Sophia Bush an actor and Ashlin Harris a soccer player have joined the human rights campaigns board of directors Sophia Bush an actor and Ashlin Harris a soccer star have joined the board of the Human Rights Campaign the country's largest lgbtq advocacy organization this is not just a role it's a commitment to fight for lgbtq plus Justice and equality with everything I've got Harris a former goalie for the United States Women's National Soccer Team stated on social media let's get to work Bush and Harris quickly became a fan favorite queer power couple after Bush came out and announced her relationship with Harris in an emotional essay for Glamour magazine in April I think I've always known that my sexuality exists on a spectrum the one tree hillstar wrote right now I think the word that best defines it is queer I can't say it without smiling actually and that feels pretty great Bush hasn't publicly addressed joining hrc's board however she noted in her glamour essay that the increasingly hostile political climate toward lgbtq people influenced her decision to come out I sort of hate the notion of having to come out in 2024 she wrote but I'm deeply aware that we are having this conversation in a year when we're seeing the most aggressive attacks on the lgbtqia plus community in modern history