wonderful video. I am so proud of my brother, Arren, who is featured in this and is also instrumental in making this happen. Deepest respect to all of you who are spreading a message of love and hope to those teens who need it. x
So great! Thanks on behalf of our kids. Wonderful to see such diversity in the presenters here--CEOs, writers, producers, athletes, entrepreneurs, politicians, performers, and so on.
Great production! This project is so important that the scope of the stories we've been following from its beginning have got to be reaching the wide ranging target groups that it was intended for. Thank you fellow Canadians and every one else.
I'm happy and proud to say this was the video that finally allowed me to accept who I was and come out to my family almost a year and half ago. Thanks. :)
Mabuhay! Greetings from the Philippines. It, indeed, gets better after hearing several stories of courage. It made me realize that i'm not the only one who feels this weird emotions. Thanks a lot.
This is a fantastic addition to the project, and really awesome to see such a united Canadian stance. Thanks to everyone in the video for standing up and speaking out. As a bisexual woman, I too know that it gets better. Hang in there, teens.
I'm so glad that we're finally in a time that these issues can be discussed so openly, and more importantly with honesty. To all the LGBT youth, everyone's path is different, and we all find our way eventually. There will be a day when who we love doesn't affect how we're treated, it's getting closer everyday. We will all have seemingly overwhelming circumstances in our lives, some of us more than others, but that doesn't mean that you should EVER give up you sense of self worth. Stay strong.
I am so happy and proud to be a member of this community. Thank you to all my friends, colleagues and mentors who took part in this video. It does get better!!!
This needs to run daily on television! Thank you so much for also including 'Kids Help Phone' at the end too. It's sad that this campaign even has to exist, and that school administrators don't empower teachers to be more involved in making schools safer. Adults really do have power to make a difference in schools, but far to often they just look the other way....
Great video! I guess everyone struggles to be him/herself and once you stand in for yourself you liberate yourself. I hope this video does make a difference for someone who feels alone and needs the hope to go on! Thanks for making it to everybody involved! It is very inspiring!
The Producers of this should really think about extending the length and making this into a 30 min doc for CBC. It's a message that deserves to be in the mainstream where everyone can hear it.
very proud of each canadian who displayed themselves in this video. i'm very proud of each and everyone one of you. thanks for helping those who don't see the future. i myself can say, IT GETS BETTER!
Thank you to everyone who participated in this video. Love you all, you make me so proud of Canada. As a mom, your actions give me hope that my daughter can grow up in a world where small minded, biggoted, hateful thinking and bullying of any kind will no longer be tolerated. I may be straight, but I know better than to judge people on anything other than whether they are good people. Thank you for giving hope to those who need it!
Great video! Found it through a friend who shared it on Facebook. I hope I'm not being insulting when I say it's so cool that Rick Mercer is gay. I had no idea :) I'm a big fan of his.
What an awesome video. I'm not gay, but I have lots of friends who are and they are all incredible, precious, and inspiring people. The strength it takes, the honesty... it's something to admire, not ridicule. Love!
What a great video. Wonderful to hear so many strong and unique Canadian voices. I was lucky enough to work with a few of these people when I was younger. They inspired me creatively but also as a gay man. We must remember the power and influence of each and every one of our voices, individually and en masse.
I am the proud sibling, cousin and friend of openly gay people. Thank you for this video! This makes me want to stand on the side of the street with a sign "It Get's Better". Being a teenager is hard enough, nobody deserves this torment for being who they were made to be! Love the one you love and never let anyone steal your joy!
This video reminded me of my high school years and coming to terms with my sexuality. It reminded me of how much of a weight was lifted off my chest, when I told my parents at age 17 I was gay. It did take them the better part of 10 years to come full circle and accept me. Acceptance starts with yourself. Once you achieve this, then the rest gets much easier. It does get better.
thank you very much for load this inspiring video, there are only few videos were adult gay people talk about their experiences, and i'm so glad to watch yours cause I'm not so young and sometimes i feel so lonely even that I'm still married, and father of six great children, i"m totally discnected to friends and gay acquaintences. Again Thnks!
Thank you! All canadian powerhouses, whom we should all be extremely proud of just for being so great! Just goes to show, life got a hell of a lot better for them!
This video is amazing, so many people who came forward to add their voice to this project. Makes me proud to be an out gay Canadian, always have been, always will be. And yes, highschool was hell, but it does get better, and the best part is all the kids who were cool and popular in highschool, the ones I bump into are not doing so well adapting to real life anyway.
