Wanda Syk, producer on Apple TV+ seri Visible: Out On Televisn, says she me out 2008 to show that LGBT+ equaly isn't jt for "whe gay men".
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- WANDA SYK ON COMG OUT AS GAY TO THE WORLD AT 44: "I HAD TO SAY SOMETHG"
- WANDA SYK GAY AS THE DAY IS LONG
- WANDA SYK SAYS SHE HAD TO E OUT TO SHOW THAT LGBT+ EQUALY ISN’T JT FOR ‘WHE GAY MEN’
- 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"
"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.
WANDA SYK GAY AS THE DAY IS LONG
I also love stori where you have gay characters, but ’s not jt about beg gay, ’s not jt about inty. 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. Proud to Be Gay [AP]. Wanda Syk has said that part of the reason she me out 2008 was to put a face on LGBT+ equaly that wasn’t “jt whe gay men”.
WANDA SYK SAYS SHE HAD TO E OUT TO SHOW THAT LGBT+ EQUALY ISN’T JT FOR ‘WHE GAY MEN’
Syk, whose work as a wrer was first regnised 1999, when she won a primetime Emmy award for wrg on The Chris Rock Show, ntued: “Also, I wanted to put a face on who that was affectg, not jt whe gay men.
WANDA SYK COM OUT AS GAY AND MARRIED
“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.