's Out Is In
, she has written two books,
Don't Get Me Started
and
What the L
. She has written monthly columns for
The Progressive
and
The Advocate
.
She has made numerous appearances on television, and has served as
grand marshal of
gay pride parades. Clinton has produced several comedy albums, which was performed successfully in an
off-Broadway production, published a book entitled
Don't Get Me Started
, and is working on a second book. When the U.S. invasion of
Afghanistan began, she was a part-time commentator on
CNN.
[3]
Kate Clinton lives in
New York City and
Provincetown, MA with her partner,
Urvashi Vaid since 1988. Urvashi was executive director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force from 1988-1992 and has been an activist and writer since that time. Her 2006 tour marks her 25th anniversary as a professional stand-up comedian.
Clinton performed on
Cyndi Lauper's
True Colors Tour 2008.
References
- http://www.glbtq.com/arts/clinton_k.html
- http://www.lemoyne.edu ''Lemoyne.edu'' Retrieved on 05-23-07
- http://andrejkoymasky.com/liv/fam/bioc3/clin1.html ''Andrejkoymasky.com'' Retrieved on 05-23-07