Dan Savage Aims to Save LGBT Kids
source: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/09/21/Dan_Savage_Aims_to_Save_LGBT_Kids/
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Writer Dan Savage is reaching out to LGBT teenagers to let them know life may be difficult now, but "it gets better."
The "It Gets Better" Project is inspired by the suicide of 15-year-old Indiana teenager Billy Lucas, who hung himself last week in his family's barn after enduring bullying from his classmates. After writing a post on The Slog about Lucas's death last week, one commenter wrote they wish they could have spoken to him to tell him that things get better.
Savage, in his Sept. 21 Savage Love podcast, said he felt the same way, and decided to remedy the problem. The project is a YouTube channel, where LGBT adults can upload videos targeted at gay teens to let then know their future can still be bright.
The first video, posted Tuesday morning, features Savage and his husband talking about growing up as gay teenagers.
The "It Gets Better" Project is inspired by the suicide of 15-year-old Indiana teenager Billy Lucas, who hung himself last week in his family's barn after enduring bullying from his classmates. After writing a post on The Slog about Lucas's death last week, one commenter wrote they wish they could have spoken to him to tell him that things get better.
Savage, in his Sept. 21 Savage Love podcast, said he felt the same way, and decided to remedy the problem. The project is a YouTube channel, where LGBT adults can upload videos targeted at gay teens to let then know their future can still be bright.
The first video, posted Tuesday morning, features Savage and his husband talking about growing up as gay teenagers.
