KATE CLINTON
Kate Clinton—our favorite “faith-based, tax-paying, America-loving political humorist and family entertainer”—has had a successful career in comedy spanning more than three decades. And she’s at the top of her game, aiming sharp-witted sarcasm on “presidential campaigns ad nauseam, LGBTQ movements in transition, religion in extremis and media in rigor mortis.” (She loves Latin. It’s not a dead language. She’s keeping it alive.) She’s also been out and proud all the way. “If success is having a job you love for 35 years, being part of a historic movement for LGBTQ equal rights and making a living making people laugh, then I’d say being an out lesbian was a genius move,” she jokes. Clinton has released more than 10 comedy CDs and DVDs and has authored three books. Her second book, “What the L?” received a Lambda Literary Award nomination. (It didn’t win. She says she’s been bitter ever since.) She was cast in Broadway productions of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” and “The Vagina Monologues” (“though luckily not at the same time.”) Clinton has also written for The Advocate and other publications, and performed for several organizations, most recently a benefit for the Lesbian Political Action Committee (LPAC): Levity and Justice for All. Her latest project is a one-woman show, “Wake Up Call.” No need to set your alarm! –SLO
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