It absolutely does get better - I was tormented, teased and bullied in school. As an adult I more choices available to me and I can choose where I work and who I keep around me. You aren't alone and there is resources and support. I certainly hope anyone struggling with the prejudice of any sexual or gender identity seeks help... and KEEPS seeking help until they find something that works.
I'm bisexual and 17 I came out when I was 13! It's been 4 years and it's gotten so much better and it will get better and better the older I get((: This It Gets Better Project is amazing ever gay and lesbian or even bi person needs to watch this!!!
I LOVE LOVE this!!! I feel so heartbroken when I hear that some parents are so cruel. The home is where the love should be unconditional!!! Canada is such a phenomenal place and such progressive hearts and minds!
I cried for this movie. My whole story came out. I am 51 and have lost one of my oldest friends four years ago, he was then 46. He hung himself because he thought he may be gay. At 46 he did not even accepted the idea. In my country being gay can still be a huge problem especially for those families having a catholic background. And our government is hugely homophobic. I wish we could have this movie in Italy! Thanks to every single witness here. From old, dying Italy
I'm gay and I came out to my best friend last week, who took it really well, and that WEIGHT resting on your shoulders, it really does lift off. Like, you can actually feel it. I know I've only come out to one person, and I know I'm only 15, but just this small taste of what it feels like to really be MYSELF, I can already tell that it'll get a hell of a lot better. And when it does, I'll be smiling the whole time, saying "I knew it would."
I like the idea of showing them together with their significant other, seeing that can give people solid proof that finding someone is possible and things will turn out okay. :)
Thank you, LGBT Canadians. Thank you, Rick. I appreciate that all of you voiced for us, even when it is easier not to draw attention, as most people would assume you are straight. I think i've known most of you, not through your gender orientation, but through the work that you do. I think that is so great. Mom and Dad (my in-laws) speaks to us, as if, because we are gay everything we do is ugly, self-fish and not worthy of respect. You gave me strength today!
This is an amazing video and I hope it reaches the people who need it most. I grew up in a small town with a gay mother and had to deal with very intolerant people who picked on me because of it. I may have not been gay but in their eyes I may as well have been. They beat me up, called me names, but life moves on and life gets better. I can't even remember most of their names. Now I'm in school for Medical Office admin and I've even crossed off a few items on my bucket list.
I'm 16 and just came out to my mom last Wednesday and it felt amazing the next day I told my step dad and sister and they were totally cool with it and made me feel so much better. It truly is like a weight is lifted off my shoulders. At least I have someone to talk to now. I think I'll wait to come out publicly till after high school cause I live in a small town where I know no other gays and everyone is a homophobe, can't wait to leave this town and explore the world and more importantly my s
I love this video! The message that everyone is trying to send is beautiful. What I find hilarious though, is that people are surprised Rick Mercer is gay.
What a wonderful video.....It does get better. I was about 16 when I tried to overdose on prescription drugs. It took me until the age of 50 to come out. I am in a lovely relationship.
@sidereally I love that statement too. That's playright Brad Frazer speaking. He wrote "Love and Human Remains" This was made into a movie directed by Deny Arcand.
Aw, I love Anne-Marie Macdonald! Such a great writer, very inspirational! These videos are so powerful! They always make me cry. Like, all you have to do is care about humans in general. This project sends such a great message!
From a straight grandmother, this was a brilliant video. I believe your suffering has made you all stronger and better human beings than the rest of us.
One of the most beautiful things about the LGBT community is the pluralism of it. So many races, religions, and backgrounds, all united in one theme. Freedom and Humanity!
