It Gets Better

It Gets Better.

It always does. There is an online project, by a guy named Dan Savage and his husband, to encourage young members of the LGBT community that, yeah, it does get better.

And it really does. I know I'm still a young blood, and I know I have a lot to learn about the world. But I do in fact know that it does, in fact, get better.

I've thought about it a lot. What it would be like to borrow a gun, take a few too many pills, or go bungee jumping of a 50 foot bridge with a hundred feet of rope.
But, I've also learned that the more GSA's in schools there are, the more gay youth can find a sense of community outside of computers. I mean, places like YouTube and AfterEllen are great, but sometimes it's good to have someone close by to go grab a vegan friendly burger with.

So, in my mind, It Gets Better is another activism idea. And a good one. Too many people today rely on the internet for community now. And now there are hundreds of people making these videos. From big celebs like Audrey O'Day and Ciara to just normal people with cameras.

This project is doing all kinds of things. And in life of the five high profile suicides from gay teens in the recent weeks, this is exactly what a generation that lives online needs.