plumtreeblossom: (pride rainbow)
plumtreeblossom ([personal profile] plumtreeblossom) wrote2010-09-26 08:39 pm

The It Gets Better Project

The It Gets Better Project is a video outreach to young LGBT people who are suffering bullying in high school and junior high because of who they are. For each LGBT youth suicide brought on by bullying, there are thousands of LGBT adults who wish they could have told the young person how much better life gets if they can just hang on and get past high school. Now they're doing something about it:

http://www.youtube.com/itgetsbetterproject

I was a victim of bullying in middle school/junior high (for being fat rather than being gay, but the pain is the same). Please, please pass this link on to any young person who might find strength in it, or any adult who might wish to add a video. I would even share it with those who feel LGBT youth don't deserve protection from bullying. The revenge, as you'll see, is in survival. It gets better.

Have a kleenex or two handy.

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