Wanda Sykes

Wanda Sykes

Comedian, Actress, and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority member, Wanda Sykes said she feels “attacked” by the passing of California’s Proposition 8, which bans same-sex marriage in the Golden State.

“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,” Sykes told a crowd at a gay rights rally in Las Vegas on Saturday.

“Everybody that knows me personally they know I’m gay. But that’s the way people should be able to live their lives,” she said.

Sykes appeared at a Las Vegas protest of Prop 8 today, announcing that she had recently married her wife on Oct 25th. There were protests across the country today by gay rights activists and supporters.

“I’m proud to be a woman. I’m proud to be a black woman, and I’m proud to be gay.”

Sykes is a graduate of Hampton University, where she pledged Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc.

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