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Ben Affleck’s first film ‘I Killed My Lesbian Wife’ is as silly and bad as the title suggests – VIDEO

Ben Affleck has a message for young filmmakers: It Gets Better. Sure, he didn’t record a PSA, but his first

It Gets Better, Funnier

Breitbart.com is now arguing that even though 'Friends of Hamas' doesn't exist and was a hoax, its own article on 'Friends of Hamas' support for Chuck Hagel has been vindicated....

Kelly Clarkson Refuses To Be 'Bullied' By Clive Davis' Dusty Recollections

3 months agoPop Culture / Celebrity : Gawker

Music mogul Clive Davis came out in his memoir, The Soundtrack of My Life, but it is one of his protégés who's expressing "It Gets Better" sentiment — to herself. First season American Idol winner and occasional shit-talker Kelly Clarkson has hit back at some claims in Davis' book on her blog. Her missive, of course, begins "Hey y'all." Clarkson continues: More »

Oscar Pistorius Dropped From S.A.'s It Gets Better Campaign

The Olympian was dropped from South Africa's It Gets Better campaign after being charged with killing his girlfriend. read more

Oscar Pistorius Dumped from 'It Gets Better' Project

3 months agoLGBT / Gay : Towleroad

South Africa is set to launch a branch of the 'It Gets Better' project tomorrow, and Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius had recorded a video for the campaign. That will no longer be part of it, given the murder charges he...

SOUTH AFRICA: Oscar Pistorius Removed From It Gets Better Project

3 months agoLGBT / Gay : Joe. My. God.

The It Gets Better Project is set to launch in South Africa this week and organizers say they will not be using a video message recorded for them by Olympian track star Oscar Pistorius, who stands accused of murdering his girlfriend....Show More Summary

Oscar Pistorius Dropped From South Africa’s “It Gets Better” Campaign

3 months agoLGBT / Gay : Queerty

After allegedly shooting and killing his girlfriend last week, paralympic runner Oscar Pistorius has been dropped from South Africa’s “It Gets Better” campaign. Th campaign, headed by postgraduate student Andrew Barry and modeled after the American version created by Dan Savage, is to be launched on February 20 at the Cape Town Holocaust Centre. In [...]

Gay EMT and Eagle Scout Killed in Tragic Ambulance Accident in Indianapolis, Made 'It Gets Better' Video: VIDEO

3 months agoLGBT / Gay : Towleroad

IEMS Private Timothy McCormick, a 24-year-old gay EMT from Greenwood, Indiana, was killed in a tragic accident early Saturday morning in Indianapolis when the ambulance he was in was struck by a 21-year-old woman WTHI-TV reports had alcohol on her...

Dear Leader Discusses "Savage Love," "It Gets Better," and What He Likes About the Neptune Theatre

3 months agoUnited States / Seattle : Slog

If you don't have tickets to the Valentine's Day party at the Neptune on Thursday—which is also a live taping of a Savage Lovecast—uh, you're going to have to stand outside and beg someone, cuz it's sold out. [ Comment on this story ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]

Brian Brown pushes #ItGetsBetter–co-opting message

3 months agoLGBT / Gay : Good As You

It Gets Better, as you surely know, is all about giving LGBT and allied kids an inspiring message that cuts through the discrimination, inequitable treatment, bullying, harsh rhetoric, and everything else that still makes life more difficult for certain kinds...

WATCH: Song From The It Gets Better Tour Dedicated To The Late Jamey Rodemeyer

3 months agoLGBT / Gay : Queerty

The It Gets Better Tour, a collaboration between the It Gets Better Project and the Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles, has been making its way around the country with its inspiring message to LGBT youth. Among the show’s cast members is Iranian born singer-songwriter Sacha Sacket, himself a victim of high school bullying. Sacket [...]

It Happened To Me Contest Entry: My Best Friend Committed Suicide

3 months agoLifestyle : xoJane

As the “It Gets Better” campaign becomes a movement, my feelings are bittersweet. Would Rone have taken solace in messages of hope from others? read more

A Stunning Song for Bullied Gay Teen Jamey Rodemeyer: VIDEO

3 months agoLGBT / Gay : Towleroad

The Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles 'It Gets Better' tour is on its way around the country and had a big premiere in Los Angeles last week which Lily Tomlin, Leann Rimes, Greg Louganis, and Dan Savage attended. One...

Smash Recap: It Gets Better

Two hours. So many things are shorter than two hours. Most mainstream movie comedies. Many stage plays. The cumulative amount of time some of us (I don’t care to name names) have spent exercising and/or having sex in the past six months. (Okay, eight.) But two hours is the time ... More »

Chris Kluwe Talks with Thomas Roberts About Chris Culliver, the 49ers, and Gay Rights Advocacy: VIDEO

3 months agoLGBT / Gay : Towleroad

MSNBC's Thomas Roberts spoke with Vikings punter Chris Kluwe today about recent events in pro football - namely, the Chris Culliver incident and the 49ers 'It Gets Better' video debacle. Also, whether activism and pro sports belong together, and what...

Using single quantum dots to probe nanowires

Modern telecommunications happens because of fast electrons and fast photons. Can it get better? Can Moore's law---the doubling of computing power ever 18 months or so---be sustained? Can the compactness (nm-scale components) of electronics...Show More Summary

Does it 'get better' for bullied gay or bisexual youth?

3 months agoHealth : The Chart

The answer to that question depends on how you look at it, according to a study published in the journal Pediatrics. Lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) adolescents are victims of bullying twice as often as their heterosexual peers. But research finds that the overall incidence decreases after high school, particularly among girls. However, the scars of [...]

Activist behind 49ers' "It Gets Better" video slams team

Sean Chapin convinced the San Francisco 49ers become the first NFL team to produce an "It Gets Better" video. Now he's demanding to know why two players denied taking part.

"They said they tied balloons NEAR the truck."

3 months agoOdd : The Hairpin

Right when this starts to get good, it gets better, and then it gets weird, and then it lifts off into space, it is too strange and perfect to exist. Goodbye, video about feuding neighbors. More info here. [via] --- See more posts by Edith Zimmerman 0 comments

Activist: The SF 49ers Need to Answer Questions About What Went Down with Their 'It Gets Better' Video

3 months agoLGBT / Gay : Towleroad

Sean Chapin, the activist behind the Change.org petition that convinced the San Francisco 49ers to be the first NFL team to make an 'It Gets Better' video, says the team needs to address the remarks made by linebacker Ahmad Brooks.....

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