Rev’d Deacon Alex Griffin
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Rev’d Deacon Alex Griffin
@alexmarcgriffin.bsky.social
Trans stand up comedian and transitional deacon in the Anglican Diocese of Montreal. An exhausted child of God. #faithfullylgbt 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️✝️ he/him || il/lui 🇺🇸 in 🇨🇦.
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March 12, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Thank you! I never really expected to be any good, but producers keep asking me to do their shows, so I must be doing something right!
January 28, 2025 at 1:32 AM
I started in May of 2024 and now I’ve done 21 shows with 5 more coming up between now & March 11
January 28, 2025 at 1:29 AM
And I said I wasn’t sure if it was ready, but she told me to “just pick a date & sign up. Obsess over it until that day, and then just do it.” I listened to her, was surprisingly good at it, and the rest is history 2/2
January 28, 2025 at 1:29 AM
As to how I got started, I was going to a lot of shows and wound up writing some few jokes in a notes app on my phone, and then one night I was on the metro home from an open mic & chatting with a comic when she basically just asked when I was going to try it myself 1/2
January 28, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Any time you’re in Montreal I’d love to have you! (Or if I ever get to achieve my dream of performing a show in NYC…)
January 28, 2025 at 1:25 AM
It’s an oversimplification, but it’s pithy, funny, & has a surprising number of people wanting to learn more about it after my shows 😂 (though that might also have something to do with the trans Christian jokes I tell about getting top surgery for Lent & wardrobe malfunctions in front of my priest)
January 28, 2025 at 1:22 AM
In my comedy shows, I have to rapidly explain Anglicanism to people who barely know what a Protestant is, so I go with “kind of like a popeless Catholic without all the sexism, homophobia, transphobia, and mandatory celibacy for clergy”.
January 28, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Oh god same.
January 27, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Is Apple any better re: Trump? (I’ve been using Apple for years so I’m hoping so 🤞🏻)
January 24, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Also, it’s great to see you here! :)
January 24, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Yeah, I was mad about it on Tuesday, but honestly I think the response is making me re-think that stance.
January 24, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Reposted by Rev’d Deacon Alex Griffin
There's a mainline protestant church with a woke lady pastor within walking distance of your house. Everyone there will be thrilled to see someone under 50 at service. There's free donuts too.
January 22, 2025 at 4:05 PM
St. Desmond Tutu, pray for us.
January 22, 2025 at 4:04 PM
St. Oscar Romero, pray for us.
January 22, 2025 at 4:03 PM