Wanda Sykes comes out during Prop 8 protest
by: Pam Spaulding
Sun Nov 16, 2008 at 06:47:07 AM EST
http://pamshouseblend.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=8259Via Queerty:
Having never (so?) publicly discussed her sexual orientation - but having made light of it on stage and on The New Adventures of Old Christine, where her character remains married to Julia Louis-Dreyfus - comedian Wanda Sykes surprised Las Vegas Prop 8 protesters by announcing she is gay and married her wife on Oct. 25. Why speak up now? Because of Prop 8's passage. "I felt like I was being attacked, personally attacked - our community was attacked. ... Now, I gotta get in their face. ... I'm proud to be a woman. I'm proud to be a black woman, and I'm proud to be gay. ... Instead of having gay marriage in California - no - we're going to get it across the country."
