December 05 2025, 08:15 
Genderfluid comedian Cameron Esposito celebrated the birth of her first child, Yumi Young, with her wife Katy Nishimoto.
Esposito — who married Nishimoto in 2021 — announced the infant’s birth in a November 27 Instagram post, which declared, “We are over the moon.” The post included images of Esposito holding the infant while wearing a patient gown in a hospital bed and Nishimoto wearing a robe and holding the baby, who slept in a stocking cap while swaddled in a blanket.
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Esposito mentioned her pregnancy in stand-up specials and numerous social media posts over the last year.
In a November 18 Instagram post, Esposito noted that she didn’t really know what to expect during her pregnancy because she hasn’t had very many friends who have been pregnant.
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She said the pregnancy made her constantly hungry, but also nauseous. She also said that she felt constantly angry at her wife “for everything” even when she hadn’t done anything wrong.
“I can’t sleep when I wake up in the middle of the night,” she said. She also said she often wakes up with anxiety and watches episodes of the show Yellowstone. She also said that she always found herself out of breath and found it uncomfortable to lift her legs above her belly.
In a November 11 Instagram post, she also said that in vitro fertilization (IVF) — the conception method used by her and numerous other same-sex couples — is very expensive and that she found it difficult to step away from her stand-up comedy career (though she mentioned she has been actively working on other projects).
She also admitted that she wondered whether the birth of her child would bring her and her wife closer together or further apart, but added that she still felt very much in love.
This year, Esposito also released Four Pills, an hour-long stand-up special about being diagnosed with bipolar disorder at age 40.
Last year, Esposito released the last episode of her long-running podcast Queery, in which she interviewed trans-masc comedian River Butcher, lesbian actress Lena Waithe, lesbian rockstars Tegan and Sara Quin, Jill Soloway, queer singer Mary Lambert, bisexual comedian Margaret Cho, and drag artist Trixie Mattel.
Esposito has acted in such TV shows as A Million Little Things, Comedy Bang! Bang!, and Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
In May 2025, it was announced that Esposito will be a guest judge on the upcoming drag king competition show, King of Drag.
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