When Piers Man asked Wanda Syk if she meant when she said earlier was harr to be gay than to be black, Syk replied, "To a certa pot, y. I believe that. I'm not talkg about the history of Ain-Amerins. I'm talkg about at this pot right now."
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- WANDA SYK ON COMG OUT AS GAY TO THE WORLD AT 44: "I HAD TO SAY SOMETHG"
- 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"
Wanda Syk is an Emmy Award-wng edian and actor praised for beg one of the most entertag women of her generatn. She was the first Ain-Amerin and first openly gay master of ceremoni for the Whe Hoe Corrponnts’ Dner. * is wanda sykes 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.
WANDA SYK SAYS SHE HAD TO E OUT TO SHOW THAT LGBT+ EQUALY ISN’T JT FOR ‘WHE GAY MEN’
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". * is wanda sykes gay *
I also love stori where you have gay characters, but ’s not jt about beg gay, ’s not jt about inty. Two years later, the uple got married and Wanda publicly me out as gay a few weeks after their weddg.
A few weeks later, Wanda publicly me out as gay while givg an impromptu speech at an equaly rally Las Vegas.
Addnally, Syk produc and stars Netflix’s The Upshaws, alongsi Kim Fields, Jermelle Simon, and Mike Epps – a show which featur a proment gay storyle rried by Simon. And while Netflix has edy specials om transphobic and homophobic edians, such as Dave Chappelle, here’s to hopg edy specials om Black queer edians, like Syk, change the way edians approach edy.
WANDA SYK COM OUT AS GAY AND MARRIED
* is wanda sykes gay *
Instead of havg gay marriage California, we’re gog to get across the untry. She was the first Ain-Amerin and first openly gay master of ceremoni for the Whe Hoe Corrponnts’ Dner. In 2008, Syk me out when she announced her own marriage while speakg at a rally for gay marriage.