i think the best thing about being gay is that it forces you to THINK before everyone else. think about life, think about yourself, think about religion, society, human interaction. everyone else just think what people tell them to think
Actually, I'm a member of the LGBT Community (trans) with much experience in life. Though I've seen many Trevor Project/It's Gets Better videos, this is the very best! Kudos to the Canadians! This video is awesome sauce! People of The LGBT Community really are born this way ... just like some folks have blue eyes, like spicy food, are tall, are small, are black or whatever. This is nothing more and nothing less that a natural manifestation of the vast variety of the human genome. People DO NOT CHOOSE to be this way or live a lifestyle. They like who they like. It's that simple. Some may say, "This is against nature!" Well, who is to say? Again, people DO NOT CHOOSE to be this way. For goodness' sake, simply let them, let everybody, live and let live. Oh! There is a FANTASTIC independently-done Canadian series right here on TH-cam entitled "Out With Dad" that is the very best series of videos I've ever seen regarding being gay. The are a must-see for anybody who is of The LGBT Community and of the more-intelligent and more-evolved straight community. Check 'em out! Peace & Joy
FanOfJanis being short or bald or eating spicy foods is nothing like choosing to be a sick pervert and sodomizing another man . Some people are born crack addicts or rapists or child molesters I guess . " " born that way " is an excuse to live out your vile thoughts and justify your actions . Ask George Michael or Freddy Mercury how great choosing to be gay is
This video is so true, and we in the GLBTTQ life are IT! In Kitchener Ontario Canada I did start a ground for the GLBTTQ, with in this group you can talk about what were, even the GLBTTQ have a higher risk with the area with Mental Health. For everyone who reads this in the KW Area of Ontario Canada you can meet at 67 King Street East in Kitchener every Monday at 7 PM sharp!
Incredibly powerful. Being a teenager is difficult for everyone. Being gay makes it that much harder. LBGT youth need an extra boost to their self esteem and the reassurance that they will some day come into their own.
Why isn't an important video like this one provided with captions for those Canadians who have a hearing loss or communicate in English as a second language?
I found that really funny. "When you ride Air Canada, you get put in the front because. . . well, the guy behind the counter is gay too!" XD I love that!
Great Video, Much thanks to our LGBT family from across the border for sharing their stories. Sadly LGBT bullies bullying and bullycide has no borders. As one who tried to commmit suicide when I realized I was gay, I can say, "It Get Better". If I hadn't survived my suicide attempt, I wouldn't have met the love of my life and looking forward to celebrating our 31st anniversary. Trust me, life is wonderful, it can be filled with happiness, joy and love, I'm proof "IT GETS BETTER"..
My way of dealing with bullying was effective, but not something I'd ever recommend to others. For me it was ruthless violence, intimidation and revenge. A lot of it had to do with the environment I lived in, and what I thought it took to survive. Sand in the crankcase, antifreeze in the fuel, setting cars on fire, slashing tires--I was never caught--but it instilled an element of fear that kept potential enemies at bay---people started to think I was dangerous and hot-headed. Not into that now.
fantastic video! i really hope this video provides a little bit of a self-esteem boost to the kids that need it. no one should be put down because of their sexuality.
How I wish that my sister could see this video and come out to her family - she still hasn't found the courage to do so and we try to respect her decision. I've tried to tell her that if she wanted to do so that we all would understand and support her, but she's been hiding inside herself for so long that she got defensive and now won't speak to me. It makes me sad to think that so many people still feel the need to live a dual life because of some preconceived ideal about what "normal" is.
wonderful video. I am so proud of my brother, Arren, who is featured in this and is also instrumental in making this happen. Deepest respect to all of you who are spreading a message of love and hope to those teens who need it. x
Thanks to everyone who put this together.... it made me so proud.
So great! Thanks on behalf of our kids. Wonderful to see such diversity in the presenters here--CEOs, writers, producers, athletes, entrepreneurs, politicians, performers, and so on.
Bravo everyone involved with this production! These fine 12 minutes plus makes me proud to be Canadian!
Great production! This project is so important that the scope of the stories we've been following from its beginning have got to be reaching the wide ranging target groups that it was intended for. Thank you fellow Canadians and every one else.
I'm happy and proud to say this was the video that finally allowed me to accept who I was and come out to my family almost a year and half ago. Thanks. :)
Mabuhay! Greetings from the Philippines. It, indeed, gets better after hearing several stories of courage. It made me realize that i'm not the only one who feels this weird emotions. Thanks a lot.
What an inspiring and emotionally moving video. This had me teary-eyed. Great job Canada!
This is a fantastic addition to the project, and really awesome to see such a united Canadian stance. Thanks to everyone in the video for standing up and speaking out. As a bisexual woman, I too know that it gets better. Hang in there, teens.
I'm so glad that we're finally in a time that these issues can be discussed so openly, and more importantly with honesty. To all the LGBT youth, everyone's path is different, and we all find our way eventually. There will be a day when who we love doesn't affect how we're treated, it's getting closer everyday. We will all have seemingly overwhelming circumstances in our lives, some of us more than others, but that doesn't mean that you should EVER give up you sense of self worth. Stay strong.
that was beautiful Canada, thank you for your stories
very inspirational. Got tears when i first watched this in my Sociology Class.
love this video! I got chills watching it! I love how so many videos like this are becoming viral, we need to get the message across!
