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One thing to come out of the same-sex marriage ban in California? Comedian Wanda Sykes.

Sykes says she’s never been particularly secretive about her sexual orientation, but she took the stage at a gay rights rally in Las Vegas over the weekend to announce that she’s gay. And pretty angry. She says the passage of Proposition 8 earlier this month put her on the defensive.

“Now, I gotta get in their face,” she told the crowd on Saturday. She was in town to perform at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino, but her appearance at the rally surprised organizers, according to the Associated Press. “I’m proud to be a woman. I’m proud to be a black woman, and I’m proud to be gay,” she says.

Sykes, who co-stars in “The New Adventures of Old Christine,” says that until California voters decided to ban gay marriage, she never felt like she had to talk being a lesbian. “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.”

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This article, written by Vicki Hyman, originally appeared inthe Star Ledger.  View Source.
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Starring Ron Howard, Andy Griffith, Henry Winkler. Written By Ron Howard, Adam McKay. Directed by Jake Szymanski

JIM DAVID’s outrageous and biting comedy has been seen on his own 1/2 hour special COMEDY CENTRAL PRESENTS JIM DAVID, as a comic pundit on Comedy Central’s TOUGH CROWD WITH COLIN QUINN, as well as OUT ON THE EDGE and COMEDY CENTRAL’S USO TOUR. He was a guest “comedy consultant” on Bravo’s smash QUEER EYE FOR THE STRAIGHT GUY, and appeared on Bravo’s GREATEST THINGS ABOUT BEING…. His humor columns appear on HuffingtonPost.com and The Advocate. He has also appeared on ABC’s THE VIEW, Comedy Central’s COMIC CABANA, NEW JOKE CITY with Robert Klein, NBC COMEDY SHOWCASE with Louie Anderson, A&E’s CAROLINE’S and EVENING AT THE IMPROV, MTV 1/2 HOUR COMEDY HOUR, VH1’s FOOLS FOR LOVE, SHOWTIME COMEDY CLUB NETWORK, DATELINE NBC, STAR SEARCH, LAST CALL, SPOTLIGHT CAFE, USA LIVE, and others. He performed on Comedy Central’s FRIARS CLUB ROAST OF ROB REINER and hosted the backstage interviews of Comedy Central’s FRIARS CLUB ROAST OF HUGH HEFNER.

Julie was born in Boston, Mass just a few years ago. During her 3rd class with her favorite teacher Mrs. Gero, Julie starred in her first play “The Case of the Missing Letter” and was smitten with the actor’s life.

When Julie was 15, she was at a Jewish youth group convention where her soon to be first comedy mentor, Tony V., was performing. She was enrapt with him and asked how she could do stand up. He told her to come to the Comedy Connection and do 5 minutes. She did and the rest is history in her own mind.

Julie attended the prestigious Emerson College in Boston, majoring in Theatre Education. Her stellar 2.5 GPA has rocketed her to the heights Read more…

The straight people stuck together on this one.  He was rude and Jason made me laugh.  Of course, I’m not a hot girl!

Hey!  He said it, not me!

Louie Anderson is one of the most versatile and successful comedians working in Hollywood today, loved by the television audiences who never missed his nightly hit series “Family Feud” or his appearances on late night chat shows. He is adored by standing-room-only crowds in Las Vegas and respected by readers of his books. He is worshipped by the rising comics he mentors and encourages with his honesty and wisdom.

Sharing the ups and downs of his childhood experiences as one of eleven children in Minnesota, Louie crafted comedy routines Read more…

When you think of one of the most prolific character actors, who is also an outrageous openly gay stand-up comedian, one name comes to mind… Jason Stuart. Stuart has been making people laugh out loud with his hysterical performances all over the country since coming out in 1993. He has accomplished what few other gay comics have ever achieved: brutal honesty with humor in a world that’s not always kind. Not only is Stuart an all-out crowd pleaser, but he transcends Read more…

Judy Tenuta is the most famous person that ever lived. If you don’t believe it just ask her! The stand-up comic/actress who describes herself as a “multi-media Bondage Goddess” and “the Aphrodite of the Accordion”, is actually a caring nurturer who wakes up at 8PM to verbally abuse countless herds of mortal swine (her audience) and converts them to her signature religion “Judyism”. Her fans Read more…

Tom Steffen looks like a sane person, but don’t judge a book by its cover. His off-kilter outlook on life keeps audiences laughing for more.