Tag Archives: Dan Savage

Gay Cop, Gay Marine – It Gets Better

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Jeffrey Altergott – It Gets Better

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Sean Chapin – It Gets Better (Song)

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Wicked Cast – It Gets Better

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HomoQuotable – Dan Savage

“The religious right points to the suicide rate among gay teenagers — which the religious right works so hard to drive up as evidence that the gay lifestyle is destructive. It’s like intentionally running someone down with your car and then claiming that it isn’t safe to walk the streets. “Which is why I argued that every gay teen suicide …

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A.J. McClean – It Gets Better

Backstreet Boys member A.J. McClean weighs in.

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ACLU Staffers – It Gets Better

Just in from the ACLU: We made our own videos to contribute to the It Gets Better Project, featuring several LGBT staffers from the national ACLU’s New York and Washington, D.C. offices. Staff from many different departments — including fundraising, database, and human resources — stepped up to contribute. The ACLU’s executive director, Anthony D. Romero, joined in the effort …

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Naomi – It Gets Better

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Michael Urie – It Gets Better

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Open Thread Thursday

When Dan Savage emailed me a couple of weeks ago to float the concept of his “It Gets Better” project, I almost fell out of my chair at the idea’s brilliance and, perhaps as importantly, its simplicity. What an easy to execute, yet incredibly powerful way to reach LGBT youth at risk! But a moment later, I also felt a …

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San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus Responds To The “It Gets Better Project”

At the end of this clip the chorus sings The Irish Blessing “in honor and memory of those who left us far too soon.” This should wash away the bile of the Lot Project clip posted earlier.

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Christianists Discover “It Gets Better”

Calling it “inevitable,” Dan Savage points out that the Christianists are beginning to find the It Gets Better Project on YouTube and posting their own vile responses. The below douchenozzle has gone as far as launching a website called The Lot Project. Here’s a partial transcript from his clip, in which he says that recent teen suicide victim Billy Lucas …

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San Francisco Says “It Gets Better”

With filmmaker Matt Baume, San Franciscans respond to Dan Savage’s “It Gets Better” project. Get a tissue. UPDATE: Dan Savage writes us: “I’m issuing a challenge here—to see similar videos from New York, Boston, Chicago, Seattle, Portland, Provincetown, Minneapolis, Madison, Atlanta, Houston, and on and on. There are lots of large, vibrant, powerful gay communities out there, in lots of …

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Travis Richey – It Gets Better

Popular YouTube vlogger Travis Richey records a letter to his 15 year-old self as part of Dan Savage’s “It Gets Better” project. This clip may get more views than any in the series so far. (I think JMG reader Dave Holmes has that record at the moment, thanks to Andrew Sullivan.)

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CHICAGO: “It Gets Better” Video Shoot To Take Place This Sunday

JMG reader and fellow blogger Jake Stigers is helping to organize an “It Gets Better” video shoot to take place this Sunday at Chicago’s LGBT center. Details: Date: Sunday, October 3, 2010Time: 15-minute sessions between 1:00 and 7:00 pmLocation: Center on Halsted, 3656 N. HalstedRoom: Polk Brothers Foundation Youth Space, Second Floor Here’s all you have to do: 1. Forward …

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Sean & David – It Gets Better

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SAN FRANCISCO: “It Gets Better” Flash Mob To Film In The Castro On Sunday

JMG reader Matt Baume writes us to announce an It Gets Better flash mob to be filmed in the Castro on Sunday. San Francisco will be jammed for Folsom Street Fair this weekend so if you’re attending the fair, please consider participating in the shoot first. Here’s the event’s Facebook page. NOTE: This Sunday there will also be a marriage …

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Dave Holmes – It Gets Better

Former MTV personality and JMG reader Dave Holmes responds to Dan Savage’s It Gets Better project, which aims to help ward off the suicidal thoughts of LGBT youth. Holmes currently co-hosts DVD On TV on FX.

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Dan Savage Launches YouTube Channel Devoted To Helping LGBT Youth

Stunned by the rash of LGBT youth suicides, Dan Savage has launched a YouTube channel called the It Gets Better Project in which adult LGBT folks can send the message to gay youth that while times may be tough right now, they will eventually see the light at the end of the bigoted tunnel. In a blog posting yesterday, Savage …

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HomoQuotable – Dan Savage

“I’ve sort of been in denial about the fact that Rick Santorum is going to run for president. But now I’m going to have to sic my flying monkeys on him. Rick would have prevented me and my partner from being able to adopt my son. If Rick Santorum wants to make a $5 million donation to Freedom to Marry, …

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