Tag Archives: it gets better

Talk To Me

Posted on Friday, September 9, 2011 at 6:00 pm by

Billy Lucas: September 9, 2010 Cody Barker: September 13, 2010 Seth Walsh: September 19, 2010 Tyler Clementi: September 22, 2010 Asher Brown: September 23, 2010 Raymond Chase: September 29, 2010 [Audio: English; Captions: English] And, of course, It Gets Better. … Continue reading →

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google’s “It Gets Better” ad on Glee tonight…

Posted on Tuesday, May 3, 2011 at 9:20 pm by

Wow! [Audio: English; Captions: English] [Updated] Looks like the captions got uploaded — thanks to Naomi for the heads up! As usual, click through to get them (I really wish they’d come up on embeds 😛 ). Kudos to everyone … Continue reading →

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IGBP: My life is no place for hate

Posted on Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at 6:00 pm by

[Audio: music; Subtitled: English] I liked this one, because of the paper subtitles she used and that the ADL worked with her. Also, Dan Savage & Terry Miller have a promotion out for the book they’ve put together from the … Continue reading →

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Kids bully because their mothers… Uh… wait…

Posted on Sunday, February 6, 2011 at 9:00 am by

I spotted this interesting article the other day: Kids who think Dad works too much more likely to bully. Research by Vanderbilt University sociologist Andre Christie-Mizell showed some interesting correlations: Our behavior is driven by our perception of our world, … Continue reading →

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this n that

Posted on Wednesday, December 22, 2010 at 3:00 pm by

Several things catching my eye that seem worth passing along: Couldn’t happen to a nicer group of people: How Did Republicans End Up Against 9/11 Responders Bill? OTOH, that duck is mighty spry: Update: Congress Passes 9/11 Responders Bill. I … Continue reading →

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deaf and queer

Posted on Friday, December 10, 2010 at 6:00 am by

Stumbled across a bit of a treasure trove. These were done about four years ago, some of them. About half are ASL (no captions), and half in written form. As they say, remember that English is a second language for … Continue reading →

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“it gets better” shifting to “making it better”

Posted on Tuesday, December 7, 2010 at 9:00 am by

Some of the attorneys working pro bono on the It Gets Better Project summarize the effects of the campaign so far in “It Gets Better”: The Trevor Project, which operates a 24-hour crisis hot line, had been getting about 400 … Continue reading →

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but we already know what needs to be done

Posted on Monday, December 6, 2010 at 7:00 pm by

I came across this link a day or so ago, and wanted to talk about it in some more detail: A sense of belonging. The article starts out by describing how the It Gets Better Project got started and the … Continue reading →

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exclusions of minorities

Posted on Monday, December 6, 2010 at 10:00 am by

Eve Ensler of the Vagina Monologues: Nothing Short of a Sexual Revolution Frankly, nothing short of a worldwide sexual revolution will stop the spread of AIDS. We need to dissemble the shame, reclaim pleasure, celebrate desire, human connection, skin and … Continue reading →

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