When We Rise: Meet 7 Real Activists Who Are Portrayed in the New Miniseries

T.R. Knight (left) plays Chad Griffin (right).

While politician Griffin spent his early career campaigning for stem cell research, he focused on LGBTQ equality when Prop 8 was passed in California in 2008. He cofounded the American Foundation for Equal Rights, fighting for marriage equality for all.

Griffin is now the president of the Human Rights Campaign.