As part of StyleLikeU’s ‘What’s Underneath Project’ actor/comedian/singer Lea Delaria literally reveals all when she talks about being a butch dyke. Never ever having been in the closet, she spills the beans that being ‘out’ and upfront about her sexuality has not always been easy and she was once hospitalized for three days after being gay bashed in San Francisco in the 1980’s.
DeLaria, always something of a pioneer and rebel went from appearing on The Arsenio Hall Show as the first openly gay comedian on national TV to eventually becoming the star of the Award winning ‘Orange Is The New Black’ (with a stint starring on Broadway in between). Still fiercely funny and outspoken this self-proclaimed ‘bad-ass daddy dyke’ is never one to mince words in her approach to gay activism or her act which often turn out to be the same thing.
In the video she is asked ‘Why is in your body a good place to be?, to which she replies ‘What’s not to love?’ We couldn’t agree more even though she jokingly tore me to shreds very hilariously when I was once one of the few men in her audience one night in P.Town. We salute this self-described ‘proud fat girl,’ and long may she inspire us, and have us in stitches at the same time.
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Labels: 2015, gay, Lea DeLaria, lesbian, video
