Adding to the current roster of out-queer performers that includes Bowen Yang and Kate McKinnon, lesbian comedienne Punkie Johnson will join the cast of Saturday Night Live this season.Originally from New Orleans, Johnson made a name for herself in the Los Angeles comedy scene, performing at the fabled stand-up comedy club The Comedy Store.

In a refreshing twist, she’s long included the details of her life and relationships as a queer woman.“It’s about to get real gay in this bitch,” Johnson says in one bit, performed in Chicago in 2018.

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