Ashley Gavin
Stand-up comedian · New York, NY

Ashley Gavin

Who Ashley Gavin is

American stand-up comedian and podcaster based in New York City, a former MIT Lincoln Laboratory software engineer and founding curriculum director of Girls Who Code who took leave from teaching computer science in 2014 to pursue stand-up. She is best known for crowd-work videos on TikTok and her podcast We're Having Gay Sex, and has been featured by Netflix Is a Joke, Hulu and Comedy Central. She was Carnival Cruise Line's first openly gay comedian and released the special Live in Chicago on YouTube in 2023.

At a glance

Born
1987
Based in
New York, NY
Style
Crowd work
Stand-up specials
Live in Chicago
Podcasts
We're Having Gay Sex, Chosen Family and What's News With You
On screen
Gay Girl Straight Girl
Next on stage
9 October 2026 — Helium Comedy Club, Philadelphia, PA
Official site
ashleygavin.com ↗

On stage

Lineups belong to the rooms and the comedians, and can change; each listing has the last word. Their nights on the Comedy Calendar →

Specials, shows and podcasts

Stand-up specials

On screen

Podcasts

Comedians like Ashley Gavin

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Questions about Ashley Gavin

Where is Ashley Gavin performing next?

Friday 9 October 2026, 7:00 PM at Helium Comedy Club, Philadelphia, PA, then 11 more dates on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar. Each show's own listing has the last word.

What stand-up specials have they released?

Live in Chicago.

What podcast do they host?

We're Having Gay Sex, Chosen Family and What's News With You.

What TV shows and films are they in?

Gay Girl Straight Girl.

Where are they based?

New York, NY, as their record gives it.

When were they born?

In 1987.

Who are some comedians like them?

Dustin Chafin (the same style: crowd work), Jessica Kirson (the same style: crowd work), Lucas Zelnick (the same style: crowd work) and Todd Barry (the same style: crowd work).

The full SUCDb record

The full record — the career in order, the specials and credits, and the sources for each — is on SUCDb, with a button to add them to your D.O.C., your twelve.

Their SUCDb record →Their own site ↗

Sources

Updated 5 October 2026 · the record checked 27 September 2026