IAN HARVIE is on a mission. Sure, the Transgender stand-up comic wants to make audiences laugh, but only if s/he can humanize Trans people at the same time.

Ian grew up on Beaver Pond (for real) in rural mountain town, Bridgton, Maine until the age of twelve. Ian's first comedy performance was in a family variety show on New Years Day 1975. "I was standing in front of a fitted sheet that was hanging on a clothesline in the spare bedroom of my Aunt and Uncle's house in Rochester, New Hampshire. It was a period in my life when I was obsessed with the Carol Burnett Show and her whole cast," Ian recalls. Channeling the energies of Tim Conway and Rich Little, Ian executed an impression of Richard Little doing an impression of Richard Nixon - a complicated and technical feat. "As I recall, my impression killed. So what if the audience of all 7 or 8 people were family members," s/he laughs. For years after that, Ian received regular requests for that impression and obliged every time. Still to this day, if a family member were to ask, Ian would do it in a heartbeat.

Today, Ian's material draws from personal experiences and pokes fun at adolescence, family, sexuality, and substance abuse. Ian's sharp wit and hilarious punches give insight through a different set of lenses. Using expressive, quick misdirects, Ian's well-crafted humor has been seen in The Outlaugh Festival 2006, currently airing on MTV's Logo Network, and a regular at The Improv in Hollywood. Ian is currently opening for comedian Margaret Cho at colleges across the country.

Visit him online at IanHarvie.com