New Queers Eve: A Safe Words Queer Comedy Showcase

San Francisco’s longest-running mission-driven queer comedy showcase is ringing in the new year with laughter, love, and a healthy dose of queer chaos.
Join us for New Queers Eve, a special edition of Safe Words, where our favorite funny queers bring 2025 to a close the only way we know how — with rebellious joy, community care, and jokes strong enough to carry us into the new year.

Come early, grab a drink, and settle in — this show truly starts at 7 PM on the dot. Unlike our usual Safe Words timing, we are not doing a 7:30 start for New Queers Eve. The show ends at 8:30 sharp — perfectly timed so you can stick around for the NYE Makeout Party, the Eagle’s iconic late‑night queer kiss‑in/dance‑in celebration that kicks off at 9 PM. Whether you want to dive straight into the Makeout Party after the show or head to your own midnight plans elsewhere, the night is built so you can do either without missing a beat.
Please plan accordingly — 7 PM SHARP, truly.
Please plan accordingly — 7 PM SHARP.
Let’s close out 2025 with a celebration of survival, chosen family, and another year of queer brilliance. Come laugh your way into 2026 with us. ��

Safe Words creates safe spaces for laughter and belonging while accelerating the careers of queer comedians. We believe words inspire action — and comedy has the power to change minds.

� LINEUP �

Frida Sierra (she/her)
Queer, Lesbian, Transgender
For over a decade, Frida Sierra has traveled across the United States, eating from vending machines and telling jokes to strangers. Coming out of the Bay Area — sweating profusely and speaking loudly — her electric, fast-paced storytelling has taken her to the Santa Cruz Comedy Festival, the Savage Henry Comedy Festival, and the Great American Music Hall. She’s worked with everyone from Eric Wareheim (Tim & Eric) to Tom Rhodes and a bunch of famous comics who probably wouldn’t remember her. Frida has been featured in The San Francisco Chronicle, on Fox KTVU News, and on KQED.

Baruch Porras Hernandez (he/him)
Queer, Gay
Baruch Porras Hernandez has performed comedy everywhere — from fancy universities to strip clubs to literal caves — and once had a donut named after him at Dynamo Donuts, which feels important to mention. He is the creator and host of the Latinx comedy showcase Donde Está Mi Comedy?, a three-time SF Sketchfest selection. His comedy credits span the Bay and beyond, including ManHaters, SubMission Comedy, Nightlife on Mars, DNA’s Comedy Lab, Alameda Comedy Club, Tourettes Without Regrets, Comedy at El Rio, Giant Robot Comedy, and more. He has appeared in Marga Gomez’s legendary NYE Comedy Fiesta and Comedy Bodega. Born in Mexico and based in San Francisco, he will make out with your dad.

Geneva Rust-Orta (she/her)
Cisgender, Pansexual
Originally from Oakland and now based in Brooklyn, Geneva Rust-Orta is a comic and writer with sharp wit and irresistible charm. She was named Second Funniest Jew at the 2015 Jewish Comedian of the Year Festival in London and brought half-hour shows to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2016 and 2017. Her solo show Gayby Girl ran off-Broadway at the SoHo Playhouse in 2022 and 2023. Geneva performs regularly at SoHo Playhouse’s Huron Comedy Club and has been featured in the Oakland Comedy Festival, Santa Cruz Comedy Festival, and SF Sketchfest.

Lalita Dee (they/she)
Queer, Lesbian, Gay
Lalita Dee was a finalist in the 2023 Rooster T Feathers Comedy Competition and has performed at Carolines on Broadway, Las Locas Comedy (Chicago), and The Comedy Chateau (LA). They’ve hosted for TikTok sensation Zarna Garg at Cobb’s SF and Punchline Sacramento. Their humor has been described as “intelligently hilarious” — and also “some feminist BS,” which they accept proudly.

Brian Govender (he/him)
Gay
Brian Govender is a Portland-based comedian who performs throughout the Pacific Northwest. His comedy blends painful-to-absurd life moments with a warm storytelling style and, occasionally, razor-edged observations. He’s never met a cardigan he didn’t like and radiates the energy of a horny Mr. Rogers.

�� 21+ | Accessible venue | Come early, stay late.��Safe Words is San Francisco’s longest-running queer comedy showcase, held monthly at The Eagle. Each show is carefully curated to highlight both emerging talent and seasoned voices from across the LGBTQ+ spectrum. Our goal is to create a space where queer and trans performers can take the stage without compromise—and where queer audiences feel seen, celebrated, and safe.
Whether it’s your first show or your fiftieth, welcome to the room. We’re glad you’re here.