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JethroQWalrustitty OG Troper from Finland Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
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#1: Oct 21st 2010 at 11:11:32 PM

So, some time ago, sex columnist Dan Savage started the "It Gets Better" project, as the recent gay teen suicides were in the headlines. The project started when one of his readers commented, that he wished he could have just told to those kids that it gets better, and life is worth living to see what it brings.

Inspired by that, Dan made a video with himself and his husband, and created a YouTube channel for those videos. The channel attracted participants from the LGBT community, and a celebrity contribution from Adam Lambert.

But the reason I made this thread now, is that it got a contribution from Barrack Obama.

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occono from Ireland. Since: Apr, 2009
#2: Oct 22nd 2010 at 12:29:00 PM

All the blog posts I've read on it are basically "Okay, guys, I know we're really angry at him right now, but we can divorce that from this and appreciate it, right? Right?"

Related: Spirit Day (websites turning purple in support) was Wednesday, Tumblr being an example.

Dumbo
Aoede from tiptop scrublot Since: Jan, 2001
#3: Oct 22nd 2010 at 12:33:29 PM

From Obama? Well, that's ironic.

survival of the tight-lipped
occono from Ireland. Since: Apr, 2009
#4: Oct 22nd 2010 at 2:12:40 PM

Dan Savage responds on CNN.

Dumbo
Ardiente I won't kill you. Since: Jan, 2011
I won't kill you.
#5: Mar 30th 2011 at 3:03:42 PM

[[youtube:pYLs4NCgvNU&feature=related]]

"Sweets are good. Sweets are justice."
OnTheOtherHandle Since: Feb, 2010
#6: Mar 30th 2011 at 4:13:15 PM

My absolute favorite one is from Pixar. It made me cry when I watched it.

"War doesn't prove who's right, only who's left." "Every saint has a past, every sinner has a future."
Ardiente I won't kill you. Since: Jan, 2011
I won't kill you.
#7: Mar 30th 2011 at 4:44:24 PM

I want to know, how much do people who are averse to "acceptance" (as opposed to "tolerance") and who are genuinely and un-choosingly squicked by the GLBT people and their behaviour... how much do they buy into this? Not that the message is intended for them, but how is this issue advancing, socially?

"Sweets are good. Sweets are justice."
cutewithoutthe Góðberit Norðling Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Star-crossed
Góðberit Norðling
#8: Apr 7th 2011 at 8:51:58 AM

John frikkin Nolan is apart of this...

OurGLORIOUSLeader Since: Dec, 1969
#9: Apr 7th 2011 at 12:06:51 PM

George wins.

edited 7th Apr '11 12:07:25 PM by OurGLORIOUSLeader

OnTheOtherHandle Since: Feb, 2010
#10: Apr 7th 2011 at 4:47:41 PM

[up] That guy is awesome. And it's weird, because he's old enough to be my grandpa but his voice is absolute Audio Erotica.

"War doesn't prove who's right, only who's left." "Every saint has a past, every sinner has a future."
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