I am so happy and proud to be a member of this community. Thank you to all my friends, colleagues and mentors who took part in this video. It does get better!!!
This needs to run daily on television! Thank you so much for also including 'Kids Help Phone' at the end too. It's sad that this campaign even has to exist, and that school administrators don't empower teachers to be more involved in making schools safer. Adults really do have power to make a difference in schools, but far to often they just look the other way....
Very well done video. It made me think about a lot of things, and made me wonder which options I have of who to talk to.
Great video! I guess everyone struggles to be him/herself and once you stand in for yourself you liberate yourself. I hope this video does make a difference for someone who feels alone and needs the hope to go on! Thanks for making it to everybody involved! It is very inspiring!
Wonderful piece...thanks so much.
Greg
The Producers of this should really think about extending the length and making this into a 30 min doc for CBC. It's a message that deserves to be in the mainstream where everyone can hear it.
very proud of each canadian who displayed themselves in this video. i'm very proud of each and everyone one of you. thanks for helping those who don't see the future. i myself can say, IT GETS BETTER!
Thank you to everyone who participated in this video. Love you all, you make me so proud of Canada. As a mom, your actions give me hope that my daughter can grow up in a world where small minded, biggoted, hateful thinking and bullying of any kind will no longer be tolerated. I may be straight, but I know better than to judge people on anything other than whether they are good people. Thank you for giving hope to those who need it!
Great video! Found it through a friend who shared it on Facebook. I hope I'm not being insulting when I say it's so cool that Rick Mercer is gay. I had no idea :) I'm a big fan of his.
Wow, this is great. :D
I'm presenting a project in May about this sort of topic.
This would be perfect to use.
Great video btw. ♥
What an awesome video. I'm not gay, but I have lots of friends who are and they are all incredible, precious, and inspiring people. The strength it takes, the honesty... it's something to admire, not ridicule.
Love!
What a great video. Wonderful to hear so many strong and unique Canadian voices. I was lucky enough to work with a few of these people when I was younger. They inspired me creatively but also as a gay man. We must remember the power and influence of each and every one of our voices, individually and en masse.
This is soo touching!
I hope this does help everyone who's struggling out there.
Thank you our Canadian friends! Awesome video it truly does get better!
what a great doc. thanks for doing this.
I am the proud sibling, cousin and friend of openly gay people. Thank you for this video! This makes me want to stand on the side of the street with a sign "It Get's Better". Being a teenager is hard enough, nobody deserves this torment for being who they were made to be! Love the one you love and never let anyone steal your joy!
I'm glad this video exists to help lighten the journey for many.
Im in love with Canada. This country is too amazing to be true.
This video reminded me of my high school years and coming to terms with my sexuality. It reminded me of how much of a weight was lifted off my chest, when I told my parents at age 17 I was gay. It did take them the better part of 10 years to come full circle and accept me. Acceptance starts with yourself. Once you achieve this, then the rest gets much easier. It does get better.
So amazing and so powerful - I have tears in my eyes from watching this. Brave and beautiful inspirational Heroes - thank you so much for posting.
thank you very much for load this inspiring video, there are only few videos were adult gay people talk about their experiences, and i'm so glad to watch yours cause I'm not so young and sometimes i feel so lonely even that I'm still married, and father of six great children, i"m totally discnected to friends and gay acquaintences. Again Thnks!
Thank you! All canadian powerhouses, whom we should all be extremely proud of just for being so great! Just goes to show, life got a hell of a lot better for them!
Amazing video that I think really represents Canada in a fantastic way.
I'm definitely proud to be a part of this amazing and beautiful nation.
This video is amazing, so many people who came forward to add their voice to this project. Makes me proud to be an out gay Canadian, always have been, always will be. And yes, highschool was hell, but it does get better, and the best part is all the kids who were cool and popular in highschool, the ones I bump into are not doing so well adapting to real life anyway.
It absolutely does get better - I was tormented, teased and bullied in school. As an adult I more choices available to me and I can choose where I work and who I keep around me. You aren't alone and there is resources and support. I certainly hope anyone struggling with the prejudice of any sexual or gender identity seeks help... and KEEPS seeking help until they find something that works.
Lovely video!! Thanks for making it!!! :D
I'm bisexual and 17 I came out when I was 13! It's been 4 years and it's gotten so much better and it will get better and better the older I get((: This It Gets Better Project is amazing ever gay and lesbian or even bi person needs to watch this!!!
i love this video so much, im 16 and it was extremely inspiring to see this, thank you.
