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From KQED.

Thank you, Ed. From KQED in San Francisco, I'm Scott Schaefer in for Mina Kim.

Coming up on forum, gay stand-up comedian Zach Zimmerman grew up in Southern Virginia

with extremely religious parents, their father, a Southern Baptist pastor, their mother,

a waitress who worked at the local Red Lobster for 40 years. Coming out wasn't easy, but Zimmerman

works it all into the comedy now. Their new essay collection is titled,

Is it Hot in Here or Am I Suffering for All Eternity for the Sins I Committed on Earth?

It's a reflection on Zimmerman's evangelical upbringing,

overcoming religious guilt, and living life as a queer atheist vegetarian comic.

That's next. Out after this news.

This is Forum. I'm Scott Schaefer and today from Mina Kim.

Well, life wasn't always that funny for Zach Zimmerman when they were growing up in southern Virginia.

Today, Zimmerman is a queer stand-up comic and writer making fun of their Southern Baptist father,

who is clearly not comfortable with the whole LGBTQ thing.

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