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Aren’t they cute? Comedians Jim Bennet and Andy Eninger from GayCo, the Chicago based queer comedy troupe join us today to celebrate over a decade of fun-filled shows.

GayCo began as a lesbigay focused workshop at the famed Second City Comedy Troupe in Chicago. Remember when everyone thought Whitney Houston was a closet lesbian? Their first show “Whitney Houston We Have a Problem” was so well received that they continued putting on shows not just in Chicago but around the country.

The material still holds up a decade later, as the hilarious Jim Bennet and Andy Enninger with a solid ensemble wow the crowds at the Center on Halsted until May 25.

Andy and one of two of his lesbian co-stars from the show decided to have a baby together.

Listen as we talk with Andy and Jim about being a gay sperm donor, gentrifying yourself, Chinese license plates and why Mac users are smarter than the average bear.

Did you know that Jim spearheaded the effort to save Big Chicks, one of Chicago’s most fabulous gay bars? About five years ago, pressure from developers got the city to start enforcing some very old zoning laws in order to get the long-term Uptown bar to shut it’s doors.

The irony here is that business like Big Chicks help to turn the Uptown neighborhood around and make it a desirable place to live in Chicago. It also was the first regular venue where we did our live Feast of Fools shows ten years ago. Can you believe it?

Because of Jim and other activists efforts, we were able to put pressure on the city and state government, passing a state law to allow the bar to stay. Needless to say, drinks are on the house for Jim.

Is this somewhat famous person gay? Jim and Andy are convinced he’s gay, in a gay show, with a gay theater company, but he’s just not ready to come out. What do you think?

Do you have “gay-dar”? How about “disease-dar” or “HIV-dar?”

Do you think you can tell someone is HIV+ just by looking at them? A new site run by MTV networks Posornot.com challenges this question with a delicious array of people. I’d like to start a whole YouTube trend with people recording their reactions to playing the online game. is that bad taste?

We found the great site on Jim Pickett’s excellent LifeLube blog, which is always a great resource for cutting edge gay health news with a spicy twist.

Although the site does a great job at throwing those myths into the wind, we still can find the “newly awakened bicyclist” and “I used to be a heroin addict hooker but now I’m a poetry studies major” in the group of people.

An enchilada short of a combo platter- Feast of Fools.

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