Wanda Sykes goes way back with fellow comic Dave Chappelle, but she’s making it clear that she does not support his anti-trans rhetoric.
The 59-year-old stand-up comedian has made comments about the laws banning trans women from women’s bathrooms. “I knew that it’s such a delicate issue to talk about.
I’m not trans, but they have my support, 100%” she said. “I wanted to find something where I can shine some light on what they’re going through, to show how just stupid and hateful really it is,” Wanda told Variety. “I was in a woman’s bathroom one time, and I was like, “Who would want to come in here anyway?
It was like, I kind of want to go check out the men’s room. Sometimes, it’s even cleaner.” And that’s how that whole bit started.
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