Ashley Gavin's Glasgow Show Subverts Gender Norms
Get the Culture newsletter
Daily culture — film, music, books, the trends and ideas worth your attention. Free.
- Ashley Gavin rose to online fame during the pandemic, gaining a viral following with crowd‑work clips and her podcast We’re Having Gay Sex.
- Ashley Gavin opened her Glasgow set with a routine about a “lesbian with a Brazilian” getting a waxing treatment, subverting traditional masculine tropes.
- The New Yorker noted her joke that the clitoris is essentially a “tiny dick,” highlighting the show’s gender‑bending humor.
- Ashley Gavin misgendered an audience member during the performance and later disciplined a laughing attendee to keep the show on track.
- Ashley Gavin concluded with a personal story about her fertility journey, framing pregnancy as a “manly” act and discussing estrogen treatment and male orgasm efficiency.
- Ashley Gavin described her crowd‑work segment as a “necessary evil” and indicated it would be released online after the show.
Why it matters: The performance provides queer audiences with a high‑profile example of gender‑bending comedy, while directly challenging mainstream expectations of masculinity; it may influence how both LGBTQ+ and straight listeners interpret jokes about gender, fertility, and sexual norms, expanding representation in the comedy circuit.
