{"id":2423,"date":"2008-11-17T00:08:21","date_gmt":"2008-11-17T00:08:21","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2008-11-17T00:08:21","modified_gmt":"2008-11-17T00:08:21","slug":"video-actress-wanda-sykes-comes-out-of-the-closet-at-l-a-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2008\/11\/video-actress-wanda-sykes-comes-out-of-the-closet-at-l-a-protest\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO:  Actress Wanda Sykes comes out of the closet at L.A. protest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the weekend, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wandasykes.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Wanda Sykes<\/strong><\/a> [from CBS&#8217;s <cite>New Adventures of Old Christine<\/cite>] came out of the closet as a gay, married woman.<\/p>\n<p>This is the first time Sykes has publicly discussed her sexual orientation.<\/p>\n<p>In this video, you&#8217;ll see Wanda speaking from a very private place, that she&#8217;s passionate about &#8211; the family she&#8217;s created with her partner. Sykes mentioned that she got married and her wife was at the rally with her. <\/p>\n<p>She talked about gay marriage bans and Arkansas&#8217; ban on gay adoption.  Wanda said that she normally doesn&#8217;t discuss her sexual orientation but felt that marriage equality is an important reason to officially come out.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH A GREAT QUALITY SHORT VERSION:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/ilYcrig6hyo&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/ilYcrig6hyo&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH A POOR QUALITY LONG VERSION [recommended]:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/RRyVH-1zadg&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/RRyVH-1zadg&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the weekend, Wanda Sykes [from CBS&#8217;s New Adventures of Old Christine] came out of the closet as a gay,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[13270,752,1094,434,1636],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - 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