Exclive: The actor talks about the fay aths that spired him to bee an outspoken supporter of gay rights
Contents:
- HUNGER GAM' JOSH HUTCHERSON OPENS UP ON GAY RIGHTS: "I HAD TWO UNCL DIE FROM AIDS"
- JOSH HUTCHERSON: IS HE GAY? PEETA MELLARK OF ‘HUNGER GAM’ CLASSIFI HIMSELF AS ‘MOSTLY STRAIGHT'
- JOSH HUTCHERSON’S HEIGHT, GIRLIEND AND GAY VIB
HUNGER GAM' JOSH HUTCHERSON OPENS UP ON GAY RIGHTS: "I HAD TWO UNCL DIE FROM AIDS"
Exclive: The actor talks about the fay aths that spired him to bee an outspoken supporter of gay rightsByApr 19, 2012 1:39 PMTagsStuart Wilson/Getty ImagHunger Gam star Josh Hutcherson had two uncl he never got to know. Both men were gay and died om AIDS durg the height of the epimic…"They were their early thirti, great shape, but unfortunately they were taken away om too soon, " the 19-year-old actor exclively told me Wednday. Hutcherson has bee one of Hollywood's most outspoken supporters the fight for gay equal rights.
"My mom has always been a big advote, pecially the gay, lbian, transsexual and bisexual muny so for me 's always been a part of my soul, " Hutcherson rells a letter that Straight But Not Narrow received om a 14-year-old high school hman Florida. "Hutcherson, who found Straight But Not Narrow, a youth group aimed at fightg homophobia, says he fd tratg when people are narrow-md about homosexualy. This e is near and ar to his heart, as he had two homosexual uncl who died of AIDS before he was even born.
As a supporter of gay rights and as an activist wh the muny, he received the Vanguard Award at the GLAAD Media Awards 2012.
JOSH HUTCHERSON: IS HE GAY? PEETA MELLARK OF ‘HUNGER GAM’ CLASSIFI HIMSELF AS ‘MOSTLY STRAIGHT'
Actor Josh Hutcherson, a longtime supporter of the gay rights anizatn Straight But Not Narrow, revealed a recent terview wh Out that he don’t fully intify wh eher sexualy, tellg the magaze that he’s nsirs himself “mostly straight.
”The 20-year-old actor, who will reprise his role of Peeta Mellark “The Hunger Gam: Catchg Fire” theaters next month, nfirmed to the gay magaze that he uld see himself settlg down wh eher a woman or a man.
JOSH HUTCHERSON’S HEIGHT, GIRLIEND AND GAY VIB
”As a longtime supporter of gay rights, Hutcherson said his passn stems om his two gay uncl who died om AIDS the 1990s and his fay’s number one le, to treat people the way you want to be treated. Lenny KravzIn a recent terview wh BET, Hutcherson says his 'gay csh' is Kravz (Cna The Hunger Gam).
And how uld we fet the untls gay ins, om Kathy Griff to Madonna, who have gone leaps and bounds to support the LGBT muny? He's revealed that his two gay uncl died at the hands of the AIDS vis and even won GLAAD's teemed vanguard award 2012.
He creds his mom for his open and acceptg attu: "My mom has always been a big advote, pecially the gay, lbian, transsexual, and bisexual muny... "GettyDaniel RadcliffeDaniel appeared on the ver of Attu Magaze 2012, where he got ndid about same-sex marriage: "The ultimate reason gay marriage should be legalized everywhere is bee, as a kid, you look to your mum and dad and they're married, then you look at the gay uple who've been together for the same amount of time, but bee they n't get married their relatnship don't seem the same.