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Int’l Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8b27d379a58ddfde96e648f69db803a3/tumblr_mmycqjkx0q1rkz1goo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://consuelaslife.tumblr.com/post/50660708184/intl-day-against-homophobia-and-transphobia"&gt;consuelaslife&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;h2 class="posttitle"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/05/intl-day-against-homophobia-and-transphobia-observed-around-the-globe/"&gt;Int’l Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia observed around the globe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://itgetsbetterproject.tumblr.com/post/50693528975</link><guid>http://itgetsbetterproject.tumblr.com/post/50693528975</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 18:33:29 -0700</pubDate><category>it gets better</category><category>lgbt</category><category>lgbtq</category><category>lesbian</category><category>gay</category><category>bisexual</category><category>transgender</category></item><item><title>volunteer-lawyers-for-justice:

What I wish I could do when a...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4ccce3f4adf6ccec7a5071c323426d53/tumblr_mmhu7sYCax1s90uwro1_400.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://volunteer-lawyers-for-justice.tumblr.com/post/50530904115/what-i-wish-i-could-do-when-a-client-on-the-phone"&gt;volunteer-lawyers-for-justice&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;What I wish I could do when a client on the phone tells me they’re having a hard day&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://itgetsbetterproject.tumblr.com/post/50588608476</link><guid>http://itgetsbetterproject.tumblr.com/post/50588608476</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 11:05:47 -0700</pubDate><category>it gets better</category><category>lgbt</category><category>lgbtq</category><category>lesbian</category><category>gay</category><category>bisexual</category><category>transgender</category></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a7c58f50818aa77c84ff7b748a5c8d39/tumblr_mipfi2pHWF1qdgauwo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://itgetsbetterproject.tumblr.com/post/50506988505</link><guid>http://itgetsbetterproject.tumblr.com/post/50506988505</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 10:49:03 -0700</pubDate><category>it gets better</category><category>lgbt</category><category>lgbtq</category><category>lesbian</category><category>gay</category><category>bisexual</category><category>transgender</category><category>hope</category></item><item><title>beprouditslove:

A message for anyone going through a hard time...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e630edb2a8523c8a7079b27d39539514/tumblr_mms3mx3tlJ1sqflflo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://beprouditslove.tumblr.com/post/50408436888/a-message-for-anyone-going-through-a-hard-time-3"&gt;beprouditslove&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;A message for anyone going through a hard time &lt;3&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Photo of: &lt;a href="http://www.mrcforchange.org/seniorgaymensgroup.htm"&gt;Senior Gay Mens Group&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://itgetsbetterproject.tumblr.com/post/50444385420</link><guid>http://itgetsbetterproject.tumblr.com/post/50444385420</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 14:17:14 -0700</pubDate><category>it gets better</category><category>lgbt</category><category>lgbtq</category><category>lesbian</category><category>gay</category><category>bisexual</category><category>transgender</category></item><item><title> </title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ed5377f3d4d2eabda919b75955b6436c/tumblr_mmq8azCwNo1rujwf6o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://mentalhealthresource.tumblr.com/post/50329668113/memories-can-be-better-recalled-when-they-are"&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://itgetsbetterproject.tumblr.com/post/50379407752</link><guid>http://itgetsbetterproject.tumblr.com/post/50379407752</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 17:01:19 -0700</pubDate><category>It Gets Better</category></item><item><title>glsen:


LGBTQ YOUTH - Let the world know what’s really going on...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d069888a67130fc9574e99886b6f8aaa/tumblr_mlro8v4ikL1r5wwi8o1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://glsen.tumblr.com/post/48778968534/lgbtq-youth-let-the-world-know-whats-really"&gt;glsen&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p class="p1"&gt;&lt;span&gt;LGBTQ YOUTH - Let the world know what’s really going on in U.S. schools by taking the 2013 National School Climate Survey! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.glsen.org/2013survey"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.glsen.org/2013survey"&gt;www.glsen.org/2013survey&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://itgetsbetterproject.tumblr.com/post/50368776966</link><guid>http://itgetsbetterproject.tumblr.com/post/50368776966</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 14:41:26 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>
The Minnesota Senate passed marriage equality today! By a...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4404dbe2b3e6ea54b45b7a41ad2af753/tumblr_mmralhL61G1qak0qdo1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.glaad.org/blog/breaking-minnesota-senate-passes-marriage-equality-become-12"&gt;The Minnesota Senate passed marriage equality today!&lt;/a&gt; By a margin of 37-30, the senate approved the measure, which was approved by the house on Friday. It will now go to Governor Dayton, who has pledged to sign it.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://itgetsbetterproject.tumblr.com/post/50368530284</link><guid>http://itgetsbetterproject.tumblr.com/post/50368530284</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 14:38:14 -0700</pubDate><category>Minnesota</category><category>Marriage Equality</category><category>It Gets Better</category></item><item><title>(source: free-your-mind)</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwqe9i6Q8l1qc2u00o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;(source: &lt;a href="http://free-your-mind.tumblr.com/post/14743346065/background-photo-nastya-jour"&gt;free-your-mind&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://itgetsbetterproject.tumblr.com/post/50356224772</link><guid>http://itgetsbetterproject.tumblr.com/post/50356224772</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 11:48:45 -0700</pubDate><category>It Gets Better</category><category>positivity</category><category>believe in yourself</category></item><item><title>ourspiritnow:

