We get it. It can be nearly impossible to pull all the weeds from your Twitter garden. Your once fertile field of humorous observations has become an overgrown tangle of embarrassing self-promotion, esoteric tag-team celebrity banter and that most dreaded Twitter killjoy: minutiae overshare. Some of the funniest New Yorkers or even briiliant authors might not be able to tailor their talents to the tweet. But there are still tweeters out there who care enough to play the game of self-promotion while still keeping it interesting. Follow this list of LGBT New Yorkers on Twitter, and enjoy a perennial bouquet of word-flowers.
Joel Kim Booster is comedian, writer and actor who’s been seen on MTV and Logo.
As someone whose greatest fear has always been "being transformed into a puppet by a wizard," Missy's new video is extremely triggering.
—Joel Kim Booster (@ihatejoelkim) November 12, 2015
Claudia Cogan is a stand-up comedian who has appeared on Last Comic Standing.
Mercury is in retrograde, which is why I don't eat retrograde anymore.
—Claudia Cogan (@blaudiablogan) June 12, 2015
John Early is an actor and comedian whom you may have seen on Broad City, Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp, High Maintenance and 30 Rock.
I deactivated Facebook and all I got was this searing entitlement.
—John Early (@bejohnce) October 19, 2015
Cole Escola is an actor, writer and performer who plays Matthew on Difficult People and was half of Logo’s Jeffrey & Cole Casserole.
I'll be at MoMA tomorrow from 12–6 shouting "My three-year-old could do that!"
—Cole Escola (@ColeEscola) November 9, 2015
Tim Federle was a Broadway dancer and is now the author of award-winning YA novels and punny cocktail recipe books.
Hey Soul Cyclers if you wanna pay $35 to be surrounded by candles and cry, come over and I'll tell you about my audition for Miss Saigon.
—Tim Federle (@TimFederle) November 7, 2015
Saeed Jones is an award-winning poet and writer. He is currently the literary editor at Buzzfeed.
Heterosexuality is a damn affliction. I pray for y'all every single day.
—Saeed Jones (@theferocity) November 8, 2015
Chris Kelly is a staff writer for Saturday Night Live and a film director. His autobiographical movie, Other People, is currently in postproduction.
My boyfriend and I like to play "Who in Our Lives Would We Kill in Order to Save Our Dog?" Its all fun and games until we get to each other.
—Chris Kelly (@imchriskelly) October 30, 2015
Richard Lawson is a film and TV critic for Vanity Fair and host of its podcast about the Oscars, Little Gold Men.
My staycation week has officially begun. I expect to have reached Emily Dickinson levels of madness by Wednesday.
—Richard Lawson (@rilaws) November 7, 2015
Erin Markey is a writer, actor and comedian. Her absurdist style makes her a regular favorite at downtown venues like Joe's Pub.
Fun Fact: Jeb Bush played the grandma in Stephen Sondheim's Into The Woods in 4 different high school productions across America last year.
— Erin Markey (@ErinMarkey) October 29, 2015
Bowen Yang is an actor and comedian whom you can see perform at UCB and the PIT in NYC and online at Above Average, The Onion News Network and College Humor.
Will only consider sex work if I can surge price!!!
—Bowen Yang (@bowenyang) October 30, 2015
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