Chloe Grace Moretz is Motivated to Fight for Gay Rights

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You may know Chloe Grace Moretz as the badass girl from Kick-Ass, Carrie in the most recent Stephen King movie adaptation, or the young voice of reason in (500) Days of Summer.

What you may not yet know her for is her outspoken advocacy in the LGBT community.

 

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Nov 19, 2015 at 10:14am PST

In a recent interview with Nylon, Moretz discussed what it was like when her two brothers come out, how hard it was to watch them be bullied because of it, and how it motivated her to find a way to live in a world without discrimination.

"People would call them the F-word, and I would get so angry," she said. "It was really hard to see my brothers be hated on or bullied, so I stood up for them. We shouldn’t be using these terms to create more labels and segregate us further apart than we already are."

She then went on to say that one of the biggest issues she sees is the need to formally come out at all:

"The problem is we live in a society where we have to say the words, ‘I’m coming out.' No one should care what your sexual orientation is, what color your skin is, or if you’re a man or a woman."

Moretz says that her views stem from being raised by an open-minded, progressive, and forward-thinking mother who always preached equal rights, decency, and respect for all. Living in that kind of environment made Moretz a natural feminist and activist.

"At a young age, I was motivated to fight for gay rights, women’s rights, minority rights—all human rights,” she said.

You go, Chloe. If only everyone was raised the same way.