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"The fight for equality has always been a topic of conversation in Josh Hutcherson&amp;apos;s home.\r\nWhen the 19-year-old was an infant, two of the Hunger Games star&amp;apos;s uncles--both gay men in their early thirties--died of AIDS.\r\n&amp;quot;They&amp;#x2026;were taken away from us too soon,&amp;quot; Hutcherson told E! News Wednesday. After his uncles&amp;apos; tragic deaths, his mother stepped up her involvement in the fight for LGBT rights.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;My mom has always been a big advocate, especially in the gay, lesbian, transsexual and bisexual community, so for me it&amp;apos;s always been a part of my soul,&amp;quot; the actor explained. Taking inspiration from his mom&amp;apos;s activism, Hutcherson started working closely with best friend Avan Jogia&amp;apos;s organization for gay teens and their straight allies, Straight But Not Narrow.\r\nThanks to his efforts, the Kids Are All Right star will become the youngest person ever to receive GLAAD&amp;apos;s Vanguard prize at their Media Awards in L.A. Saturday. For his part, Hutcherson says he just hopes he&amp;apos;s making his family proud--and properly honoring the memory of his deceased uncles.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;[This work of mine] is what my family is most proud of, and the same for me,&amp;quot; Hucherson shared. &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;d like to think that [my uncles] see what I&amp;apos;m doing and that they&amp;apos;re proud of me.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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