It Gets Better
“Give yourself a chance to see how much better life can get.” – Fort Worth City Councilman Joel Burns
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Roundup: Here’s What People Are Reading on the Good Men Project Magazine Today
Photo: Stephen Sheffield It’s Sunday morning. Curious as to which articles from our site are being read by fellow readers right now? Today’s top picks are: Confronting Life: Still in the top 10 after...
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Gay High School Athletes Go for the Goal With New Blog
High school’s hard. Being a gay kid in high school is harder. And being a gay athlete in high school? Well, that may just be one of the hardest trials man can endure. That’s why three high-school...
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So What If Your 7 Year-Old Son Is Gay?
Joanna Schroeder praises HuffPo blogger Amelia for offering her son unconditional love throughout his very early ‘coming out’ process. I cried happy tears as I read When Your 7 Year-Old Son Announces...
View ArticleRole Reversal: Short Film Flips Sexuality On Its Head
“What if you were the minority? Would it matter then?” Great short film by filmmaker Jakub Roman that wonders what the world would be like were heterosexuality considered “deviant”.
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Another Teen Suicide Due To Bullying
Another young life lost to suicide, due in part to the taunts of bullies who allegedly started sending death threats to a gay teen. “Mom, you don’t know how it feels to be hated.” That’s what 14...
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Video: “I Like Girls a Little Less Than Boys”
Towleroad is featuring a funny, catchy, and ultimately hopeful Country music song by Richard Hefner called “Girls and Boys” for the “It Gets Better” campaign. Awesome. Do you think videos like this...
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Jim Parsons and Zachary Quinto: Coming Out Quietly
Entertainment Weekly is running a cover story this week about how much coming out has changed in America since 1997 when Ellen DeGeneres announced she was a lesbian. Everyone probably remembers the...
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Students in Indiana Town Want “Traditional Prom” Banning Gay Students From...
Several students and their parents are banding together to create a “straights only” prom, and they don’t care who they offend to do it. A group of Sullivan High School students in Wabash Valley,...
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Joshua and the VCR
Townes Coates reminds us of the days before the internet provided more straightforward ways for gay boys to connect. I did not know Joshua well, so the phone call was a surprise. We had worked...
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How We Can Improve Sex Ed for Boys
Justin Cascio talks to Elizabeth Schroeder, executive director of Answer, about why boys are tuning out in sex ed classes, and what they want to know most (but aren’t telling us). The Answer website...
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Shameless Self-Disclosure: Showtime’s Unlikely Coming Out Story
More television programs are realizing that coming out plotlines don’t have to generic or predictable, including (surprise!) Showtime’s Shameless. What does – and what should — the coming out...
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How One Man Forgave His Father After Gay Conversion Therapy [Video]
Mathew Shurka was put into gay conversion therapy when he was 16. He’s now able to talk about what life is like on the other side. When Mathew Shurka came out to his family at age 16, his father was...
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How to Be Openly Gay and in School – High School
High school can be hard for anyone. Darianna Jones has some advice to make it easier for kids who are out in school. High school. From “trying too hard” pep rallies to watching fights in the...
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Best Mom Ever Writes Incredible Letter To 13-Year-Old Son After He Came Out...
Arguably, the most important component in the survival of gay teens is the supportive parent. Here, a mother writes a wonderful letter to her newly ‘out’ young son. Any 13-year-old boy coming out as...
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If Two 13-Year-Olds Kiss On TV, Does Anybody Care?
The answer is probably not…unless they happen to be boys. Recently, an episode of the TV show The Fosters had a scene in which two 13-year-old boys kissed. It also referenced another kiss. If you read...
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#62: A Brave Teen Comes Out to His Grandmother
“Grandma, I’m a good person and always try to do the right thing. How can you tell your own grandson that he is demonic?” I said.“Well,” she said, “the truth hurts.” —— I woke up on Sunday morning in...
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How a High School Wrestler Came Out to His Homophobic Coach
Wrestling is serious business at Don Bosco. So is coming out to your coach, especially when he’s also your dad. Don Bosco Catholic High School (Iowa) is serious about their wrestling. Over the last...
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How to Help Religious Parents Face Having A Gay Child
For many religious parents, finding out their child is gay represents anything from a personal failing to a dream slipping out of their grasp. —— A friend of my daughter’s came out to his parents last...
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It Gets Better
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