I just wanted to thank you and Terry for taking the initiative to reach out to those who are struggling with their sexuality and with the way they are being treated. I am not gay/lesbian, but can appreciate the time you have taken to send a message of love and understanding with the It Gets […]
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British Rugby Hunk Ben Cohen Joins the “It Gets Better” Project!
Anti-gay-suicide sentiments and that body? SWOON! (Also, watching that swanky British accent come out of his meaty thug head kind of reminds me of Nick Park’s Creature Comforts.)
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Bullies: It Gets Worse!
The “It Gets Better Project” focuses on gay teens who need to be reminded that, despite all the incessant bullying that goes on in high school, IT… GETS… BETTER. However! Bullies also need to be reminded that, for them? THINGS… GET… WORSE. And in the case of the “former bully” in this scathingly funny satire, […]
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It Gets Better: Tim Gunn Made It Work…
…and so can you. Okay, celeb videos have been pouring in over the last 24 hours, and I’m floored and thrilled. But this one made me scream like a little girl.It Gets Better.
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When Wizards Wed
I KNOW! I KNOW! If you see one more wedding video on this blog, you are going to kill everything on the planet, starting with these guys. HOWEVER! This isn’t your ordinary bullshit wedding video! This was filmed in the most magical place on earth (Communist Russia) and shows how wizards get married. It’s very […]
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Freddie Mercury, David Bowie, Kermit the Frog—and Making You Feel Better
It’s Monday, and it’s so gray outside that even people who’ve been in Portland longer than me (which is most of the city) are glumly commenting on it. Meanwhile, the economy still bites, and there’s no sign it’s getting better any time soon. So here’s a song. With not one, but two, Kermits! Feel better. […]
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What Can Straight People Do To Help?
Re: It Gets Better.A reader asks… What can straight people who are heartbroken by what has happened to Tyler Clementi and Billy Lucas do to make sure kids like them survive adolescence? Do you have any ideas? I’m 33 years old, married but no kids yet to send into the schools to evangelize their friends […]
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These are the Flight Attendants I Want to Die With
The flight attendants for Cebu Pacific out of the Philippines have finally figured out how to make you watch and listen to the plane’s safety instructions: by adding a little Lady Gaga, a dash of Katy Perry, some ass-smackin’ dance moves and a shit-ton of KA-UTE! (Now let’s see, take the oxygen mask down, put […]
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It Gets Better: You’re Reaching Them
View more “It Gets Better” videos at the It Gets Better Project YouTube Channel. My son will turn 13 on Saturday. For the past year and a half, he has endured unrelenting harassment and bullying because kids at his middle school have identified him as gay. Frankly, he probably is. However, he has not declared […]
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Happy Birthday, Hilary Duff!
The star of Lizzie McGuire and Cheaper By the Dozen II turns 23 years old today, guys! It felt like only yesterday when she was a burgeoning freelance columnist for the Mercury. Here’s Hilary’s most famous column (circa 2004)! SOB! They grow up so fast!
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It Gets Better: One Day You’ll Be Able To Say…
“There are going to be people… who are not going to like you. People who are not going to agree with the way you want to live. And you know what? Fuck ’em. And you can, as an adult, when you’re out of there and on your own, you can tell them that: ‘Fuck you. […]
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Portia Takes Ellen’s Last Name, Now That Is Love
Mawwiage is wot bwings us togevaaah…today. This is great, a Los Angeles judge granted Portia de Rossi’s request to legally drop the “de Rossi” and pick up the “DeGeneres”. What a happy couple, eh?