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#bisexual #bisexuality #it gets better #lgbtq #heck yeahSince 2010, the It Gets Better Project has collected over 60,000 video stories from LGBTQ people and their allies from around the world. Here are some of our favorites from June 2017.
At this year’s DragCon, we met up with some of RuPaul Drag Race’s most wise & hilarious drag queens to ask them for the advice they’d give young people in today’s LGBTQ community.
We partnered with SAGE Table to start conversations with LGBTQ community members of varying generations and backgrounds. Among them were social media creator Shannon Beveridge, Matthieu Dahdah, our own intern McKenna Palmer, and more. The crux: how can we change our future without knowing our past?
President Michelle Bachelet advocates for the LGBTQI youths of Chile – for their talents and abilities through which a more democratic, inclusive, and tolerant Chile will be built.
“There is a world of possibilities waiting for you,” she promises. [Though she says: “hay un mundo lleno de posibilidades esperándolos”]
Google employees assure others from the LGBTQ community that the future is for them – that it’s for everyone, and that they don’t need to worry about being “normal.”
“Normality” is a beautifully diverse world, they assert.
In her video, Berivan Aslan fully condemns the bullying & violence toward the LGBTQ community and emphasizes that we will make it better.
Es Wird Besser Österreich (Austria)
Craving more?! Go to www.itgetsbetter.org, or keep scrolling to learn more about the cool things It Gets Better and its affiliates are doing around the world.
COLOMBIA: It Gets Better Colombia participated in Pride Month by Marching through Bucaramanga. They invited participants to share their photos using the hashtag #unamarchalgbt
MÉXICO: Our team in México also marched for Pride! Check out their photos across Mexico City on their Facebook here, along with other organized Pride marches alongside the U.S. Embassy, AT&T, Nielson, and more.
CHILÉ: Our affiliate in Chile has launched a new campaign #PorUnFinalFeliz which hopes to provide welfare and assistance to LGBTQ adolescents targeted by bullying or who otherwise have suicidal thoughts. For information on how to contribute, access more information here.
As a proud supporter of the LGBT Community, Uber is honored to partner with the It Gets Better Project in celebration of Pride month.
Together, Uber and It Gets Better will share messages of hope to LGBT youth across five west coast Uber cities — and we’re inviting you to be a part of the movement.
Want to get involved? Throughout the month of June, share your own story to remind LGBT youth that it really does get better. Each West Coast Uber city will be celebrating in its own unique way, so read below to learn more about local efforts!
See How Your City is Getting Involved:
Uber is committed to diversity and inclusion and IGB is thrilled to be partnering with an organization dedicated to sharing their message. We’re excited to celebrate Pride Month with you, and we hope you will join us as we ride with pride.
Since 2010, the It Gets Better Project has collected over 60,000 video stories from LGBTQ people and their allies from around the world. Here are some of our favorites from June 2017.
Through July, our affiliate in Chile, Todo Mejora, continues the campaign Por Un Final Feliz with the help of several media partners. A number of new videos have been uploaded to their YouTube page featuring uplifting stories from Chilean young people, as well as messages of hope from actors and other popular figures.
Todo Mejora [It Gets Better Chilé]
It Gets Better México participated in the 2017 Pride Connection Summit and has a large number of It Gets Better videos uploaded to their YouTube page from other participants they came across there. Featured below is Carlos Maza, a manager over at Moovz, a global LGBT social network that’s particularly popular in Latin America. Pride Connection aims to foster inclusive company cultures for LGBTQ employees at professional work places across the world.
In July, we heard from some of the kids featured in the documentary Check It, which chronicles the journey of a group of young black LGBTQ men and women in Washington D.C., breaking out of poverty by launching clothing labels, walking runways, and putting on fashion shows. Emerging from violence and harassment, they made a family where they didn’t have one.
“Life for the Check It can be brutal, but it’s also full of hope and an indomitable resilience.”
In this series of videos, various members of the Check It share their stories & their messages for others in the LGBTQ community.
