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In March 2011, ''[[It Gets Better: Coming Out, Overcoming Bullying, and Creating a Life Worth Living]]'', a book of essays edited by Dan Savage and Terry Miller on the same theme as the web video project, was released. It contains more than 100 essays,<ref>{{Cite news |publisher=NPR |url=http://www.npr.org/2011/03/23/134628750/dan-savage-for-gay-teens-life-gets-better |date=March 23, 2011 |title=Dan Savage: For Gay Teens, Life 'Gets Better'}}</ref> some transcribed or expanded from the videos and others original. Contributors include [[Jennifer Finney Boylan]], [[Gregory Maguire]], [[Meshell Ndegeocello]], [[Michael Cunningham]], [[Suze Orman]], and [[David Sedaris]]. The book is published by [[Dutton Penguin]]. It made the ''New York Times'' bestseller list.<ref>{{Cite news |work=The New York Times |url=http://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2011-04-10/hardcover-nonfiction/list.html |date=April 10, 2011 |title=Hardcover Nonfiction |first=Jennifer |last=Schuessler}}</ref>
In March 2011, ''[[It Gets Better: Coming Out, Overcoming Bullying, and Creating a Life Worth Living]]'', a book of essays edited by Dan Savage and Terry Miller on the same theme as the web video project, was released. It contains more than 100 essays,<ref>{{Cite news |publisher=NPR |url=http://www.npr.org/2011/03/23/134628750/dan-savage-for-gay-teens-life-gets-better |date=March 23, 2011 |title=Dan Savage: For Gay Teens, Life 'Gets Better'}}</ref> some transcribed or expanded from the videos and others original. Contributors include [[Jennifer Finney Boylan]], [[Gregory Maguire]], [[Meshell Ndegeocello]], [[Michael Cunningham]], [[Suze Orman]], and [[David Sedaris]]. The book is published by [[Dutton Penguin]]. It made the ''New York Times'' bestseller list.<ref>{{Cite news |work=The New York Times |url=http://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2011-04-10/hardcover-nonfiction/list.html |date=April 10, 2011 |title=Hardcover Nonfiction |first=Jennifer |last=Schuessler}}</ref>

==Prior media references==
The phrase "It Gets Better" was used in popular media to console a teenager at least once years before the founding of this project.
* 2006-11-20 In the [[Heroes_(TV_series)|Heroes]] episode [[Homecoming (Heroes)|Homecoming]], the character [[Peter_Petrelli|Peter]] consoles the ''teenage'' character [[Claire_Bennet|Claire]] that "It gets better"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Memorable quotes for "Heroes" Chapter Nine 'Homecoming' (2006) |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0875355/quotes?qt=qt0322770 |accessdate=2011-10-03 }}</ref> in response to her lamenting her unpopularity in highschool.<ref>{{Cite episode |title=Homecoming |episodelink=Homecoming_(Heroes) |series=Heroes |serieslink=Heroes_(TV_series) |network=NBC |airdate=2006-11-20 |season=1 |number=9 |minutes=30:42 |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0875355/quotes?qt=qt0322770 }}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 13:12, 5 March 2012

It Gets Better Project
FoundedSeptember 21, 2010 (2010-09-21)
FoundersDan Savage and Terry Miller
Type501(c)(3)
Location
Websitehttp://www.itgetsbetter.org/

It Gets Better is an Internet-based project founded in the United States by Dan Savage and his husband[1] Terry Miller[2] on September 21, 2010, in response to the suicides of teenagers who were bullied because they were gay or because their peers suspected that they were gay. Its goal is to prevent suicide among LGBT youth by having gay adults convey the message that these teens' lives will improve.[3] The project has grown rapidly: over 200 videos were uploaded in the first week,[4] and the project's YouTube channel reached the 650 video limit in the next week.[5] The project is now organized on its own website, the It Gets Better Project,[5] and includes more than 30,000 entries, with more than 40 million views, from people of all sexual orientations, including many celebrities.[6] A book of essays from the project was released in March 2011.[7]

Project history

Dan Savage (2005)
President of the United States Barack Obama contributed a video to the It Gets Better Project (2010)

Savage wrote, about the founding of the project, "I wish I could have talked to this kid for five minutes. I wish I could have told Billy that it gets better. I wish I could have told him that, however bad things were, however isolated and alone he was, it gets better."[8]

The project operates as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. Contributions benefit the It Gets Better Project, The Trevor Project, and the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network.[9]

The project has an office and board based in Los Angeles with representatives in New York, Seattle and Washington, DC.

