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Big gay following: Wanda Sykes.


As conservative culture lumbers across the land, gay Americans can be grateful for Wanda Sykes Wanda Sykes (born March 7, 1964), also known as Wanda Sykes-Hall, is an Emmy-winning American stand-up comedian and actress. She is well known for her blunt observations on current events, the difference between the sexes and races, and life in general. . In her stand-up stand·up or stand-up  
adj.
1. Standing erect; upright: a standup collar.

2. Taken, done, or used while standing: a standup supper; a standup bar.
 act and her roles on HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm and Comedy Central's Crank Yankers Crank Yankers is a United States TV show produced by Adam Carolla, Jimmy Kimmel and Daniel Kellison that features actual crank calls made by show regulars and celebrity guests which are re-enacted onscreen by puppets. , the take-no-prisoners comedian whomps and stomps the hypocrisy of "moral values." Sykes is now on Comedy Central with her own reality show, Wanda Does It "Wanda Does It" is a short-lived television show on Comedy Central that displayed "a day in the life" of the world of comedian Wanda Sykes. It's tagline was "And what Wanda can't do, Wanda does anyway". , and in bookstores with her new title, Yeah, I Said It.

Are you aware that you have a gay following?

Now that I've been touring, I've noticed, and I couldn't be happier. There's usually a large group of guys together, and I know that I'm not to the frat-boy taste. I'm 40. Frat boys aren't coming out to see me.

What do you think gays like about you?

I think gay people like the fact that I pretty much say what's on What's On (Traditional Chinese: 熒幕八爪娛) is a weekly half-hour TV series that airs on Fairchild Television. Format
Originally started in 1996, the show is currently the longest-running program in Fairchild Television history.
 my mind and I don't hold back. Also I'm hard on the [Bush] administration, so I think they appreciate that.

Do you know any good gay jokes?

In my act I say I don't understand what the fear is--that gay marriage is going to be better than straight marriage? Then the husbands will be scared their wives will be nagging at them, like "Oh, look at Pete and Jim, they're so happy." And the husband is like, "Well, maybe if you let me [gay sex act deleted] a couple times, we'll get along like Pete and Jim."

What do you make of all of these Christian conservatives who turned out to vote for Bush and vote for the same-sex marriage bans?

I think they're just a bunch of playa playa
 or pan or flat or dry lake

Flat-bottomed depression that is periodically covered by water. Playas occur in interior desert basins and adjacent to coasts in arid and semiarid regions.
 haters. I don't understand why some people are concerned about other people's marriages. If they are really about protecting marriage, where were they when Liza Minnelli married that David Gest dude? Come on.

Any career advice for Mary Cheney now that she's no longer heading her father's reelection re·e·lect also re-e·lect  
tr.v. re·e·lect·ed, re·e·lect·ing, re·e·lects
To elect again.



re
 campaign?

I can't believe she actually ran his campaign. I think she should seek some psychological help.

You used to work at the National Security Agency. Is there a lot of gay love going on there?

No, they were all tight-asses. That's why I had to get out of there--it was so boring.

Have you ever had a fling with a woman?

I went to college, so of course. That's what you do in college.
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Title Annotation:arts & entertainment; interview; comedian
Author:Graham, Chad
Publication:The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
Article Type:Interview
Date:Dec 21, 2004
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