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On Tuesday at 11 p.m. MTV and LOGO will air an It Gets Better special, hosted by It Gets Better Project founder Dan Savage. The special features three people who are at a crossroad: a young man struggling to tell his family and friends that he is gay; a lesbian fighting for parental acceptance; and a transgender man preparing to get married. Sia, Margaret Cho and Adam Levine, among other celebrities, appear on the special to show their support.
In the spring Dan Savage will be getting his own show on MTV alongside his pal Lauren Hutchinson as they travel across the country visiting colleges, giving out advice to the population who needs it the most. “It’s so important they know that things get better, and that living openly and honestly and being who you are makes it better,” Savage says on his website. “They have so many great moments ahead of them and they will do things they never thought possible — so long as they keep fighting, stay positive, and stay with us.”
Savage started the project in 2010 with his partner, Terry Miller, launching a YouTube video that urged lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students to have hope for lives less traumatized by hatred and discrimination. If they can just get through their high school years, he says, it gets better.
NICOLE ZAKRZEWKI, Palm Harbor University High