It says something very profound that this video had to be made. Well done!
I LOVE LOVE this!!! I feel so heartbroken when I hear that some parents are so cruel. The home is where the love should be unconditional!!! Canada is such a phenomenal place and such progressive hearts and minds!
Such a positive message! Is there a French version of this short movie? I'd like to share it,
I cried for this movie. My whole story came out. I am 51 and have lost one of my oldest friends four years ago, he was then 46. He hung himself because he thought he may be gay. At 46 he did not even accepted the idea. In my country being gay can still be a huge problem especially for those families having a catholic background. And our government is hugely homophobic. I wish we could have this movie in Italy! Thanks to every single witness here. From old, dying Italy
I'm gay and I came out to my best friend last week, who took it really well, and that WEIGHT resting on your shoulders, it really does lift off. Like, you can actually feel it. I know I've only come out to one person, and I know I'm only 15, but just this small taste of what it feels like to really be MYSELF, I can already tell that it'll get a hell of a lot better. And when it does, I'll be smiling the whole time, saying "I knew it would."
I like the idea of showing them together with their significant other, seeing that can give people solid proof that finding someone is possible and things will turn out okay. :)
Thank you, LGBT Canadians. Thank you, Rick. I appreciate that all of you voiced for us, even when it is easier not to draw attention, as most people would assume you are straight.
I think i've known most of you, not through your gender orientation, but through the work that you do. I think that is so great.
Mom and Dad (my in-laws) speaks to us, as if, because we are gay everything we do is ugly, self-fish and not worthy of respect.
You gave me strength today!
This video is a fantastic idea! I wish they had this years ago.
This was really powerful. Well done!
this video saved my life.
I lived in Canada for a whole year! It is one of the best countries in the whole wide world! Keep up the positives my dear Canadians!!!! :)
This is my favourite "It Gets Better" video. I love my country. :3
this movement just keeps getting better and better.
Is that an electric cello playing at the beginning of the video?
Great message for those who need it. Well done people...
This is an amazing video and I hope it reaches the people who need it most. I grew up in a small town with a gay mother and had to deal with very intolerant people who picked on me because of it. I may have not been gay but in their eyes I may as well have been. They beat me up, called me names, but life moves on and life gets better. I can't even remember most of their names.
Now I'm in school for Medical Office admin and I've even crossed off a few items on my bucket list.
I'm 16 and just came out to my mom last Wednesday and it felt amazing the next day I told my step dad and sister and they were totally cool with it and made me feel so much better. It truly is like a weight is lifted off my shoulders. At least I have someone to talk to now. I think I'll wait to come out publicly till after high school cause I live in a small town where I know no other gays and everyone is a homophobe, can't wait to leave this town and explore the world and more importantly my s
I posted this on my timeline. Stay strong beautiful people :)
Very enlightening video, thanks for producing this. I had no idea Rick Mercer is gay! That's cool!
I LOVE Deb Pearce! Thanks for sharing that Deb.
This video made me feel all warm and fuzzy on the inside.
I love this video! The message that everyone is trying to send is beautiful.
What I find hilarious though, is that people are surprised Rick Mercer is gay.
What a wonderful video.....It does get better. I was about 16 when I tried to overdose on prescription drugs. It took me until the age of 50 to come out. I am in a lovely relationship.
This video is amazing. It has a great message from caring people
Very powerful and emotional message. The video is really well done :)
@sidereally I love that statement too. That's playright Brad Frazer speaking. He wrote "Love and Human Remains" This was made into a movie directed by Deny Arcand.
Aw, I love Anne-Marie Macdonald! Such a great writer, very inspirational! These videos are so powerful! They always make me cry. Like, all you have to do is care about humans in general. This project sends such a great message!
I LOVE RICK MERCER!!!! Absolutely adore the man!
From a straight grandmother, this was a brilliant video. I believe your suffering has made you all stronger and better human beings than the rest of us.
Canadians have done this so well. Congratulations.
One of the most beautiful things about the LGBT community is the pluralism of it. So many races, religions, and backgrounds, all united in one theme. Freedom and Humanity!
wonderful video, can't thank you enough. It does get better!!!
thank you so much. Awesome message and makes me proud to be a canadian. :)
i think the best thing about being gay is that it forces you to THINK before everyone else. think about life, think about yourself, think about religion, society, human interaction. everyone else just think what people tell them to think
Actually, I'm a member of the LGBT Community (trans) with much experience in life. Though I've seen many Trevor Project/It's Gets Better videos, this is the very best! Kudos to the Canadians! This video is awesome sauce!
