She became the first openly lesbian comic ever to appear on television in 1991 on an episode of The Sally Jesse Raphael Show entitled "Breaking the Lesbian Stereotype...Lesbians Who Don't Look Like Lesbians."
She became the first publically gay comic ever to appear on television in 1991 on an episode of The Sally Jesse Raphael Show titled "Overturning Preconceptions...Gays Who Don't Fit Traditional Roles."