In 2018, Morales organized a fundraiser, "The _ Variety Hour," to raise money for March For Our Lives. She's also photographed herself wearing "MSD Strong" shirts, which are tributes to the students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas and their work to end gun violence. She uses her Instagram to encourage fans to contact their senators and push for expanded background checks and posts about the Wear Orange movement to bring awareness to the issue. Morales, who grew up in Kendall, Florida, was deeply affected by the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland in 2018, and has used her platform to help curb gun violence in the United States. Morales is an anti-gun violence activist.
"It's important to tell stories about people who are marginalized, but it's like, tell stories about something other than how they are marginalized as well-because if you don't do that, it keeps them in the 'other' space," she said. She dubbed those sorts of roles "a Trojan horse of normalization" for viewers who aren't used to seeing queer characters in mainstream TV. In an interview with NYLON, Morales spoke about why she values playing non-straight characters whose sexuality isn't the main focal point of their storyline. She said that her family and friends were aware she was queer before she came out publicly, but that some older people in her life were worried it would have a negative impact on her career. "I also think it’s important that if there are any scared kids out there, like I was, I can tell you that whole 'It Gets Better' campaign is true.
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"I think it’s important that I tell you that this familiar face you see on your TV is the Q part of LGBTQ, so that if you didn’t know someone who was queer before, you do now," she wrote.
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