Malik Yoba, who plays Vernon Turner on Empire, is sick of people being bullied because they are attracted to trans women.
So he is speaking out on his own attraction.
The 51-year old posted a video of Philadelphia man Maurice “Reese” Willoughby, who ODed on drugs after being mocked for his relationship with trans woman and added his message of acceptance.
"TRANS PEOPLE DESERVE LOVE AND RESPECT AS DO THOSE OF US THAT LOVE THEM!! I love ALL women AND count MYSELF among those that find themselves trans attracted and I too have felt the self imposed shame that comes with that truth but it’s time to speak up. It is NOT about GENITALIA OR SEX but about attraction to the soul and humanity of an individual and often the beauty that is in the courage and conviction to live ones truth! As a self identified cis heterosexual man I too am learning what it means to be trans attracted. Many of us famous and otherwise that have struggled with accepting our attraction so we do NOTHING. This MUST change," he typed.