In 2013, the Hunger Games actor and gay rights supporter opened up about being bisexual, telling the gay and lesbian lifestyle magazine Out: ‘I would probably list myself as mostly straight. Maybe I could say right now I’m 100 per cent straight, but who knows? In a f*cking year, I could meet a guy and be like, Whoa, I’m attracted to this person.”person”.’

The actor also founded Straight But Not Narrow, a youth group aimed at fighting homophobia after two of his gay uncles died of AIDS.

In 2012, Hutcherson became the youngest person to receive the prestigious Vanguard Award at the GLAAD Media Awards in Los Angeles.