TriVersity Talk! is a weekly web series with featured guests discussing their lives, activism and pressing issues in the LGBTQ Community. With TriVersity Talk!, the goal is to laugh and learn.

TriVersity Talk! Is part of TriVersity’s ICARE Initiative. ICARE stands for Increasing Community Awareness through Relevant Education. ICARE Programs are generously funded by The Greater Pike Community Foundation.

Since 2013, Ike Avelli  Wrote, Produced and Starred in 13  original shows from  “I’ve Slept My Way To The Top….Twice”(2013) , to  “Lube: A Gay-sical” (2019) in different cities and all shows were PACKED HOUSES! He created “LIVE! In Bed With Ike Avelli” on Zoom during the 2020 Pandemic.

One of his shows, “50 Shades of Gay” has been a hit since it debuted in NYC during PRIDE (2015) and has been selling out venues around the U.S. at places like Bally’s in Atlantic City in 2019. It was also part of the 2017-2019 Rochester Fringe Festival and SOLD OUT all four nights each year!

Ike wrote his first book entitled, ‘A Year In The Life Of Ike Avelli…And It Ain’t Pretty”, a diary of the year 2017 and was listed in the Top 20 new releases on Amazon.com.


He was nominated for the 2013/2015 Glam Award for Best Comedy Performer. 

Nominated for Best Cabaret Show for 50 Shades of Gay
Winner of the Get Out Magazine LGBT 2014 Comedian of the Year.

Winner of the 2018 Providence Fringe Award for 50 Shades of Gay

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