The Untold Truth Of Jesse Tyler Ferguson

Jesse Tyler Ferguson is an ambassador for the American Civil Liberties Union, which launched its Ambassador Project with a slate of actors, musicians, and comedians committed to using their profiles to help the organization work on issues like racial justice and voting rights back in 2013. He was in that first group of six, committing to advance the marriage equality cause. As an ACLU ambassador, he's able to meet with Congress members, receive access to legislative hearings, and more.

That year, Ferguson traveled with his then-new husband, Justin Mikita, to New Mexico to rally people around the marriage equality front. He's also made financial contributions to the group through his nonprofit, Tie the Knot.

For the record, other members of that first ACLU ambassador group alongside Ferguson included Harry Belafonte, W. Kamau Bell, Lewis Black, Melissa Etheridge, and Cyndi Lauper. In addition to Ferguson's focus on marriage equality, the group's efforts also centered on mass incarceration, voting rights, marijuana laws, and HIV/AIDS.