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Episode #471: James Tom
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Episode #471: James Tom

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMay 8, 2025May 8, 2025

The comedian James Tom now jokes about having told they/them pronoun jokes as far back as 2013 quote-unquote “before most non-binary people were born.” Back …

Episode #347: Julia Scotti
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Episode #347: Julia Scotti

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJuly 19, 2021July 19, 2021

Julia Scotti is a comedian who has enjoyed a career resurgence in her 60s, performing on America’s Got Talent in 2016, and in 2020 as …

Jimmy Fallon invites Patti Harrison into his Tonight Show monologue to respond to Trump’s ban on transgender Americans in the military
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Jimmy Fallon invites Patti Harrison into his Tonight Show monologue to respond to Trump’s ban on transgender Americans in the military

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJuly 27, 2017

The same day that President Trump announced on Twitter that he’d ban the tens of thousands of active military members who are transgender from continuing …

Episode #147: Ian Harvie
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Episode #147: Ian Harvie

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyApril 17, 2017

Ian Harvie came out to his family three times in Maine, as gay at 19, as transgender at 22, and as a stand-up comedian at …

Review: Ian Harvie, “May the Best Cock Win,” on Seeso
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Review: Ian Harvie, “May the Best Cock Win,” on Seeso

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 2, 2017

Transgender became a much more buzzed-about identity over the past couple of years, from Olympic champion and Wheaties cereal box hero Bruce Jenner transitioning to Caitlyn …

Julia Scotti’s groundbreaking audition for America’s Got Talent 2016
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Julia Scotti’s groundbreaking audition for America’s Got Talent 2016

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJune 22, 2016

Julia Scotti is a 63-year-old stand-up comedian who impressed the judges Tuesday night during her audition on America’s Got Talent, then wowed them even more …

Sarah Franken (the artist formerly known as Will) comes out as transgender
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Sarah Franken (the artist formerly known as Will) comes out as transgender

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJuly 20, 2015July 20, 2015

The last time I saw Will Franken, he and I enjoyed a lovely chat years ago in the balcony of the Cabaret Juste Pour Rire …

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