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Kath & Kim Star Comes Out

Kath & Kim Star Comes Out

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Australian actress and comedian Magda Szubanski announced this week that she's gay and a marriage equality supporter.

Szubanski is known to certain American audiences as the daffy Sharon on the Australian television comedy Kath & Kim (the character didn't make it into the short-lived American version). Szubanski teased the public about her orientation in a statement on Monday that urged the Australian government to enact marriage equality. But on Valentine's Day, Szubanski wanted things to be clear.

"Let me just define my terms here -- I identify as gay myself," Szubanski said on the The Project program. "Now when I say that, what that means is I am absolutely not straight."

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Neal Broverman is the Editorial Director, Print of Pride Media, publishers of The Advocate, Out, Out Traveler, and Plus, spending more than 20 years in journalism. He indulges his interest in transportation and urban planning with regular contributions to Los Angeles magazine, and his work has also appeared in the Los Angeles Times and USA Today. He lives in the City of Angels with his husband, children, and their chiweenie.
Neal Broverman is the Editorial Director, Print of Pride Media, publishers of The Advocate, Out, Out Traveler, and Plus, spending more than 20 years in journalism. He indulges his interest in transportation and urban planning with regular contributions to Los Angeles magazine, and his work has also appeared in the Los Angeles Times and USA Today. He lives in the City of Angels with his husband, children, and their chiweenie.
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