The It Gets Better Project is maybe Dan Savage’s most ingenious creation, and that’s really saying something given that I’m referring to the man who made Rick Santorum’s last name synonymous with a frothy mix of lube and fecal matter. The initiative Savage formulated in 2010 with his husband Terry Miller in the wake…
A bizarre video by conservative nonprofit Catholic Vote has been making the rounds these past couple days. It features brave, young adults who become watery-eyed as they find the courage to “come out”...against gay marriage. Because that video is arguably insensitive and unquestionably absurd, we’re happy to offer the…
"Movember" gives men an excuse to grow ridiculous mustaches during the month of November by raising money and awareness for men's health issues such as prostate and testicular cancer. Nick Offerman, aka Ron Swanson of "Parks & Recreation," rocks a rather illustrious mustache, and in this video offers support to those…
Syndicated columnist and anti-bullying activist Dan Savage delivered the keynote speech at the JEA/NSPA National High School Journalism Convention in Seattle two weeks ago. Never one to mince words (or make up new ones), Savage once again criticized the hypocrisy of justifying anti-gay attitudes with bible passages…
Dan Savage and Terry Miller's ongoing anti-bullying campaign It Gets Better finally — finally — gets the puerile penial parody it has long demanded.
Brigham Young University has been called one of the least LGBT-friendly campuses in the U.S.: according to the "It Gets Better" video produced by Brigham Young University students, 74 percent of LGBT students at BYU have considered suicide, and 24 percent have attempted suicide. The video was made by campus group…
Jamey Rodemeyer—the 14-year-old high school freshman from Buffalo, N.Y. who recently committed suicide after enduring years of bullying for his sexuality—was buried by his family yesterday, and in his honor Lady Gaga dedicated her iHeartRadio Music Festival performance of "Hair" to him. Rodemeyer was a huge Gaga…
Back in May, Buffalo teen Jamey Rodermeyer contributed a video to the "It Gets Better" campaign. Though only 14, Rodermeyer felt he had a message of hope to send whoever was watching. Now, four months later, he's dead of a suicide.
Apple employees have recorded a video for the "It Gets Better" campaign to prevent gay teen suicide. Conspicuously missing is COO Tim Cook, perhaps Apple's most inspiring gay success story, but it's still a touching collection of stories from the company rank and file. (With a lot more choking up, for whatever…
It gets even betterer for Dan Savage, the nationally syndicated sex advice columnist and inadvertent creator of the "It Gets Better" anti-suicide campaign. MTV has ordered a pilot for a show in which he'll tour college campuses, speaking about sex.
Rebecca Drysdale sings about the insanity gay and bisexual kids put up with in high school and how amazing it get's after high school (i.e. fame, sex, fulfillment). Bonus inspirational speech at the end.
The "It Gets Better" campaign—which encourages gay teens to stick to it and not consider suicide due to bullying/depression—is sweeping the nation. In this new video, a bunch of "former Presidents" give the same message to Barack Obama.
Given the recent spate of gay teen suicides and all the attention given to school bullying and the "It Gets Better" YouTube project, you'd think gay teenagers were in a constant state of peril. One psychologist says it's not true.
We love every video that comes out for the "It Gets Better" campaign, but this one might be our favorite. It features 64 Broadway veterans, including Nathan Lane, Cherry Jones and Anika Noni Rose. Watch inside.
"I am proud that I am a lesbian," says Suze Orman in this new video for the "It Gets Better" campaign. Orman's video is part personal story, part inspiration, and all sorts of fabulous. Bullies, you are denied! Watch inside.
Here's President Obama's message of support for queer teens for the "It Gets Better" campaign. "It gets better every day," he says. (Except for the day his administration challenged the ruling overturning Don't Ask Don't Tell. All other days, though.)
Gay Googlers have added their voices to the "It Gets Better" campaign against teen suicide. This is a rich and well edited collection of stories, and it's heartening to realize the participants landed at a company as selective as Google.
Last week, a video of Fort Worth City Councilman Joel Burns' impromptu—and infinitely touching—"It Gets Better" video captivated the nation (watch here). Today, Burns sat down with Ellen DeGeneres to talk about it all. Watch inside.
Hillary Clinton has made a straight-person version of the "It Gets Better" videos for gay teens, in which she says, "It will get better for you." That's a better line than, say, "My gay friend alleges that it gets better."
New York nightlife habitué and world-famous transsexual Amanda Lepore made an "It Gets Better Video" of such stunning and hilarious simplicity, we had to turn it into a dance music video. This will prevent gay teen suicide—with laughter.
