Billie Jean King has been an outspoken advocate for women’s rights and gay rights for more than thirty years. In a Q & A with Tennis magazine’s James LaRosa, she talks about the need for the top male players to step up about LGBT rights:
We’re never going to be 50 percent of the population. We need straight people, particularly in the male arena, to support the gay guys. They have to. And if they stand up for us, that’s how we gain acceptance. We need our friends, or brothers and sisters, especially if they have influence. Federer and Nadal and those guys have to say we don’t care. Once the influence starts to talk like that, it makes a huge difference.
The top players should take note of this call to support human rights — all of the top players are still playing in the Dubai tournament despite the UAE exclusion of Israeli tennis player Shahar Peer.
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