Actors Josh Hutcherson and Avan Jogia
discuss the importance of gay allies with Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA)
club leaders.
The 20-year-old Jogia is the founder of
the Straight But Not Narrow campaign, which features videos of young,
straight and mostly male celebrities speaking out in support of their
gay friends. Hutcherson is a co-star of the lesbian moms film The
Kids Are All Right.
In the nearly five-minute video, Jogia
and Hutcherson talk with young students who wanted to make a
difference.
“A lot of people think that you have
to be gay to support the LGBT community,” a girl says, “but you
just have to be human.”
“I knew a lot of people were
struggling on campus and there were a lot of slurs going on,”
another girl says. “So I really wanted to change that and make my
school safer, and a more respectful place.”
A young man says he became involved
“because you need to be an activist in the community. But it's
also a safe place where people can go and express themselves without
being judged.” (The video is embedded in the right panel of this
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Cory Monteith, Josh Hutcherson say they're straight but not narrow.)