http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-gorshein/it-gets-better-mtv_b_1294812.html
I have long admired Dan Savage’s advice, especially to struggling queers. Like Kate Bornstein’s advice to Teens, Freaks and Other Outlaws, Savage’s advice inspires me to keep in mind the invisible struggles of non-conformers. I have also found daily inspiration in the viral responses to Savage’s (and Terry Miller’s) “It Gets Better” campaign. It is revolutionary and empowering to watch videos on demand in which, as Chris Rovzar wrote in 2010 in New York Magazine, “grown-ups … tell gay kids that things will be easier in the future, when they are out of school, or when they are simply older and more comfortable with who they are.”
While the “It Gets Better” campaign initially intended to represent happy and adjusted older queers to struggling younger queers, the campaign evolved to encourage anyone to tell a struggling person that the future will be easier and more fun than the present. Since its inception, more than 40,000 videos have been uploaded onto the “It Gets Better” archive. Many videos feature the confessional testimonies of celebrities such as Ellen DeGeneres, politicians such as President Obama, and institutions such as Google and UCLA.