People of The LGBT Community really are born this way ... just like some folks have blue eyes, like spicy food, are tall, are small, are black or whatever. This is nothing more and nothing less that a natural manifestation of the vast variety of the human genome.
People DO NOT CHOOSE to be this way or live a lifestyle. They like who they like. It's that simple. Some may say, "This is against nature!" Well, who is to say? Again, people DO NOT CHOOSE to be this way. For goodness' sake, simply let them, let everybody, live and let live.
Oh! There is a FANTASTIC independently-done Canadian series right here on TH-cam entitled "Out With Dad" that is the very best series of videos I've ever seen regarding being gay. The are a must-see for anybody who is of The LGBT Community and of the more-intelligent and more-evolved straight community. Check 'em out!
Peace & Joy
FanOfJanis being short or bald or eating spicy foods is nothing like choosing to be a sick pervert and sodomizing another man . Some people are born crack addicts or rapists or child molesters I guess . " " born that way " is an excuse to live out your vile thoughts and justify your actions . Ask George Michael or Freddy Mercury how great choosing to be gay is
This video is so true, and we in the GLBTTQ life are IT! In Kitchener Ontario Canada I did start a ground for the GLBTTQ, with in this group you can talk about what were, even the GLBTTQ have a higher risk with the area with Mental Health. For everyone who reads this in the KW Area of Ontario Canada you can meet at 67 King Street East in Kitchener every Monday at 7 PM sharp!
Incredibly powerful. Being a teenager is difficult for everyone. Being gay makes it that much harder. LBGT youth need an extra boost to their self esteem and the reassurance that they will some day come into their own.
We are sooo lucky to be Canadian - It DOES get better - trust me!
Rick Mercer - you are AWESOME!!!!!
Why isn't an important video like this one provided with captions for those Canadians who have a hearing loss or communicate in English as a second language?
My uncles are in this video :) I love them and will aways stand up for who they are!!!
I cried :') :'( .. it was so emotional !!
So am I. Problem?
Great video. Thank you,
Awesome...absolutely awesome video!!!!
One of my teachers is gay, he changed my life in the best way possible.
I found that really funny. "When you ride Air Canada, you get put in the front because. . . well, the guy behind the counter is gay too!"
XD I love that!
WHY WASNT MTV CANADA'S DAN LEVY PART OF THIS VIDEO?!
Great Video, Much thanks to our LGBT family from across the border for sharing their stories. Sadly LGBT bullies bullying and bullycide has no borders. As one who tried to commmit suicide when I realized I was gay, I can say, "It Get Better". If I hadn't survived my suicide attempt, I wouldn't have met the love of my life and looking forward to celebrating our 31st anniversary. Trust me, life is wonderful, it can be filled with happiness, joy and love, I'm proof "IT GETS BETTER"..
Lmfao when the writing said rug muncher xD I never heard that one
LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS VIDEO!!!
my kid told me in 2014 i said it does not matter your my kid for life ....i still have a great rrelationship with my kid
This is fantastic!! I was watching it and I'm like that guy looks like Rick Mercer.... and it was!! I didn't know he was gay! lol
This is great - and it should be called It Gets Better Ontario or Toronto.
great stories
My way of dealing with bullying was effective, but not something I'd ever recommend to others. For me it was ruthless violence, intimidation and revenge. A lot of it had to do with the environment I lived in, and what I thought it took to survive. Sand in the crankcase, antifreeze in the fuel, setting cars on fire, slashing tires--I was never caught--but it instilled an element of fear that kept potential enemies at bay---people started to think I was dangerous and hot-headed. Not into that now.
beautiful message
fantastic video! i really hope this video provides a little bit of a self-esteem boost to the kids that need it. no one should be put down because of their sexuality.
How I wish that my sister could see this video and come out to her family - she still hasn't found the courage to do so and we try to respect her decision. I've tried to tell her that if she wanted to do so that we all would understand and support her, but she's been hiding inside herself for so long that she got defensive and now won't speak to me. It makes me sad to think that so many people still feel the need to live a dual life because of some preconceived ideal about what "normal" is.
What a beautiful inspiring video! I would be proud to have anyone of these people baby sit for my kid someday :)