GLOW - Gay, Lesbian, or Whatever - shine, be,...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyndmtF9WQ1qlict8o1_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://ourspiritnow.tumblr.com/post/50161850849/glow-gay-lesbian-or-whatever-shine-be"&gt;ourspiritnow&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;GLOW - Gay, Lesbian, or Whatever - shine, be, live! &lt;a href="http://ourspiritnow.tumblr.com/"&gt;ourspiritnow&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://itgetsbetterproject.tumblr.com/post/50184031350</link><guid>http://itgetsbetterproject.tumblr.com/post/50184031350</guid><pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 11:34:32 -0700</pubDate><category>it gets better</category><category>lgbt</category><category>lgbtq</category><category>lesbian</category><category>gay</category><category>bisexual</category><category>transgender</category></item><item><title>(source upliftedvibrations)</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6187e346ba2f0d5a1aacecbdc524d26e/tumblr_ml2haxQ4Bh1rtwcr6o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;(source &lt;a href="http://upliftedvibrations.tumblr.com/post/50101191049"&gt;upliftedvibrations&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://itgetsbetterproject.tumblr.com/post/50102917489</link><guid>http://itgetsbetterproject.tumblr.com/post/50102917489</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 11:47:50 -0700</pubDate><category>It Gets Better</category></item><item><title>"Verbal abuse has taken it’s toll on me, but now I’m confident and strong. My friends..."</title><description>“Verbal abuse has taken it’s toll on me, but now I’m confident and strong. My friends compliment me on how much I smile, having people notice I’m happy makes me truly happier. I now am a leader of an anti-bullying group in my school and have a lot more good days than bad. It really does get better!”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt; Liz P. (Campbellcroft, ON)&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://itgetsbetterproject.tumblr.com/post/50007205238</link><guid>http://itgetsbetterproject.tumblr.com/post/50007205238</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 04:53:17 -0700</pubDate><category>it gets better</category><category>lgbt</category><category>lgbtq</category><category>lesbian</category><category>gay</category><category>bisexual</category><category>transgender</category><category>inspiration</category></item><item><title>glaad:

Delaware becomes the 11th state to approve marriage...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/164aaf558b2b0a1d04061875b4cf6de6/tumblr_mmg68tXJXJ1r5jus8o1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://glaad.tumblr.com/post/49880278475/delaware-becomes-the-11th-state-to-approve"&gt;glaad&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Delaware becomes the 11th state to approve marriage equality! &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://itgetsbetterproject.tumblr.com/post/49902062903</link><guid>http://itgetsbetterproject.tumblr.com/post/49902062903</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 19:01:02 -0700</pubDate><category>it gets better</category><category>lgbt</category><category>lgbtq</category><category>lesbian</category><category>gay</category><category>bisexual</category><category>transgender</category></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8ed3b849f19b69ba7633ea3046b95f0b/tumblr_mhaxepy6VE1rpyahqo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://itgetsbetterproject.tumblr.com/post/49893070053</link><guid>http://itgetsbetterproject.tumblr.com/post/49893070053</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 17:13:19 -0700</pubDate><category>it gets better</category><category>lgbt</category><category>lgbtq</category><category>lesbian</category><category>gay</category><category>bisexual</category><category>transgender</category></item><item><title>“It’s taken me a long time to figure out exactly where I...</title><description>&lt;iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/dQoJAh0kIIg?wmode=transparent&amp;autohide=1&amp;egm=0&amp;hd=1&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;“It’s taken me a long time to figure out exactly where I fit. During that journey, I realized that everyone has a unique place in this world.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span&gt;- &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/BrittneyGriner?group_id=0" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=153961984770939&amp;extragetparams=%7B%22group_id%22%3A0%7D"&gt;Brittney Griner&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/nytimes?group_id=0" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=5281959998&amp;extragetparams=%7B%22group_id%22%3A0%7D"&gt;The New York Times&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt; , 5/6/13&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span&gt;Check out our friend Brittney’s wonderful It Gets Better message&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://itgetsbetterproject.tumblr.com/post/49860827872</link><guid>http://itgetsbetterproject.tumblr.com/post/49860827872</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 09:18:54 -0700</pubDate><category>it gets better</category><category>lgbt</category><category>lgbtq</category><category>lesbian</category><category>gay</category><category>bisexual</category><category>transgender</category><category>wnba</category><category>brittney griner</category><category>hope</category><category>inspiration</category></item><item><title>Video: Griner in Her Own Words</title><description>&lt;a href="http://nyti.ms/17Hruxn"&gt;Video: Griner in Her Own Words&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;&lt;blockquote class="link_og_blockquote"&gt;Brittney Griner recorded a video for It Gets Better, a project that inspires lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth with positive messages.&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://itgetsbetterproject.tumblr.com/post/49784274524</link><guid>http://itgetsbetterproject.tumblr.com/post/49784274524</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 10:27:57 -0700</pubDate><category>it gets better</category><category>lgbt</category><category>lgbtq</category><category>lesbian</category><category>gay</category><category>bisexual</category><category>transgender</category><category>brittney griner</category><category>wnba</category></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9a6a0b256e301d8352e5551fec7ba702/tumblr_mj7q4qGNWJ1ro0zr7o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://itgetsbetterproject.tumblr.com/post/49527568489</link><guid>http://itgetsbetterproject.tumblr.com/post/49527568489</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 11:59:23 -0700</pubDate><category>it gets better</category><category>lgbt</category><category>lgbtq</category><category>lesbian</category><category>gay</category><category>bisexual</category><category>transgender</category><category>inspriation</category></item><item><title>Congratulations to Rhode Island for being the 10th state to legalize same-sex marriage!</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Congratulations to Rhode Island for being the 10th state to legalize same-sex marriage!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://itgetsbetterproject.tumblr.com/post/49469592608</link><guid>http://itgetsbetterproject.tumblr.com/post/49469592608</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 16:19:13 -0700</pubDate><category>it gets better</category><category>lgbt</category><category>lgbtq</category><category>lesbian</category><category>gay</category><category>bisexual</category><category>transgender</category><category>marriage equality</category><category>same-sex marriage</category><category>rhode island</category></item><item><title>Coming Out Across Cultural Barriers: A Mixed-Race Son's Journey With His Korean Immigrant Mother</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mark-ro-beyersdorf/coming-out-across-cultural-barriers_b_3197020.html?utm_hp_ref=gay-voices"&gt;Coming Out Across Cultural Barriers: A Mixed-Race Son's Journey With His Korean Immigrant Mother&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;blockquote class="link_og_blockquote"&gt;To my Korean mother, homosexuality was an unfamiliar, white American condition. With my father I could offer books to help him digest my sputtering attempts at explanation, but my mother and I struggled through language barriers, searching for answers to satisfy her.&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Very inspiring article. Check out &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/DariProject?group_id=0" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=126878860769940&amp;extragetparams=%7B%22group_id%22%3A0%7D"&gt;The Dari Project&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt; to learn more information about this awesome organization that aims to provide resources to increase awareness and acceptance in Korean American communities of LGBT people of Korean descent.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://itgetsbetterproject.tumblr.com/post/49456569709</link><guid>http://itgetsbetterproject.tumblr.com/post/49456569709</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 13:20:18 -0700</pubDate><category>it gets better</category><category>lgbt</category><category>lgbtq</category><category>lesbian</category><category>gay</category><category>bisexual</category><category>transgender</category><category>korean</category><category>the dari project</category></item><item><title>What exciting news! NBA Center Jason Collins has come...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4186605bb4955ad3e22572a6f44db7ac/tumblr_mm13acFw0i1r70qfvo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;What exciting news! NBA Center &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Jason-Collins/148463881893645?group_id=0" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=148463881893645&amp;extragetparams=%7B%22group_id%22%3A0%7D"&gt;Jason Collins&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt; has come out.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span&gt;“I’m a 34-year-old NBA center. I’m black. And I’m gay.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span&gt;I didn’t set out to be the first openly gay athlete playing in a major American team sport. But since I am, I’m happy to star&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="text_exposed_show"&gt;t the conversation. I wish I wasn’t the kid in the classroom raising his hand and saying, “I’m different.” If I had my way, someone else would have already done this. Nobody has, which is why I’m raising my hand.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/magazine/news/20130429/jason-collins-gay-nba-player/#ixzz2RsJTCayW" rel="nofollow nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;a href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/magazine/news/20130429/jason-collins-gay-nba-player/#ixzz2RsJTCayW"&gt;http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/magazine/news/20130429/jason-collins-gay-nba-player/#ixzz2RsJTCayW&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://itgetsbetterproject.tumblr.com/post/49189882190</link><guid>http://itgetsbetterproject.tumblr.com/post/49189882190</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:59:00 -0700</pubDate><category>it gets better</category><category>lgbt</category><category>lgbtq</category><category>lesbian</category><category>gay</category><category>bisexual</category><category>transgender</category><category>jason collins</category><category>coming out</category><category>NBA</category><category>sports</category></item></channel></rss>