Barack Obama, President of the United States, lent his voice to the movement against bullying and contributed a video on October 21, 2010, in which he said:[10]

We've got to dispel this myth that bullying is just a normal rite of passage; that it's just some inevitable part of growing up. It's not. We have an obligation to ensure that our schools are safe for all of our kids. And for every young person out there you need to know that if you're in trouble, there are caring adults who can help.

In March 2011, Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama hosted an anti-bullying conference.[11]

The project was founded in response to the suicide of Billy Lucas and a number of other teenagers who were bullied because they were gay or because their peers suspected that they were gay, such as Raymond Chase, Tyler Clementi, Ryan Halligan, Asher Brown, and Seth Walsh.[12][13]

In September 2011 14-year-old Jamey Rodemeyer in Buffalo, New York committed suicide after complaining about being bullied for being gay. In May 2011 he had created an "It gets better" YouTube video for other gay kids to not get discouraged about bullying.[14]

In October 2011 15-year-old Jamie Hubley committed suicide after being subjected to anti-gay bullying. Previously he had related advice from people that "it gets better", but he was not convinced of this.[15]

Contributors

People and groups named on this list as notable It Gets Better video contributors are linked to associated articles and include footnotes with an external link to their video and any other relevant citations.

Individuals

A through D

Organizations and groups

Stage entertainment

Other

Countries represented by individual contributors
Web media

Presenters outside the United States

The project has no particular territorial target audience, but as it began in the United States most presenters have been based in that country.[citation needed]

Australia

In Australia, the organisation, It Gets Better Australia, was started a year after the original project and is supported by well known members of the community including Ministers Kevin Rudd and Anna Bligh have made their own YouTube videos. Kevin Rudd is quoting as saying "You have the strength of the Australian nation behind you", encouraging teenagers to feel comfortable in their own identity.[259] Other Australian identities to have supported the regional project include Triple J, Telstra, Optus, Missy Higgins, Courtney Act and Kerryn Phelps.

Finland

In Finland, numerous celebrities including Ministers Tuija Brax and Alexander Stubb appeared on a YouTube video Kaikki muuttuu paremmaksi ("Everything Will Get Better") encouraging teenagers to feel comfortable with their sexuality.[260][261]

Canada

One organization, It Gets Better Canada, created a 12-minute video which featured a significant number of Canadian LGBT public figures, including Deb Pearce, Rick Mercer, Rex Harrington, Ann-Marie MacDonald, Enza Anderson, Diane Flacks, Brad Fraser, Mark Tewksbury, George Smitherman, Peter Fallico, Laurie Lynd and the cast of 1 Girl 5 Gays, talking about their own experiences of coming out in a documentary interview format. In addition to the Trevor Project, this video also endorsed two similar Canadian services, Kids Help Phone and Toronto's Lesbian Gay Bi Trans Youth Line.[262] A similar video was subsequently released by a group of Canadian Broadcasting Corporation employees, including national network figures such as Jian Ghomeshi, Sook-Yin Lee, W. Brett Wilson and Brent Bambury as well as numerous other staffers and freelancers, speaking about their experiences of bullying on a variety of issues, including sexuality, race and disability.[263]

Following the 2011 suicide of Ottawa teenager Jamie Hubley, an It Gets Better-themed video dedicated to Hubley, filmed on Parliament Hill and featuring commentary by Parliament staffers, Conservative members of parliament including John Baird, Vic Toews, Lois Brown, Alice Wong, Mike Wallace, Rona Ambrose, Shelly Glover, Deepak Obhrai, Candice Hoeppner and David Sweet and Conservative Senator Don Meredith was posted to YouTube on October 20, 2011.[264] Former law clerk for the Federal Court Josh D. Scheinert noted on The Huffington Post that many of the participant legislators in the video had voted against the legalization of same-sex marriage in 2005 and that a few had ties to anti-gay organizations,[265] but he concurred with Dan Savage's opinion that the video was a first, but not final, step for the Conservative Party towards better relations with LGBT citizens in Canada.[266]

