Out for Civil Rights -Player Scores as Ally

Charles Barkley, the star basketball player with sixteen seasons of fame behind him, has gone viral on the internet after a video was posted of him telling an audience that he has a message for bigots of all sorts.  Mr Barkley says “f you’re gay and transgender, I love you! Hey and if anybody give you s**t, you tell them Charles said ‘F**k you!’”  Pink News reports that he gave an interview some years ago in which he explained his philosophy:  “As a Black person, I’m against any form of discrimination — against whites, Hispanics, gays, lesbians, however you want to phrase it, it’s my job, with the position of power that I’m in and being able to be on television, I’m supposed to stand up for the people who can’t stand up for themselves.”