And I love it.
Today is National Coming Out Day and today I come out for the young people who fight valiantly just to be themselves.
Not all of us make it here. It has been a hard month. Since the beginning of September, six young people have committed suicide across the country due to anti-gay bullying. Just this week 19-ear-old Zach Harrington, from Norman, Oklahoma committed suicide after a city council debate over recognizing October as LGBT History Month in Norman that included some vicious comments from local citizens. Zach was taunted in high school due to his sexual orientation.
The above video is produced by the New York City-based Youth Pride Chorus in contribution to the It Gets Better Project begun by partners Dan Savage and Terry Miller in response to the tragedies of the last few weeks. The Make It Better Project was also started to give young people tools to make a difference in their communities now.
Only nine states in the country have laws to protect LGBT youth against anti-gay bullying. To learn more about how you can take action to protect young people, visit makeitbetterproject.org.
