'Pariah's' Dee Rees and Kim Wayans Support Marriage Equality: Video

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Pariah’s director Dee Rees and actress Kim Wayans have joined the Human Rights Campaign’s (HRC) Americans for Marriage Equality Campaign.

Rees, who is gay, is the celebrated director of Pariah, the lesbian-themed film that has garnered critical attention and a couple of Independent Spirit Awards nods. Meryl Streep, in her Golden Globes speech Sunday, even gave a shout out to Pariah and its star Oduye Adepero.

In the film Wayans plays the lead character Alike’s homophobic mother but in real life she’s asking people to “Join me and the majority of Americans in supporting marriage equality.

Here are Rees and Wayans:

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Tracy E. Gilchrist

Tracy E. Gilchrist is the VP, Executive Producer of Entertainment for the Advocate Channel. A media veteran, she writes about the intersections of LGBTQ+ equality and pop culture. Previously, she was the editor-in-chief of The Advocate and the first feminism editor for the 55-year-old brand. In 2017, she launched the company's first podcast, The Advocates. She is an experienced broadcast interviewer, panel moderator, and public speaker who has delivered her talk, "Pandora's Box to Pose: Game-changing Visibility in Film and TV," at universities throughout the country.

Tracy E. Gilchrist is the VP, Executive Producer of Entertainment for the Advocate Channel. A media veteran, she writes about the intersections of LGBTQ+ equality and pop culture. Previously, she was the editor-in-chief of The Advocate and the first feminism editor for the 55-year-old brand. In 2017, she launched the company's first podcast, The Advocates. She is an experienced broadcast interviewer, panel moderator, and public speaker who has delivered her talk, "Pandora's Box to Pose: Game-changing Visibility in Film and TV," at universities throughout the country.