Wanda Syk Com Out as Gay and Married - AfterEllen

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Comedian Wanda Syk married her partner 2008 and has not been shy about standg up for gay rights and gay marriage sce.

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WANDA SYK ON COMG OUT AS GAY TO THE WORLD AT 44: "I HAD TO SAY SOMETHG"

Comedian Wanda Syk had 'em rollg the aisl at the Whe Hoe Corrponnts Dner 2009, and she had Natalie Moral lghg up a storm on TODAY Thursday when she dropped by to discs her seri of upg electn specials, "NewNowNext Vote wh Wanda Syk."For Syk, the polil is personal -- she's not jt Ain-Amerin, but gay and married to her partner. But as she expl * wanda sykes gay marriage *

"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.

Before Wanda me out as gay, she was married to rerd producer Dave Hall om 1991 until 1998. "For Syk, the polil is personal -- she's not jt Ain-Amerin, but gay and married to her partner. But as she explaed, she thought she uld unrstand why some people had negative perceptns of gay people.

WANDA SYK ON GAY WEDDGS: 'YOU DON'T HAVE TO ATTEND ONE'

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Comedian Wanda Syk married her partner 2008 and has not been shy about standg up for gay rights and gay marriage sce. Jog msnbc's Thomas Roberts Thursday, she joked about the fear that seems to fuel anti-gay-marriage rhetoric.

"If you don’t agree wh , then chanc are you don’t know anyone who’s gay or are close to someone who’s gay, so that creas your chanc of never beg ved to a same-sex weddg. "Syk, who led the 2009 Whe Hoe Corrponnts' Associatn Dner, also praised Print Obama's support for gay marriage and lled for to be approved on the natnal level.

"Syk will host a two-part electn seri, NewNowNext Vote wh Wanda Syk, begng September 10 on Logo, which will also addrs gay marriage. 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.

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