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Lea DeLaria (born May 23, 1958 at Belleville,
Illinois) is a United States|US comedian and jazz
musician. 

An extremely prominent figure in the world of
lesbian stand-up comedy, she is noted for her
raunchy persona and inflammatory, irreverent
political commentary, which have proven
controversial inside and outside the gay and
lesbian community. Some of her comedy releases
include Bulldyke in a China Shop and Box Lunch.
She has also written a humorous book entitled
Lea's Book of Rules for the World.

She has also appeared in a number of films,
including Edge of Seventeen (film)|Edge of
Seventeen, and in musicals, including The Rocky
Horror Show and On the Town.

Much like fellow comedienne Sandra Bernhard,
DeLaria has always integrated musical performance
into her stand-up comedy. However, unlike
Bernhard, DeLaria focuses on traditional and
modern be-bop jazz. She has even said at her shows
"It is my personal goal to bring be-bop jazz back
into the gay and lesbian community." In 2002 she
followed up on the goal, releasing a CD of jazz
standards called "Play It Cool."

:"I'm at West Virginia University to do a show,
right, and they've done all this fucking publicity
about it...so when I get to my show, who's waiting
for me but five hundred Christian protestors with
great big signs. 'Lea DeLaria is going to hell.'
Not generic 'gay is not good': 'Lea DeLaria
is going to hell.' Which is what I need five
hundred strangers to tell me, like twelve years of
Catholic fuckin' school wasn't enough, right?!"
::-Lea DeLaria, from Box Lunch

==See also==

*U-Haul (lesbian)

==External links== 
* Wikiquote:Lea DeLaria|Wikiquotes of Lea DeLaria
*
http://www.queertheory.com/histories/d/delaria_lea
.htm Lea DeLaria at Queer Theory
*
http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/jazz/reviews/delaria_do
uble.shtml Review of Double Standards
* http://www.johnrpierce.com/delaria.html About
Lea Delaria