Ashley Gavin

Ashley Gavin (born November 17, 1987) is an American comedian, writer, and podcast host. She has been featured on Netflix is a Joke, Hulu, Comedy Central, and is also known for her crowd work videos on TikTok and her podcast, We're Having Gay Sex. She also hosts the podcasts Chosen Family along with online creators Alayna Joy and Mak Ingemi and What's News With You with Josh Johnson.

Ashley Gavin was born on November 17, 1987. Her father died of lung cancer when she was 11 years old. Although barely passing mathematics in high school and failing biology, Gavin went on to earn a bachelor's degree from the women's liberal arts college Bryn Mawr College from 2006 to 2010, with a major with honors in Computer Science and a minor in Philosophy, graduating Magna Cum Laude. After graduating, Gavin moved to Boston to take a position in the Lincoln Laboratory national security research lab at MIT as a software engineer, where she worked for two years. This led her to become a computer science educator, serving as the founding curriculum director of Girls Who Code for four years and as an adjunct faculty member at Wesleyan University.

Her first stand-up routine was at an open mic night at The Lantern Comedy Club in New York City. In 2014 Gavin took leave from her job as a computer science educator to pursue a career as a standup comedian. From 2019 to 2020 Gavin did a steady standup comedy gig with Carnival Cruise Line and was their first openly gay comedian. During the pandemic, Gavin began a podcast and TikTok channel, which led her to create We're Having Gay Sex, a comedy podcast which features weekly interviews often focusing on queer dating and sex life.