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Ian Harvie

Ian Harvie is a notable United States' transgendered female-to-male stand-up comedian. Originally from Portland, Maine, Harvie now lives in Los Angeles, California. In early 2002 Harvie began cutting his comedy teeth at the Comedy Connection clubs in Portland and in Boston. Harvie played guitar and sang in Portland-based alternative rock band Rhythm Section of Shame in the mid 1990’s.

Biography

Harvie grew up on Beaver Pond in rural mountain town, Bridgton, Maine until the age of twelve. His first comedy performance was in a family variety show on New Years Day 1975. Today, Ian’s material draws from personal experience and pokes fun at adolescence, family, sexuality, and substance abuse.

In the fall of 2006, Harvie became touring feature act for iconic comedienne Margaret Cho, while simultaneously becoming a regular cast member of Margaret Cho’s burlesque show Sensuous Woman.

In spring 2007 Harvie began producing his own live talk-show style performance The Ian Harvie Show, welcoming such guests as the winner of fashion reality series Project Runway Jeffrey Sebelia; singer/songwriter Matt Alber; comedienne/author/actress/director Margaret Cho; actress Jane Lynch; model/author Jenny Shimuzu; trans R & B singer/performer Joshua Klipp; and retired NBA player John Amaechi.

Harvie is co-director of photography and co-editor for Pom Chi Pictures–Gudrun Films, a Margaret Cho production company, currently creating music videos and short films. Harvie performs standup comedy regularly at The Improv and Largo clubs in Hollywood. He can also be seen on MTV's Logo Network Winter/Spring 2007 on Outlaugh Comedy Festival on Wisecrack.

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-Ian Harvie is the United States' first and (for the time being) only transgendered (trannie), female-bodied, masculine-identified, queer standup comedian. Originally from Portland, Maine, Ian now lives in Los Angeles, California. In early 2002 Ian began cutting ''hys'' (“hys” – an alternative masculine pronoun) comedy teeth at the Comedy Connection clubs in Portland and in Boston. Ian played guitar and sang in Portland-based alternative rock band ''Rhythm Section of Shame'' in the mid 1990’s. Ian wrote such hits as “''Please Don’t Hate Me''” – a (mock) tribute country song highlighting Naomi Judd’s cancer scare; and “''Eat My Fuck''” – a touching love song often dedicated to one of Ian’s previous lovers.
+Ian Harvie is a notable United States' [[transgendered]] female-to-male stand-up comedian. Originally from Portland, Maine, Harvie now lives in Los Angeles, California. In early 2002 Harvie began cutting his comedy teeth at the Comedy Connection clubs in [[Portland]] and in [[Boston]]. Harvie played guitar and sang in Portland-based alternative rock band ''Rhythm Section of Shame'' in the mid 1990’s.
-Ian grew up on Beaver Pond in rural mountain town, Bridgton, Maine until the age of twelve. Ian’s first comedy performance was in a family variety show on New Years Day 1975. “I was standing in front of a fitted sheet that was hanging on a clothesline in the spare bedroom of my Aunt and Uncle's house in Rochester, New Hampshire. It was a period in my life when I was obsessed with The Carol Burnett Show and her whole cast,” Ian recalls. Channeling the energies of Tim Conway and Rich Little, Ian executed an impression of Richard Little doing an impression of Richard Nixon – a complicated and technical feat. “As I recall, my impression killed. So what if the audience of all 7 or 8 people were family members.”  laughs. For years after that, Ian received regular requests for that impression and obliged every time. Still to this day, if a family member were to ask, Ian would do it in a heartbeat. Today, Ian’s material draws from personal experience and pokes fun at adolescence, family, sexuality, and substance abuse.
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-In the fall of 2006, Ian became touring feature act for iconic comedienne Margaret Cho, while simultaneously becoming a regular cast member of Margaret Cho’s production “''Sensuous Woman''” – a standup comedy, sketch comedy, burlesque, music show starring Margaret Cho, and featuring Diana Yanez, Liam Sullivan as “Kelly”, Kurt Hall, Pleasant Gehman, Selene Luna, and Ian Harvie.
+Harvie grew up on Beaver Pond in rural mountain town, Bridgton, Maine until the age of twelve. His first comedy performance was in a family variety show on New Years Day 1975. Today, Ian’s material draws from personal experience and pokes fun at adolescence, family, sexuality, and substance abuse.
-Spring 2007 Ian began producing hys own all-queer, in a live club, talk show, self-titled ''The Ian Harvie Show'', welcoming such guests as the winner of fashion reality series Project Runway Jeffrey Sebelia; singer/songwriter Matt Alber; comedienne/author/actress/director Margaret Cho; actress Jane Lynch; model/author Jenny Shimuzu; trans R & B singer/performer Joshua Klipp; and retired NBA player John Amaechi. Margaret Cho called The Ian Harvie Show “''..the gay show of the century.''”
+In the fall of 2006, Harvie became touring feature act for iconic comedienne [[Margaret Cho]], while simultaneously becoming a regular cast member of Margaret Cho’s burlesque show ''Sensuous Woman''.
-Ian is co-director of photography and co-editor for Pom Chi Pictures–Gudrun Films, a Margaret Cho production company, currently creating music videos and short films.
+In spring 2007 Harvie began producing his own live talk-show style performance ''The Ian Harvie Show'', welcoming such guests as the winner of fashion reality series Project Runway Jeffrey Sebelia; singer/songwriter Matt Alber; comedienne/author/actress/director Margaret Cho; actress Jane Lynch; model/author Jenny Shimuzu; trans R & B singer/performer Joshua Klipp; and retired NBA player John Amaechi.
-Ian performs standup comedy regularly at The Improv and Largo clubs in Hollywood. Ian's brand of humor can be also seen on MTV's Logo Network Winter/Spring 2007 on Outlaugh Comedy Festival on Wisecrack.
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+Harvie is co-director of photography and co-editor for Pom Chi Pictures–Gudrun Films, a Margaret Cho production company, currently creating music videos and short films. Harvie performs standup comedy regularly at The Improv and Largo clubs in Hollywood. He can also be seen on MTV's Logo Network Winter/Spring 2007 on Outlaugh Comedy Festival on Wisecrack.
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