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- WANDA SYK ON COMG OUT AS GAY TO THE WORLD AT 44: "I HAD TO SAY SOMETHG"
- WANDA SYK COM OUT AS GAY AND MARRIED
WANDA SYK ON COMG OUT AS GAY TO THE WORLD AT 44: "I HAD TO SAY SOMETHG"
* wanda sykes so gay *
"It was not planned at all, " she told Meredh Vieira 2015, jokg that she was later treated as a "unirn" for simply beg Black and gay. In fact, Syk was 40 when she me out to her parents and has said she "reprsed" her gay inty for years (she and mic producer Dave Hall were married between 1991 and 1998).
Also, I wanted to put a face on who that was affectg, not jt whe gay men. I also love stori where you have gay characters, but ’s not jt about beg gay, ’s not jt about inty. Comedian and actrs Wanda Syk officially me out this weekend, announcg to the timated crowd of 1, 000 gathered Las Vegas at one of the many ralli for gay rights takg place around the untry on Saturday that she’s gay, and that she legally married her wife California on Oct.
Syk (who divorced her hband of seven years 1998), has spoken out about gay rights issu many tim the past, recently participated a mpaign to fight anti-gay slurs, and has openly referred to her wife some of her stand-up rout.
WANDA SYK COM OUT AS GAY AND MARRIED
“Everybody that knows me personally, they know I’m gay. I’m proud to be a black woman, and I’m proud to be gay. 4 electn, Syk talked about homophobia wh the black muny on The Ellen DeGener Show, acknowledgg there are differenc between the black civil rights movement and the gay civil rights movement, but sayg, “discrimatn is discrimatn, and of all people, black people should know about discrimatn.
She and her wife are among the 18, 000 gay and lbian upl who married durg the four months same-sex marriage was legal California, cludg many lbian upl the entertament dtry. Syk said her speech that she believ passg Proposn 8 will ultimately backfire for those who are agast gay marriage.
Instead of havg gay marriage California, no, we’re gonna have gay marriage across the untry. Two years later, the uple got married and Wanda publicly me out as gay a few weeks after their weddg.