A wrer last season who once played Kim Jong-Un, Yang is only the third out gay male st member the show's history.
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- NEW ‘SNL’ CAST MEMBER BOWEN YANG IS ASIAN AMERIN, GAY, AND ABOUT TO MAKE HISTORY
- 'SNL' 'S BOWEN YANG TELLS JOEL KIM BOOSTER BEG 'GAY AND ASIAN MA MY SK A LTLE THICKER'
- 'SNL' 'S BOWEN YANG TELLS JOEL KIM BOOSTER BEG 'GAY AND ASIAN MA MY SK A LTLE THICKER'
- NEW 'SNL' CAST MEMBER BOWEN YANG IS BREAKG BARRIERS FOR BOTH ASIAN AND GAY COMEDIANS
NEW ‘SNL’ CAST MEMBER BOWEN YANG IS ASIAN AMERIN, GAY, AND ABOUT TO MAKE HISTORY
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He is also openly gay, makg him only the third out gay male st member the show’s history (wh Terry Sweeney and John Milhiser). Last year, edian Jam Adomian spoke about his belief that the show had an issue wh stg out gay men, promptg equent host Alec Baldw to fire back on Twter.
When gay edian Guy Branum asked if Baldw uld intify gay performers executive producer Lorne Michaels had hired, Baldw wrote: “I n intify several. The fact that gay men get st on SNL when they stay closeted and play ball don’t make the show clive. "I thk [you're] the first other gay Asian iend that I have ever had....
'SNL' 'S BOWEN YANG TELLS JOEL KIM BOOSTER BEG 'GAY AND ASIAN MA MY SK A LTLE THICKER'
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'SNL' 'S BOWEN YANG TELLS JOEL KIM BOOSTER BEG 'GAY AND ASIAN MA MY SK A LTLE THICKER'
But also, Yang not, "holdg those two inti of beg gay and Asian have, I gus, ma my sk a ltle thicker. Yang, who also -hosts the Las Culturistas podst, is the first Che Amerin star of SNL and the first openly gay man to be featured beyond a sgle season.
New 'SNL' Cast Member Bowen Yang Is Breakg Barriers for Both Asian and Gay ComediansBowen Yang, a gay edian and the son of Che immigrants, is helpg make SNL's st more diverse than ever.
NEW 'SNL' CAST MEMBER BOWEN YANG IS BREAKG BARRIERS FOR BOTH ASIAN AND GAY COMEDIANS
Though the show is embarkg on s 45th season on the air, Bowen jos the st as the first Che-Amerin performer history and one of only three openly gay male st members ever.
The only openly gay men to appear on the show before Bowen are Terry Sweeney on one season om 1985 to 1986 and John Milhiser, who was briefly part of the st for the 2013-2014 season. Article ntu below advertisementSource: Getty ImagBowen Yang is SNL's first openly gay, Asian st of this trivia nfirms two thgs: SNL has a long-standg problem wh reprentatn that seems to be gettg addrsed (however slowly), and Bowen Yang is fely a first for the show as the first openly gay, Asian player the show's five s on televisn. Though both are openly gay now, when they were llege, they were actually romantic rivals over a girl.