Welcome to the family, Wanda Sykes!

[JackBeck]

Just heard on the news your announcement!

[Skittles]

1. more details please

she came out? :thumbsup:

[JackBeck]

4. She came out in response to the Prop 8 vote.

Loved her for years. Very happy for her.

:toast:

[Skittles]

8. she cracks me up

did you see her on Curb Your Enthusiasm? Priceless.

[JackBeck]

18. Yeah. I've been following her career for quite a while.

She's awesome on New Adventures of Old Christine, too.

[msongs]

2. did she suddenley choose to be a lesbian? lol nt

[Donnachaidh]

19. that would be news for her wife

She got married before this prop 8 thing happened.

[rhett o rick]

47. Great comment. nm

[foxfeet]

3. I missed it. What was the announcement?

[JackBeck]

6. She came out this evening.

During an appearance in Las Vegas, in response to the Prop 8 vote.

:fistbump:

[foxfeet]

7. Even more reason to like her!

:toast: Welcome, Wanda!

[ellius101]

5. Here you go...from NY Times

"In Las Vegas, the comedian Wanda Sykes surprised a crowd of more than 1,000
rallying outside a gay community center by announcing that she is gay and had
wed her wife in California on Oct. 25. Ms. Sykes, who divorced her husband of
seven years in 1998, had never publicly discussed her sexual orientation but
said the passage of Proposition 8 had propelled her to be open about it.

“I felt like I was being attacked, personally attacked — our community was
attacked,” she told the crowd".

[RedLetterRev]

9. Well, alright!

:party:

Love her to pieces.

[racaulk]

10. I've loved Wanda Sykes for years!

This is just another reason to love her. Good for you on your announcement, Wanda! :thumbsup:

I saw her live in concert a few years back. She is HILARIOUS!!!

[cboy4]

11. Wonderful news!!!!! She cracks me up! :)

:bounce:

I always had a feeling because she was so nice to teh gays

[jonnyblitz]

12. "Wanda Sykes on Gay Marriage"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IHdaJOZe7E

[JackBeck]

15. "If you don't believe in gay marriage, then don't get gay married"

Loves it. Thanks, Johnny.

"I wish we could be more like Bill and Ted..."



:rofl:

[jonnyblitz]

16. "well, if you let me fuck you up the ass, we could be more like

bill and ted." :hide:

[JackBeck]

30. queerty had a piece about how she was peeking out of the closet about a month ago.

We shrugged and agreed that it came as no surprise. I still cheered and totally started bawling when I heard the news this evening.

Protesting with you and Pri on Wednesday and then protesting this afternoon with my man, I think my emotions were pretty much heightened and just came to a head with hearing this news tonight.

As gloomy as I was about the movement after the election I feel reinvigorated since then.

[jonnyblitz]

40. I was never that involved with the gay movement .

I felt more a part of the more recent anti-war movement, which seems to have fizzled. It seems to me the height of the gay movement was the 70's thru early 90's when i was either too young, closeted and isolated geographically or too busy being quiet about myself in the military later on.

[terrya]

13. That's so cool!

Welcome to the family, Ms. Sykes! :-)

[midnight]

14. She is as smart as she is funny.

[madmadmad]

17. you homosexuals are so proud to have recruited anther innocent soul. ;-)

who got the signing bonus for this one? if i convert 3 more heteros by january first, i'll get a new ipod!

[Donnachaidh]

20. WTF?

"recruited"? Wanda herself said she was gay, and had been gay, for years.

[madmadmad]

21. i know- homosexuals aren't recruited- it's a choice they make. i applaud wanda's choice.

[JackBeck]

22. Continue to dig that hole deeper. I applaud your effort.

[madmadmad]

23. come on- i put a smiley after it. would a freeper have put a smiley?

sheesh.

[JackBeck]

24. No smiley in the post I responded to.

And what I also don't see is where I called you a freeper.

[bluetrain]

27. Are you kidding?

[madmadmad]

32. god- of course, yes! no more attempts at humor

still think "who got the signing bonus?" in my first response on the thread was pretty funny though.

but i get it- no more attempts at funny. i'll just stick to being the angry gay in my posts from now on- seems to go over better.

[AntiFascist]

44. K&R for Wanda....careful, humor has gotten me into trouble more than once n/t

[really annoyed]

49. You don't have a great sense of humor

Sorry to break the news.

:yoiks:

[swimmernsecretsea]

41. OK, already!

Stop hatin'

No need for it, no need to continue it, no need to explain it! Laugh it off or there'll be a timeout!

[Eryemil]

33. I got your joke.

Don't be so anal people.

