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Line 3: − + + + + + − In response to the suicide of a gay teenager named Billy Lucas, Savage expressed, "I wish I could have talked to this kid for five minutes. I wish I could have told Billy that ''it gets better''. I wish I could have told him that, however bad things were, however isolated and alone he was, ''it gets better''."(Author's emphasis)<ref>http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/SavageLove?oid=4940874 Give 'Em Hope</ref> Savage, in conjunction with several organizations founded the project as a [[501(c)(3)]] organization and set up a [[YouTube]] [http://www.youtube.com/itgetsbetterproject channel] to which videos could be uploaded. − − While the channel started off with just a video from Savage and another person, within two weeks more than 200 videos were submitted to the project and soon after the project reached YouTube's video limit of 640 submissions. Due to the increasing submissions an website was launched to host more videos. The site continues to accept submissions.<ref>http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/10/07/MNVJ1FP6E1.DTL − Dan Savage overwhelmed by gay outreach's response</ref>
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The theme's basis is the claim that if homosexual youths can "just get through their teen years", they'll be able to enjoy the protection of adult power and camaraderie which will overcome the "daily tormenting and bullying" they face now.<ref>http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/22/showing-gay-teens-a-happy-future/ Showing Gay Teenagers a Happy Future</ref> A premise of this is that the main problem the gay community faces is lack of acceptance and toleration from "straight" people.
The theme's basis is the claim that if homosexual youths can "just get through their teen years", they'll be able to enjoy the protection of adult power and camaraderie which will overcome the "daily tormenting and bullying" they face now.<ref>http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/22/showing-gay-teens-a-happy-future/ Showing Gay Teenagers a Happy Future</ref> A premise of this is that the main problem the gay community faces is lack of acceptance and toleration from "straight" people.
The campaign began in September 2010, when Savage noted a number of suicides by gay teenagers who had been bullied for their [[sexual orientation]]. He told gay teens to hold on to their [[homosexuality]], promising them that adult homosexual life will provide them "levels of happiness, potential, and positivity".
The campaign began in September 2010, when Savage noted a number of suicides by gay teenagers who had been bullied for their [[sexual orientation]]. He told gay teens to hold on to their [[homosexuality]], promising them that adult homosexual life will provide them "levels of happiness, potential, and positivity".
In response to the suicide of a gay teenager named Billy Lucas, Savage expressed, "I wish I could have talked to this kid for five minutes. I wish I could have told Billy that ''it gets better''. I wish I could have told him that, however bad things were, however isolated and alone he was, ''it gets better''."(Author's emphasis)<ref>http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/SavageLove?oid=4940874 Give 'Em Hope</ref> Savage, in conjunction with several organizations founded the project as a [[501(c)(3)]] organization and set up a [[YouTube]] [http://www.youtube.com/itgetsbetterproject channel] to which videos could be uploaded.
While the channel started off with just a video from Savage and another person, within two weeks more than 200 videos were submitted to the project and soon after the project reached YouTube's video limit of 640 submissions. Due to the increasing submissions an website was launched to host more videos. The site continues to accept submissions.<ref>http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/10/07/MNVJ1FP6E1.DTL
Dan Savage overwhelmed by gay outreach's response</ref>
The It Gets Better project is currently a national embarrassment. In 2012, as many as 100 students walked out of an anti-bullying speech by [[homosexual activist]] Dan Savage when he turned the topic to the [[Bible]] and delivered an anti-[[Christian]] rant.<ref name="mocks">[http://radio.foxnews.com/toddstarnes/top-stories/anti-bullying-speaker-curses-mocks-christian-teens.html Anti-Bullying Speaker Curses Christian Teens] Starnes, Todd, FoxNews Radio, April 27, 2012</ref> He went on to mock those who left, saying that it was "funny as someone who is on the receiving end of beatings that are justified by the bible, how pansy-assed some people react". <ref name="mocks2">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ao0k9qDsOvs Dan Savage's rant on YouTube></ref>
The It Gets Better project is currently a national embarrassment. In 2012, as many as 100 students walked out of an anti-bullying speech by [[homosexual activist]] Dan Savage when he turned the topic to the [[Bible]] and delivered an anti-[[Christian]] rant.<ref name="mocks">[http://radio.foxnews.com/toddstarnes/top-stories/anti-bullying-speaker-curses-mocks-christian-teens.html Anti-Bullying Speaker Curses Christian Teens] Starnes, Todd, FoxNews Radio, April 27, 2012</ref> He went on to mock those who left, saying that it was "funny as someone who is on the receiving end of beatings that are justified by the bible, how pansy-assed some people react". <ref name="mocks2">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ao0k9qDsOvs Dan Savage's rant on YouTube></ref>
==Criticism==
==Criticism==