EL PAÍS is a daily newspaper based in Madrid, Spain with a circulation of over 15 million unique readers. In this video, a number of their staff have words of encouragement for LGBTQ jóvenes – young people.
Petra Bayr knows that there is bullying and even violence against LGBTQ young people in her country. But as part of the government, she she hopes she can encourage young people to come out and stresses that things will be better.
Es Wird Besser Österreich [It Gets Better Austria]
Craving more?! Go to www.itgetsbetter.org, or keep scrolling to learn more about the cool things It Gets Better and its affiliates are doing around the world.
Colombia: It Gets Better Colombia marched for Pride in Bogotá alongside 150,000 other passionate fighters for the LGBTQ community.
España: Our affiliate in Spain also marched at World Pride 2017 alongside our Portuguese and Austrian affiliates! Supported by Lush Spain, we were proud to spread hope for LGBTQ youth around the world.
Paraguay: Meanwhile, It Gets Better Paraguay was busy participating in the first module of a workshop for a leadership school in Oviedo where they educated and empowered young people on topics of human rights.
Greece: Finally, It Gets Better Greece marched at both Pride events in Athens and Thessaloniki. “Ήταν ένα εξαίσιο (It was exquisite!)” they said.
Our rainbow footprints are all over the world.
(Orlando, FL) The It Gets Better Project, Whisper and the Orlando Police Department (OPD) are kicking off their LGBT community outreach by releasing an It Gets Better video featuring Orlando Police Lieutenant James Young. Lt. Young has been with OPD for nearly 20 years and was appointed by Chief John Mina to uphold the department’s promise to serve everyone with dignity and respect as the agency’s LGBT Police/Community Liaison.
After the Pulse Nightclub tragedy in June, the It Gets Better Project partnered with Whisper and asked Whisper users to send their messages of hope and support to the victims.
Thousands of responses were received from around the world. Together, It Gets Better and Whisper translated the best responses into postcards and posters – all different colors of the rainbow to share with the people who have been most affected by the tragedy.
The Orlando Police Department and the City of Orlando have disseminated these postcards to the Orlando LGBT Center and the Pulse Nightclub site and will continue to during the Orlando Pride festival on November 12th and beyond. A poster has also been sent to the City of Orlando to be featured in a permanent memorial that is being created in honor of the 49 we have lost.
“When confronted by unthinkable acts of violence and despair, the human spirit finds ways to lift and heal itself,” said Brian Wenke, Executive Director of the It Gets Better Project. “We are proud to partner with Whisper and the Orlando Police Department on this initiative to reach those who have been directly impacted by the Pulse nightclub tragedy. We hope the Whispers shared by concerned people from around the world will touch the hearts of every survivor and the loved ones of those we lost. It is so important for all of us to be reminded of the good in this world.”
“We are honored to partner with It Gets Better Project and the Orlando Police Department for this important outreach initiative, which perfectly aligns with Whisper’s mission of creating a more empathetic world,” said Joe Berg, Whisper’s Director of Communications. “We are particularly proud to see the Whisper community come out in droves to share these insightful and heartfelt messages of hope with those most affected by the devastating Pulse tragedy. We hope that these postcards serve as a reminder that love always trumps hate, and that compassion and support can always be found.”
“We are thrilled to partner with It Gets Better Project and Whisper - both to spread the Orlando Police Department’s message of inclusion and acceptance and to receive these heartfelt messages of support from so many in the wake of the Pulse tragedy,” Chief Mina said. “June 12 was a dark day for the City of Orlando; nothing can erase the pain we all feel at such a senseless and brutal loss of life. But these messages of love and support prove what we already know: No act of terror can defeat kindness, compassion and love.”
To send your own message of hope to those affected please visit: www.itgetsbetter.org/orlando
ABOUT THE IT GETS BETTER PROJECT
Launched by syndicated columnist Dan Savage and his partner Terry Miller, the It Gets Better Project is a 501©3 nonprofit organization that leverages the power of media to reach and provide critical support and hope to LGBTQ young people around the world. Through collaborative partnerships elevating positive portrayals of the LGBTQ community, the It Gets Better Project strives to communicate to LGBTQ youth that it gets better – and inspire the changes necessary to make it better for them. The It Gets Better Project received the 2012 Governor’s Award from the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and has garnered support from President Obama and 500,000 others who have taken the pledge to share messages of hope and to speak up against intolerance.
