Last Friday I went to the IWK to see a video premiere of an It Get's Better video. I was lucky enough to go to the premiere because a good friend of mine worked on the video. Cory recorded all the interviews, and did such a great job! This was a joint venture between Captial Health, the IWK and Pride Health. A huge crowd came to the premiere - there were no seats left in the auditorium!
According to the CTV news story, this was the first health care organization to upload an It Gets Better video to ItGetsBetter.org. I know many people are familiar with it gets better, but for those of you who aren't here's a little tid bit of what it's all about:
"In September 2010, syndicated columnist and author Dan Savage created a YouTube video with his partner Terry Miller to inspire hope for young people facing harassment. In response to a number of students taking their own lives after being bullied in school, they wanted to create a personal way for supporters everywhere to tell LGBT youth that, yes, it does indeed get better" - It Get's Better Project, About
I can't imagine what it must take for those in the LGBT community to get up and talk about their experience. But I'm glad they do. We need to make sure that the youth in our communities feel safe to be themselves.
Please, watch the video below and share it with as many people as you can! Again - a shout out to Cory Burris for such a great job!! So proud of this :)
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