Bobby Hankinson

The Thank You For Coming Out Podcast is co-produced and engineered by Bobby Hankinson (he/him), a Brooklyn-based writer and comedian. Bobby is the creator and host of the monthly LGBTQ comedy showcase, Kweendom, and editor of a book of essays from queer writers of the same name. He is also a pop-culture writer at the national LGBTQ news website Towleroad.com, and his work has appeared in publications including The Boston Globe, Houston Chronicle, San Francisco Chronicle, VICE, Gothamist, and more.  He loves storytelling, queer culture, and his six-pound rescue dog, Carly Rae Jepsen.

Bobby started performing in 2013 after working with performance artist Tim Miller (he was one of the NEA Four who sued the federal government for vetoing their National Endowment for the Arts grant because their work was too controversial). Bobby started doing some stand-up and storytelling, eventually landing him as the first guy on Natalie Wall’s Awkward Sex and the City tour. Going around the country telling really graphic stories about going down on dudes, micro-penises, and growing up as a young, miserable closet case, wearing baggy black clothes from Hot Topic like some kind of teenage Gargamel ended up being a really empowering experience.