ABOUT ORLANDO POLICE DEPARTMENT
OPD is a nationally recognized law enforcement agency that is focused on the safety of Orlando’s residents, visitors and businesses. The City of Orlando and the Orlando Police Department are committed to making sure that all members of the community are represented and have the same access to services. OPD is among the first law enforcement agencies in the country to appoint an LGBT Police/Community Liaison to uphold the department’s promise to serve everyone with dignity and respect.
ABOUT WHISPER
Whisper is a leading media company based in Venice, California. Whisper’s mobile app is the largest online platform where people share real thoughts and feelings, forge relationships and engage in conversations on an endless variety of topics - without identities or profiles. Whisper content and stories reach hundreds of millions of people each month across platforms. Whisper is spearheading a movement that believes that happiness starts with being your real self.
Whisper is backed by venture investors including Sequoia Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Thrive Capital, Shasta Ventures, Trinity Capital, and CAA Ventures. Whisper is available on iOS and Android.
In 2014, Ward started Fluid Arizona, a group for people who are attracted to more than one gender. […]
“They talk about how my stories have really helped them and they’ll have similar experiences and being able to be a part of the online community helps them identify with other people like them,” he said. “They realize they’re not alone in this world, that they have this strong community that they can share the fears they have, whatever excitements they have, with others just like them.”
After coming out to his friends and family, Ward came out to coworkers at a manufacturing company where he used to work. One of them told him she thought being bisexual was “gross,” he said.
He didn’t let it go.“I told her flat out, ’It’s not gross, and I don’t ever want you to say that to my face again,’” he recalled. He said the coworker apologized.
Our intern McKenna marched alongside thousands of fellow LGBTQ Angelinos at LA Pride (or this year, LA Resist March) – and had some questions for the participants.
Check out her interviews in the video above.
“I’m actually coming out on Facebook today,” one marcher told It Gets Better. “So I’m really excited.”
Want to join the It Gets Better Project at Pride? We’re looking for volunteers to join us at Pride marches and festivals all across the country!
We’ve teamed up with Wells Fargo to march at nearly 50 Pride events this year. We’re calling on our supporters to join us – to march and take photos and videos – so we can share the It Gets Better message. Together we can show LGBT youth that there are supportive communities all across the country.
Please fill out the volunteer form to the right and an organizer from the It Gets Better Project - Wells Fargo team will contact you with more information about the event near you! And, even if you can’t join us at Pride, don’t forget to order your It Gets Better Pride t-shirt, by clicking below:
store.itgetsbetter.org
Our own Dan Savage – who founded It Gets Better btw – was featured in this list of exemplary Queer Podcasts for his project Savage Lovecast, essentially a podcast version of his weekly sex & relationship advice column.
Also featured in the list are The Read, Homoground (featuring LGBTQ music artists), Pod Save the People, and more.
You can access Savage Lovecast here.
By Andrew M. Seaman (Reuters Health) - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning adolescents who face bullying and other types of abuse have been told in the media, “It gets better” - and new research supports t…
Ten years ago, Activist, Author, and Youtuber Gigi Gorgeous told LGBTQ+ youth everywhere it gets better. On the It Gets Better Project’s 10 year anniversary, Gigi reflects on what she said then, with new words of wisdom and stories to share!
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Anonymous asked:
I just want to share some positivity. I have a really close adult friend who I've known since I was 5 (I'm 18 now) and she's one of the only adults who's consistently been there for me so I see her as a sort of second mom. I came out to her as nonbinary and she took it so well! She's been learning and educating herself about the lgbt community but gender is a new hurdle for her, but she was so accepting of me without any hesitation. I may have cried, just a bit.
That’s fantastic! I’m so glad for you! Coming out is a difficult processes but I’m glad you chose to and I’m glad your friend is educating herself. I hope she only learns more in the future! : )
-Mod Zay
