Lynnee Breedlove's One Freak Show

" Breedlove has talent coming out of her ears. —Dodie Bellamy, San Francisco Chronicle

" Uninhibited humor lends tender insight and perspective to a gender politics debate that often takes place in a fiercely contentious atmosphere. —Billy Tania, The San Francisco Bay Times

" ...Offers hilarious, gender-bending comedy that will spread much mirth among your LGBT friends. Tucson Weekly

Through the unusual vehicle of gender-bending comedy, Lynn Breedlove asks his audience, " Who truly owns and defines the body: self, family, or community? Based on his critically acclaimed comedy performances, this laugh-out-loud collection of outrageous writing celebrates a lifelong defiance of categorization.

With universal appeal, aimed at " Everyone who wants to be able to laugh at their preconceptions about themselves and others, the distinctive humor in Lynnee Breedlove's One Freak Show delightfully enlightens while challenging societal norms about love, identity, and community.

"Am I a man or a woman? What are you askin' me for . . . Do I look like I know?

Lambda Literary Award finalist Lynn Breedlove is known as lyricist and front thang for the queer punk band Tribe 8, and he is the author of the speed-driven bike messenger novel Godspeed . He has toured throughout the United States and Europe as a musician and comic performer. Winner of a Heritage Award for Creativity, Breedlove currently resides in San Francisco.

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Lynnee Breedlove's One Freak Show

" Breedlove has talent coming out of her ears. —Dodie Bellamy, San Francisco Chronicle

" Uninhibited humor lends tender insight and perspective to a gender politics debate that often takes place in a fiercely contentious atmosphere. —Billy Tania, The San Francisco Bay Times

" ...Offers hilarious, gender-bending comedy that will spread much mirth among your LGBT friends. Tucson Weekly

Through the unusual vehicle of gender-bending comedy, Lynn Breedlove asks his audience, " Who truly owns and defines the body: self, family, or community? Based on his critically acclaimed comedy performances, this laugh-out-loud collection of outrageous writing celebrates a lifelong defiance of categorization.

With universal appeal, aimed at " Everyone who wants to be able to laugh at their preconceptions about themselves and others, the distinctive humor in Lynnee Breedlove's One Freak Show delightfully enlightens while challenging societal norms about love, identity, and community.

"Am I a man or a woman? What are you askin' me for . . . Do I look like I know?

Lambda Literary Award finalist Lynn Breedlove is known as lyricist and front thang for the queer punk band Tribe 8, and he is the author of the speed-driven bike messenger novel Godspeed . He has toured throughout the United States and Europe as a musician and comic performer. Winner of a Heritage Award for Creativity, Breedlove currently resides in San Francisco.

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Lynnee Breedlove's One Freak Show

Lynnee Breedlove's One Freak Show

by Lynn Breedlove
Lynnee Breedlove's One Freak Show

Lynnee Breedlove's One Freak Show

by Lynn Breedlove

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Overview

" Breedlove has talent coming out of her ears. —Dodie Bellamy, San Francisco Chronicle

" Uninhibited humor lends tender insight and perspective to a gender politics debate that often takes place in a fiercely contentious atmosphere. —Billy Tania, The San Francisco Bay Times

" ...Offers hilarious, gender-bending comedy that will spread much mirth among your LGBT friends. Tucson Weekly

Through the unusual vehicle of gender-bending comedy, Lynn Breedlove asks his audience, " Who truly owns and defines the body: self, family, or community? Based on his critically acclaimed comedy performances, this laugh-out-loud collection of outrageous writing celebrates a lifelong defiance of categorization.

With universal appeal, aimed at " Everyone who wants to be able to laugh at their preconceptions about themselves and others, the distinctive humor in Lynnee Breedlove's One Freak Show delightfully enlightens while challenging societal norms about love, identity, and community.

"Am I a man or a woman? What are you askin' me for . . . Do I look like I know?

Lambda Literary Award finalist Lynn Breedlove is known as lyricist and front thang for the queer punk band Tribe 8, and he is the author of the speed-driven bike messenger novel Godspeed . He has toured throughout the United States and Europe as a musician and comic performer. Winner of a Heritage Award for Creativity, Breedlove currently resides in San Francisco.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781933149325
Publisher: Manic D Press, Inc.
Publication date: 09/28/2009
Pages: 120
Product dimensions: 5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Lynn Breedlove is known as lyricist and front thang for the queer punk band Tribe 8, author of the speed-driven bike messenger novel Godspeed. He has toured as a comic performer in several languages with his One Freak Show. He lives in San Francisco.

Table of Contents

In the Beginning 9

One Freak Show

Community, What Does That Word Mean? 19

Wrong Bathroom 22

Le Pisse Debout (la peese daboo) 25

Woorrrk! 29

Extra Real Reality TV 32

Alphabet City 35

B is For Bisexual 36

T is For Tranny: A Brief History 37

In Our Family, Apparently, Hate Is Too a Family Value 40

There's No "I" In Team, But There Are There In Genital Mutilation 41

Queer As Get The Funk Out of My Face 42

Double Dutch 43

Appropriate This 46

We Still Got Questions 48

Confused, Confused, Don't Wanna Be Confused 50

Top Ten Reasons To Not Transition 50

Top Ten Reasons to Transition 51

Queer Theory 52

If Duct Tape Don't Fix It 54

Vitamin T 57

The Biz 59

There Are No Good Butches 62

Curtain Climbers 63

Whomperlandia 63

Therapy Jar 66

Bareback Mountain 69

Missed Manners 71

Knuckle Sandwich 74

No Vitamin T In The '60S 78

First Hit 80

Oh My God, Shoes 84

Post-Feminist 86

No Vitamin T In The '70S 88

Belly Trix 91

Fat Man On The Beach 93

Breasticles 94

Fairy Princess Ballerina Realness 97

Confessions of A Poser

Mystery of The Purple Dick 101

Lies I Tell Myself 105

I'll Have What She's Having 108

When Del Met Phyllis 110

Man Up 117

Glossary 127

Websites 127

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