It Gets Better

Look: GLAAD President’s Post-Super Bowl Message To SF 49ers

by David Badash ● 8:32 AM February 4, 2013

GLAAD President Herndon Graddick had a post-Super Bowl consolation message to the San Francisco 49ers, after they spent the week leading up to last night’s game being grossly homophobic.

News

Dan Savage: ‘We’ve Removed The 49ers It Gets Better Video’

by David Badash ● 9:15 PM January 31, 2013

Dan Savage, co-founder of the It Gets Better project, minutes ago said via Twitter that they have “removed the 49ers It Gets Better video from our website.”

Discrimination

NYPD’s Recent Civil Rights Record Undermines New ‘It Gets Better’ Message

by David Badash ● 10:27 AM December 4, 2012

The NYPD, 43 years after raiding a gay bar in Greenwich Village, sparking the Stonewall riots, have just released a video for LGBTQ youth, saying, “It Gets Better.”

Discrimination

Dog Whisperer Cesar Millan: ‘It Gets Better’

by David Badash ● 1:03 PM May 23, 2012

The famous Cesar Millan, better-known as “The Dog Whisperer,” records this “It Gets Better” video, and discusses what life was like growing up.

Civil Rights

Watch: NYC Congressional Delegation Says “It Gets Better”

by David Badash ● 2:21 PM February 27, 2012

NYC’s Congressional Delegation, Reps. Jerrold Nadler, Ed Towns, Eliot Engel, Carolyn Maloney, Joe Crowley and Jose Serrano, video to combat suicide among LGBT youth.

Celebrities

Seattle Mariners, Seahawks, Sounders, Storm Join Together In It Gets Better Video

by David Badash ● 3:08 PM August 12, 2011

All four Seattle teams, the Mariners, Seahawks, Sounders, and Storm got together and produced this It Gets Better video for LGBTQ youth.

Gay Agenda

It Gets Better? Scott Brown Snubs Massachusetts Congressional IGB Video

by David Badash ● 9:24 AM July 28, 2011

Senator Scott Brown was the only member of Massachusetts’ congressional delegation absent from their It Gets Better video supporting LGBTQ youth.

Keph Senett

LGBT Sports: GLISA Outgames 2011 Begins Today – Exclusive Coverage Here!

by Keph Senett ● 3:51 PM July 25, 2011

The Second Annual GLISA North America Outgames Vancouver 2011 will be held from July 25 to July 31, Join Keph Senett for exclusive coverage here!

Gay Agenda

Televangelism Pioneer Oral Roberts’ Gay Grandson’s It Gets Better Video

by David Badash ● 12:28 PM July 15, 2011

Here’s Televangelist pioneer Oral Roberts’ gay grandson’s It Gets Better video. Roberts also had a gay son, who died by suicide.

Marriage

Dan Savage And Steven Colbert Talk Marriage, Monogamy And Infidelity

by David Badash ● 12:09 PM July 13, 2011

Dan Savage, widely misquoted or misconstrued across right wing media, talked with Steven Colbert Tuesday about marriage, monogamy and infidelity.

Gay Agenda

Target Produces “It Gets Better” Video With (Almost) Only White People

by David Badash ● 2:29 PM June 23, 2011

Target’s It Gets Better video and its stories are beautiful. But for a company that has 355,000 employees, couldn’t they find a more diverse group?

Celebrities

Dan Savage: Coming Out Is The Unifying Experience Of The LGBT Community

by David Badash ● 10:00 AM June 10, 2011

Dan Savage speaks with Big Think about coming out, the Internet, the It Gets Better project, and the importance of being able to access LGBT kids directly.

culture