In addition, comedian Rick Mercer — who had previously made an earlier, more lighthearted "It Gets Better" video[267] — devoted a weekly "streeter" on Rick Mercer Report to an updated comment on the subject, making an impassioned plea for LGBT public figures to come out on the grounds that Hubley's death had made it unacceptable to stay silent anymore.[268] Ironically, Mercer — who first came out as gay in 2009 — faced some criticism for not explicitly reminding viewers in the video that he is gay himself; he subsequently appeared on CBC Radio One's The Current to talk about the video and his own experience as a gay man.[269]

United Kingdom

The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom David Cameron,[270] other UK Members of Parliament, members of the UK armed forces, schoolteachers, comedians, actors, media presenters, journalists, writers, students, sportspeople, parents, DJs, and other celebrities and members of the public have recorded videos for a similar project called "It gets better... today", with the strapline "We can make it happen" for the UK lesbian, gay and bisexual rights charity Stonewall, which was inspired by the original American project, and is part of Stonewall's anti-homophobic bullying in schools and anti-discrimination campaign.[271][272][273] They have also collected statements of support from other celebrities, some of them from outside the UK, for example Katy Perry, Beverley Knight, Christina Aguilera, Danny Miller[disambiguation needed] and Marc Silcock, Kieron Richardson, Ian 'H' Watkins, Jon Lee[disambiguation needed], Amy Lamé, Joe McElderry, Sarah Waters, John Amaechi, Skunk Anansie, and Stella Duffy,[274] and has also inspired other organisations to take part, such as The Co-operative Group[275] and Tesco.[276]

European Union

One of the Vice-Presidents of the European Commission and the European Commissioner for Digital Agenda, Neelie Kroes, recorded an "It Gets Better Europe" video.[277]

Malaysia

In Malaysia, the organizers of the festival Seksualiti Merdeka produced a series of videos within the vein of the It Gets Better Project featuring bloggers such as Azwan Ismail, Pang Khee Teik, Gary Ooi, Jerome Kugan, Joe Pang, Kavidha Natarajan, Michelle Nor Ismat, Nabila Nasir, Nisha, Peter Ong, Seetha, Sharaad Kuttan, Sulastri & Tina Fazlita Fadzil, and Alvin Ng. Ismail's video, which was addressed directly to gay Muslims in the country, resulted in anonymous death threats being issued against him. The videos were inspired by an interview of Gabrielle Yong, a 21-year-old Malaysian openly-bisexual student who attempted suicide while studying abroad in Massachusetts; while her attempt was due to the difficulty of adjustment in a different environment, she was inspired to contribute her own testimony in the vein of the project.

South Africa

Andrew Barry recorded various videos,[278] at the University of Cape Town, including one featuring the captain of the university's Ikey Tigers rugby team, Nick Fenton-Wells.

Sweden

In Sweden, TV3 (via Meter Television) and the Swedish Save the Children launched the campaign "Det blir bättre". The campaign did not target LGBT youth but rather all youth, not wanting to exclude heterosexual children, and was criticized for watering down the concept.[279] The campaign was later relaunched under the same name but as a grass-roots movement and with a focus on LGBT youth.[280]

Book

In March 2011, It Gets Better: Coming Out, Overcoming Bullying, and Creating a Life Worth Living, a book of essays edited by Dan Savage and Terry Miller on the same theme as the web video project, was released. It contains more than 100 essays,[281] some transcribed or expanded from the videos and others original. Contributors include Jennifer Finney Boylan, Gregory Maguire, Meshell Ndegeocello, Michael Cunningham, Suze Orman, and David Sedaris. The book is published by Dutton Penguin. It made the New York Times bestseller list.[282]

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