Chanty Marostica

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 and genderqueer in 2016, and uses gender-neutral pronouns.[4] On September 20, 2018, Marostica came out to their parents as transgender.[1]

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]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Kneght, Peter (October 10, 2018). "Trans comedian Chanty Marostica is reinventing the landscape of stand-up — and it's about damn time". Radio-Canada. Retrieved March 13, 2025.
  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 December 14, 2019. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Nominations & Awards Archives". Canadian Comedy Awards. 2019. Archived from the original on October 28, 2020. Retrieved June 7, 2019.


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