Wanda Sykes: Out Of The Closet And Into The Street

As reports continue to come in from around the world, yesterday’s protests have yielded another win of sorts. At the protest in Las Vegas, comedian Wanda Sykes came out not just as a lesbian, but as a legally married lesbian. That’s not to say that she’s been in deep cover, of course.

Everybody that knows me personally, they know I’m gay. And that’s the way people should be able to live our lives, really. If we had equal rights, we wouldn’t— We shouldn’t have to be standing out here demanding something that we automatically should have as citizens of this country.

Wanda had lots of good nuggets in her four minute speech yesterday. Rather than quoting the whole darn thing, how about I just post the video so you can see for yourself? (Mostly SFW, unless your boss doesn’t approve of the word pissed, in which case your boss needs to remove the stick.)

Looks like we’ve got a powerful voice on our hands, doesn’t it? Thanks for speaking up, Wanda! And congratulations on the nuptials!