and perfect choice to host the 2009 White House Correspondents Association Dinner next Saturday night.
"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. But that's the way people should be able to live their lives...
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."Gawker
What I like about Wanda is that she is fearless she will speak on any topic and she can be lethal or just a little biting! The best comedians make us laugh but they teach as well.
Wanda Sykes (born March 7, 1964) is an American stand-up comedian and actress. She is known for her blunt comedic observations on current events, the differences between the sexes and races, and the human condition.wiki
Long before Wanda came out last winter at the Prop 8 rally in Las Vegas she did a comic routine about coming out...at the Milwaukee Pridefest last summer. I've transcribed below...
No One but Wanda Sykes with her insight and cleverness could have done this routine...
Coming Out
Gay People have it hard though...I've never had to come out Black.
Anybody Black have to sit your whole family down and come out to your boss and let him know that you are black??
Mom, Dad I got something to tell ya'll somethin'...
I hope you still love me. Shit..I'm just gonna say it...
I'm Black!
What? What did you just say?
I'm Black Mom...
Ohhhh Lord! Not Black!
Ohhh God! Not Black!
You're not Black...you just think you're Black!
that's what it is
You been hanging around Black people...that's what it is.
They've got you thinking you're Black.
Nah Mom...I've been feeling like I'm Black for a while
I knew I shouldn't have let your ass watch Soul Train...that's what it is
Is that what it is??
No, no mom it's not Soul Train
I was born black, I've always been Black
Unh Unh..NO Lord I don't want to hear that mess...
You weren't born Black
The Bible says Adam and Eve it ain't Adam & Mary J Blige
Transcribed excerpt from Wanda Sykes Pridefest Milwaukee,WI 2008 part 3
Wanda is fearless she will give her opinion on any subject.
Healthcare
The Obamas at the White House
Losing our Rights
American Idol..FAUX...
In March of 2009, it was announced that Wanda Sykes would be the host of a new Late Night Talk Show on Saturdays on FOX. It is expected to premiere in the Fall of 2009. wiki[8]
Boob Jobs
Gay Marriage
"I got married. I'm very, very happily married. People focus too much on 'same-sex'. It's just a relationship. They're all the same. One likes to talk a lot, the other one pretends to listen."
- Wanda Sykes, host of the Human Rights Campaign Los Angeles dinner, during her opening remarks, HRCLADinner.blogspot.com, March 14.pridesource