Wanda Sykes promotes gay visibility on Jay Leno’s ‘Tonight Show’ [video]
”That was me observing ‘Day Without a Gay.’ I don’t want to leave you hanging, but I said, ”I’ll just give you a little taste of what it would be like if I didn’t show up.”’
Comedian Wanda Sykes who came out as gay last month at a public rally against Proposition 8 in Las Vegas. On the ‘Tonight Show’ she delayed her entrance by several seconds, and then joked about the ‘Day Without a Gay’ event, but also spoke about her passionate response to the passage of Proposition 8.
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