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I’m super tired right now and I can’t feel my hands (yay wrist problems) but I wanted to post this before it becomes of of those “yeah I’ll get to it” doodles.

There’s a project out in the world called It Does Get Better, started by Dan Savage and his partner. It targets teenagers who identify somewhere in the LGBT-Q spectrum who are or have been harassed by others for being “different,” specifically for being some form of non-heterosexual.

When I clicked onto the It Gets Better Youtube page, this mohawked dude was the main video:

This is fucking brilliant. This project is connecting people who have been there to people who are there, going through all the bullshit. I wish this type of resource was available when I was a young person being pushed around for not being cool. I think a ton of people, not just the queer, can benefit from seeing people who have gone above and beyond the bullying. I can only hope that there are outreach programs that seek to connect IRL with people struggling, like the Trevor line, that can help people connect in an active way past the passive connectivity of internet video.

and here’s Dan Savage and his husband Terry’s own video:

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The Trevor Project

On December 12th at the Russo house in Bethlehem Township of Pennsylvania, Steve Russo relayed fun sex stories while sipping on vodka at his 17-year-old’s party. For high schoolers. The high school aged party-goers received both the stories and the drinks, and photographic evidence of the social hijinks were found on Facebook. By the cheerleading squad’s coach. Ouch. Guess he won’t be bartending any more sweet parties in Scranton.

Turns out a few members of the school’s squad were present at the party and were encouraged to dance on a “stripper” pole. Too bad they were 14-16 years old. too bad the father was encouraging them to get on the pole and take their tops off.

Russo was charged with furnishing alcohol to Freedom High School students after he allowed his 17-year-old son to host a party at his home on Dec. 12, police said. He coaxed girls wearing cheerleader outfits to dance around the stripper pole in his basement, police said.

He is charged with nine counts of endangering the welfare of children, eight counts of furnishing alcohol to minors and nine counts of corruption of minors in connection with the party. lehigh valley

The story started circulating at the end of February. The latest: Russo tried to kill himself and his four-year-old in his garage with car exhaust after texting his girlfriend that it was all her fault. The kid’s grandfather found them before they died… Russo isn’t allowed near the kid anymore.

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Steven Russo, 36, accused of hosting teen drinking parties, encouraging pole dancing lehigh valley live
Cheerleader Stripper Pole Dad Steven Russo Tries To Kill Self, 4-Year-Old Son busted coverage