Monthly Archives: December 2025

It Gets Better’s Youth Voices Announce 2025 Joy Rebels of the Year

December 11, 2025

It Gets Better’s Youth Voices ambassadors have selected their picks for 2025’s Joy Rebels of the Year, two artists who exemplify what it means to use joy as an act of rebellion, whose presence and advocacy resonate deeply with LGBTQ+ youth. This year’s joy rebels are recording artist, actress, and New York Times-bestselling author HayleyContinue reading “It Gets Better’s Youth Voices Announce 2025 Joy Rebels of the Year”

Noahfinnce: 2025 Joy Rebel of the Year

By Jay, Bekah, and the Youth Voices Class of 2025 Noahfinnce tells the truth without dressing it up. For those of us growing up trans, neurodivergent, or unsure about our identities, his videos and songs are a place where we can truly see ourselves. He doesn’t live to be some sort of inspiration, but ratherContinue reading “Noahfinnce: 2025 Joy Rebel of the Year”

Hayley Kiyoko: 2025 Joy Rebel of the Year

By Jay, Bekah, and the Youth Voices Class of 2025 Discovering Hayley Kiyoko feels like finally seeing yourself reflected in full color. For so many queer youth, especially queer girls and queer youth of color, her music creates a sense of belonging in a world that too often overlooks our stories. Fans have affectionately givenContinue reading “Hayley Kiyoko: 2025 Joy Rebel of the Year”

It Gets Better 2025 Impact Report

December 9, 2025

In a year in which LGBTQ+ youth were treated like talking points in everyone else’s culture war, It Gets Better stayed focused on The Bigger Picture: making things better for LGBTQ+ youth. Scroll any headline and you’ll see what’s stacked against LGBTQ+ youth. Scroll this page and you’ll see what they’re building anyway. From classroomsContinue reading “It Gets Better 2025 Impact Report”

When I Finally Breathe

December 3, 2025

Nashan wrote this during our art-ivism workshop, where we taught youth how art can be used as activism and as a way to advocate for themselves and their communities!