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Exclive: The actor talks about the fay aths that spired him to bee an outspoken supporter of gay rights

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HUNGER GAM' JOSH HUTCHERSON OPENS UP ON GAY RIGHTS: "I HAD TWO UNCL DIE FROM AIDS"

"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. Lenny KravzIn a recent terview wh BET, Hutcherson says his 'gay csh' is Kravz (Cna The Hunger Gam).

JOSH HUTCHERSON OPENS UP ABOUT THE DEATHS OF HIS GAY UNCL

Josh Hutcherson gets to meet good-lookg men all the time so the temptatn is certaly 21-year-old star of The Hunger Gam - and gay rights supporter - let be known that the l are blurred when to his personal game of love. 'Last year, the actor, whose two gay uncl died of AIDS, me out support of gay rights through the Straight But Not Narrow adventuro star is currently filmg the next stallment of the futuristic anchise, The Hunger Gam: far as the ladi go, Josh was romantilly lked to his Paradise Lost -star Cldia Traisac were seen enjoyg both a stroll and then a ri on the actor's motorbike Los Angel. 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.

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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 is the founr of the Straight But Not Narrow anisatn, which aims to arm young people wh tools and nfince to speak out agast homophobia bee he don't unrstand judgmental attus toward gay said: ''Sometim 's tratg to prehend how people are not OK wh . When the 19-year-old was an fant, two of the Hunger Gam star's uncl–both gay men their early thirti–died of AIDS.

"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, " the actor explaed. Takg spiratn om his mom's activism, Hutcherson started workg closely wh bt iend Avan Jogia's anizatn for gay teens and their straight alli, Straight But Not Narrow. A versatile actor, Josh had land several mercials and mor televisn rol before makg his big om that, Josh is a keen supporter of the LGBT (lbian-gay bisexual transsexual) muny.

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