Wanda Sykes Comes Out

And she didn't even need the cover of People to do it.

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."

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Nov 17, 2008 · posted by Whitney · Link · 11 Responses

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Tagged: External, Gay, Gay Marriage, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Lesbians, Prop 8, Television, Wanda Sykes

Comments (11)

No. 1 sar says:

Loved her on Curb.

Posted: Nov 17, 2008 at 12:05 pm

No. 2 Sarah says:

Love her in EVERYTHING!

Posted: Nov 17, 2008 at 12:15 pm

No. 3 Helen Skor says:

I love Wanda Sykes.

Posted: Nov 17, 2008 at 12:28 pm

No. 4 Empress Baron von Dr. Lisa(#105) "HUSSEIN", esq., Earl of Bitchwick says:

Biggie Shortie will always have my heart. Good for her!

Posted: Nov 17, 2008 at 1:12 pm

No. 5 payter says:

She cracks me up on Christine. She barely has to speak sometimes, just her facial expressions alone are hilarious.

Posted: Nov 17, 2008 at 2:15 pm

No. 6 lava says:

i agree i'm starting to love that show. i'll keep watching just to see her. and matthew, he's so cute :)

Posted: Nov 17, 2008 at 2:19 pm

No. 7 payter says:

lava I too love Matthew.
Did you happen to see the episode where Christine and Wanda Sykes character shared a "joint"? It burned up in about a second and they were sucking in air like crazy. Soooo funny.
They work well together.

Posted: Nov 17, 2008 at 2:35 pm

No. 8 killorn says:

/in before "Fonda Dykes"

Posted: Nov 17, 2008 at 3:13 pm

No. 9 StephanieInCA says:

I just pray that Sykes won't participate in terrifying glitter sieges on evangelical churches like this one in Michigan: http://urbzen.com/2008/11/12/g.....-humanity/

The horror, the horror!

Posted: Nov 17, 2008 at 3:21 pm

No. 10 stopthemadness says:

any day now, oprah…

any day…

Posted: Nov 17, 2008 at 7:39 pm

No. 11 lava says:

haha payter i did! i think that's the one before she got it on with matthew in the garage.

my fave is when she gives christine testosterone to help with something or other. it was like christine was high on barb.

Posted: Nov 17, 2008 at 10:31 pm