Wanda Sykes Comes Out Amid. Passing of Prop. 8
Advocate Nov 16 08More than 1,000 protestors turned up in Las Vegas Saturday for the city’s Join the Impact demonstration for LGBT equality, but one speaker at the Sin City rally took the crowd by surprise -- comedian Wanda Sykes, who chose the occasion to tell the crowd that she is gay. "People shouldn’t have to talk about their sexual orientation,” Sykes said... "but with the legislation that they passed, I can’t sit by and just watch." Full story...
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