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Chanty Marostica, formerly known as Chantel Marostica, is a Canadian stand-up comedian [1] who won SiriusXM Canada's Top Comic competition in 2018 [2] and received a Juno Award nomination for Comedy Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2019 for The Chanty Show. [3]

Marostica came out as non-binary in 2016, and uses gender-neutral pronouns. [4]

Originally from Winnipeg, Manitoba, [2] they are currently based in Toronto, Ontario. [2] They organize a number of events for LGBTQ comedians, including Church Street Comedy nights at Pegasus, and the touring comedy show Queer and Present Danger. [1]

Marostica won Best Breakout Artist at the 2018 Canadian Comedy Awards. [5] In 2019, they won Best Standup and Best Comedy Album (The Chanty Show). [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Trans comedian Chanty Marostica is reinventing the landscape of stand-up — and it's about damn time". CBC Arts, October 10, 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 "Winnipeg comedian named top comic at national competition". CBC News Winnipeg, September 29, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Shawn Mendes and the Weeknd lead the 2019 Juno nominations". CBC Music, January 29, 2019.
  4. ↑ "Bye-bye, boobies". Winnipeg Free Press , December 22, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Nominations & Awards Archives". Canadian Comedy Awards. 2017. Archived from the original on 2 August 2018. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  6. ↑ "Nominations & Awards Archives". Canadian Comedy Awards. 2019. Archived from the original on 2020-10-28. Retrieved 7 June 2019.


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