Monday, November 17, 2008

Wanda Sykes: " I'm proud to be a black woman, and I'm proud to be gay..."




Comedian Wanda Sykes talked openly this weekend about being gay.

The "New Adventures of the Old Christine" co-star said at a gay rights rally in Las Vegas on Saturday the passage of the same-sex marriage ban in California has led to her be more outspoken about being gay: "You know, I don't really talk about my sexual orientation. I didn't feel like I had to. I was just living my life, not necessarily in the closet, but I was living my life,"
"Everybody that knows me personally they know I'm gay," she added. "But that's the way people should be able to live their lives."
She said passage of Proposition 8 made her feel like she was "attacked."
"Now, I gotta get in their face," she said. "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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