Missing Lesbians

I miss lesbians.

The irony of the diversity of NYC, is that the city is so large that each demographic group has the luxury of having its own ghetto, its own neighborhood. Many people in NYC don't mingle outside their own kind. So even if you want to meet people who are different from you, it's difficult.

I had a much greater diversity of friends in Utah, one of the most homogenous states in the country, than I do in NYC. Oh the irony!

And more than any people, in my 10 years in NYC, I have really missed lesbians.

Kelli Dunham recently posted in her blog about me, "It makes me quite pleased that-- thanks to performing--I finally have gay male friends again. I had a bunch in Miami, but they all died and then I never replaced them. You know how it is."

I was quite touched by this ... and, of course, a bit saddened. (Thanks, Kelli, love you too!) And it made me realize why Kelli and I have bonded so quickly.

At the moment Kelli and I met, she missed gay men and I missed lesbians. Add to that, how much we have in common as comics and political queers, and it's a match made in heaven.

I'm so privileged to have Kelli Dunham as my friend and creative partner. We're going to do amazing things together.

More about our project very, very soon.