My activism did not spring from my being gay, or, for that matter, from my being black. Rather, it is rooted fundamentally in my Quaker upbringing and the values that were instilled in me by my grandparents who reared me.
Bio: Barry Parker is a professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s, playing at club level for Wakefield Trinity, as a wing, i.e. number 2 or 5.
