Voice for Equality: Chelsea Handler

October 27, 2009

Chelsea Handler is an American stand-up comedienne, actress and author, and is best known for her late night talk show Chelsea Lately on the E! Entertainment Network. Her most recent book Are You There, Vodka? Its Me, Chelsea was a New York Times bestseller in 2008. In 2009, she won the 2009 Bravo Network A-List Award for A-List Funny. Learn more here.

In a March 2009 interview with The Advocate, Ms. Handler discussed how she believes that marriage is a civil right that the LGBT community should not be deprived of:

If you don’t believe in gay marriage, don’t get married to a gay person; there’s no reason you should prevent another person from doing it. You don’t go back on civil rights. Can you imagine if we said, ‘OK, slavery is legal again?’ No. For something like that to be overturned is ridiculous.” [Link]

In the lead up to the vote on Proposition 8 in California, Ms. Handler frequently gave both comedic and serious commentary on her talk show regarding the fight for marriage equality, including a mock PSA in opposition to Proposition 8 below:



Freedom to Marry salutes Chelsea Handler as a Voice for Equality! See other Voices for Equality here.

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