In Celebration of Travis Flores
May 28, 2024
Travis’ fight may have come to an end this week, but his journey is far from over. We’re celebrating the life of Travis Flores, an incredible spirit and a part of the It Gets Better family.
Archive |Monthly Archives: May 2024
All Haunting Things and Two Additonal Poems
May 23, 2024
For Mental Health Awareness Month, writer and poet Srijani Rupsha Mitra shares her poems “All haunting things,” “On home” and “Let desires thrive.”
It Gets Better EDU Has Been Cooking Up Something New!
May 20, 2024
By Rae Sweet Last year, It Gets Better EDU hosted its first open digital workshops, LGBTQ+ Career Day and Queer Pathways, providing LGBTQ+ youth the unique opportunity to meet with LGBTQ+ professionals, learn about their life-path after high school , and the potential careers that await them. These workshops were a huge success, and wereContinue reading “It Gets Better EDU Has Been Cooking Up Something New!”
The Pan-Vibe Magic
Queer model and writer wants pansexual young people to know “your experience is valid” and “the coolest stories are the ones that celebrate every shade of the rainbow.”
Celebrating a Decade of Empowerment
May 16, 2024
As It Gets Better México turns 10, Alex Orué (Global Programming for It Gets Better and former Exec Director of It Gets Better México) looks back on the fight for LGBTQ+ youth and the exciting things that are still to come.
To Be Jewish and Queer
May 13, 2024
Ariella Assouline writes that she will always be a Jew first, but the and’s that follow will continue to enrich her life.
There is ALWAYS Someone Who Looks Like You!
May 9, 2024
Jayan Singh was “never short on friends who looked like me” – until high-school. After back-burnering his intersectionality, Jayan formed his school’s first Asian Student Alliance and found family with other “brown queer friends.”
Teachers Can Help Change the World
May 8, 2024
It Gets Better Senior Education Coordinator Rae Sweet issues a love letter to LGBTQ+ supportive teachers — including their own parents.
LGBTQ+ Russians Find Hope Outside of Their Motherland
May 3, 2024
It Gets Better Russia was forced to go dark in 2022. But its back, capturing the stories of Russian refugees in Spain.
“Queerbook” is Available Now
May 1, 2024
Our new book of short stories, artwork, poetry, photography, essay and more is entirely “for queer youth, by queer youth.”