Wanda Sykes: Comes Out Of The Closet

November 17, 2008

After years of staying mum on the topic of her sexuality, comedian Wanda Sykes officially came out of the closet and spoke out about the passage of Proposition 8 which banned gay marriage in California.

“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,” said Sykes, 44, while speaking at a Las Vegas rally for gay marriage.

“I got pissed off,” she continued. “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 also announced that she married her girlfriend on October 25, just days before the ban was voted back into place.

Sykes married David Hall in 1991 and was divorced in 1998.

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