[madmadmad]

35. thx

[lightningandsnow]

38. Geez, even I was able to tell that was a joke.

And I'm bad at reading sarcasm. Calm down, people.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

39. lol

[swimmernsecretsea]

42. So, seriously.

iPod Nano or Classic? Please don't say shuffle. I've got my whole Whitney Houston collection to stuff into it.

PS: I got two more! Homos for everyone! Yay!

[peruban]

52. Don't mind the bashing.

I thought your comment was hilarious. Some people just don't know how or when to take a joke. You might try including the "sarcasm" icon next time, though.

[Jamastiene]

56. 'Specially after so many Californians with sticks up their asses

in desperate need of relief voted Yes on Proposition H8 thinking it was the ass cream. :sarcasm: Well, those types who voted Yes on H8 REALLY DO seem to have sticks up their asses.

Having Wanda on our team is a real victory for us.






















:hide:
Humor doesn't seem to be going over very well right now. I just couldn't resist that play on words though.

[Ellen Forradalom]

25. See, I knew there was a reason I liked her

Perhaps the gay gene is located on the same chromosome as the talent gene. :-)

[bluetrain]

26. I loved that episode of her reality show where she became a repo woman so she could get her own car

back. Her book is really funny, too.

[TommyO]

28. Hells Yea!

I've liked her for quite some time. Now, I love her!

[Amimnoch]

29. This is news to me, I'd thought she was already out?

I went to the Cindi Lauper True Colors concert at the Woodlands Pavilian in Houston, TX just a few months back. Wanda was the opening act, and had made several humerous references to her woman in that act... I'd already thought she was out?

[bluedawg12]

31. Either way, welcome to the family Wanda!

Besides, she is one kick @ss comedian.

[Amimnoch]

36. Oh definitely welcome to her, she's hilariously funny!

I was just suprised that this was new news!

[Eryemil]

34. Come on Anderson Cooper you're not fooling anyone

[ColoradoMagician]

37. I have always loved her.

You go girl.

[swimmernsecretsea]

43. Wanda, Wanda, Wanda!

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[The Doctor.]

45. Heh... never occured to me.

Hope things continue to go well for her. After all, this really shouldn't change anything for her.

Hopefully, it will help change something more for the rest of us.

[Olney Blue]

46. Wanda is great!

[rhett o rick]

48. I have loved Wanda for years. Am watching old versions of "Wanda at Large". nm

[readmoreoften]

50. Hell yes. I can't think of anyone I'd rather have on our team.

[peruban]

51. I find some of these responses disturbing.

Are we supposed to like her more because she's gay? Does being gay make her more talented as a comedian?

I even read one post that referred to her as "being on the team". This isn't a baseball game, people.

What's with all the hypocrisy? Isn't liking her more because she's gay the same as someone not liking her because she's gay? We're Democrats, people. We're the ones fighting for equal rights, equal pay, financial responsibility, and health care.

It's seems to me like all the cheering is ignoring the fact that we have the responsibility to remove the LGBT prejudice by educating people and practicing as we preach.

I don't want to ruffle any feathers here so I'll just leave it at that.

[JackBeck]

54. Of course it's a baseball game.

Most of the time I'm the pitcher, but sometimes I catch.

[jonnyblitz]

57. tmi.

j/k :hi:

[JackBeck]

59. Just going for some levity.

My funny bone apparently needs fine tuning up-thread.

:hi: :pals:

[jonnyblitz]

61. it happens, especially when one is riled up.

:hug:

[peruban]

64. Don't worry, I get the joke. It was agood one. n/m

[terrya]

58. That's the hallmark of a good basenball team

When the players can perform in any position.

[JackBeck]

60. I've always prided myself

on being a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utility_player">utility player.

;)

[Chovexani]

53. I found out from my mom of all people

YES!!!!!

Not that I have a chance with Wanda, but I'm happy nonetheless, LOL. I've fangirled her for YEARS. I actually paid money to see Pootie Tang for chrissakes! I just KNEW she was family.

[JackBeck]

63. I totally started bawling last night.

I think I'm an emotional wreck from the past few weeks. Thankfully, next week I have off and should probably take myself to the movies. "Milk" comes out next week, right? Yeah that will cheer me up. :eyes:

I've loved from the moment I saw her act ages ago. Only recently did she start to ping my radar.

[Jamastiene]

55. W00t!

:woohoo: I love her.

[Iggo]

62. Yikes. I thought she was out already.

Glad I didn't accidentally out her.

(I'm joking, of course. But I HAVE accidentally outed people before. I was one of those idiots who thought that since it's okay with me, it must be okay with everyone. I'd assume that if I knew, well then everyone knew. I'm better now, but still...)