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Growing up and trying to navigate your way through this big scary world is tough for any kid. But what if you’re also challenged with having ADD and dyslexia? And happen to be gay? Veteran comedian Todd Glassunderstands what it’s like to feel different and experience the pain of hiding a true identity for years.
In his funny, honest and heartfelt memoir, The Todd Glass Situation, he details his quick rise to stand-up comedy fame and the struggle he endured for decades keeping his life as a gay man secret.
It took the recent spike of suicides among young gay people and a close brush with death to give Todd that extra push to finally be true to himself and everyone else. One night he was finishing up the closing set alongside other comedian friends including Sarah Silverman, when he suddenly felt short of breath and nauseous. Soon the medics arrived.
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