Wanda Sykes Comes Out - Says She’s Proud To Be A Lesbian

 

Actress/Comedian Wanda Sykes, 44, officially came out of the closet yesterday.

Not only did she reveal that big news, but she also announced she married her girlfriend on Oct. 25, just days before the passage of Proposition 8, which has banned gay marriage in California.

While speaking at a Las Vegas rally for gay marriage Sykes said:

“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.”

“I got pissed off.  They pissed me off. I said, ‘You know what? Now I gotta get in your face’ and that’s what we all have to do now. They pissed off the wrong group of people. They have galvanized a community…Instead of having gay marriage in California, we’re going to get it across the country.”

Sykes imagined a day when same-sex marriage would be allowed nationwide:

 “When my wife and I leave California, I want to have my marriage also recognized in Nevada, in Arizona, all the way to New York.  How can you stop people from loving each other?”

And through the cheers and applause during her almost five-minute remarks she added:

“I am proud to be a woman.  I’m proud to be a black woman and I’m proud to be gay”

Shortly after election day, Sykes was among the 5,000 or so who marched throughout Los Angeles to protest Prop 8.