"Identical twins have identical genes. If homosexuality was a biological condition produced inescapably by the genes (e.g. eye color), then if one identical twin was homosexual, in 100% of the cases his brother would be too...But as we saw above, if one is homosexual, the other is usually not."
Hate is not fun. There's a cliché about actors, that they can look at 99 glowing reviews that say how brilliant they are and one negative review . . . and they will completely obsess over the negative review and ignore the other 99.
And I think that cliché is true and it's a perfectly understandable and normal phenomenon.
One of the ways that it gets better is that grown-up homophobes, like grown-up racists, learn that their idiocy is socially unacceptable and they shut-up about it.
The other way it gets better is that we somehow find a way to keep things in perspective and to -ignore- the haters . . . and lavish all of our attention on the smart people: the people who love us.
To people spreading misinformation about HIV/AIDS, just FYI, the fastest-growing populations in all parts of the world are heterosexual women. The biggest risk factor in Africa these days for a young woman? Marriage. We all need to look out for each other and learn the facts and tell the truth.
To people spreading misinformation about HIV/AIDS, just FYI, the fastest-growing populations in all parts of the world are heterosexual women. The biggest risk factor in Africa these days for a young woman? Marriage. We all need to look out for each other and learn the facts and tell the truth.
I'm so glad to see u living your life. I hade friend of a friend that look just like you and she took her life cause She felt so alone in this cold cruel world.it does get better though.
Good video, and even better policy on monitoring and deleting nasty troll comments. Teens and young adults viewing these videos for support and encouragement don't need to read any more idiotic, hateful, misinformed crap! Neither, for that matter, do the rest of us. ;-) Nice work.
Anyone who decides that God doesn't approve of homosexual/bisexual people obviously has some kind of evidence that I've missed out on that the majority of the poisonous words in the Bible weren't of entirely human origin. As far as I see it, most of the Bible shows a great deal of the insecurity, jealousy and hatred that humans are cursed with. Although I know you'll be throwing quotes and verses at me from all sides, I implore you to consider what I have said.
@Normal3407 How do you feel, to have blood on your hands? People just like you are responsible for countless suicides? Either you've been indoctrinated with some poisonously extremist Christian views, or you just need a way to deal with your insecurities. Either way, I have no sympathy for you if you choose to act in this manner.
As far as I'm concerned, God probably doesn't smile upon your behaviour, so how about you stop preaching to others about theirs.
@Normal3407 : this comment is totally out of line in my opinion. and trust that im not going to give you the pleasure of a debate, but i will say this
God loves good people. The bible tells us to treat people with love, not hate.
God also gave us freewill so that we could make choices like this, because he loves us and wants us to be happy.
my point is that god gave everyone the choice on who they want to love, and you have no right to tell anyone that its wrong.
thank you for telling the world your story. its enlightening to hear that it gets better no matter who or what you are. you dont have to be gay or trans or bi to get something from this video, as i just did. its people like you that make life easier for us to live. you are a great person for working up the courage to live your life the way you choose too. thanks soooooooo much for posting this.
Made me cry to think my daughter has to deal with the things that are done and said in complete hate and cruelty. Why does anyone think they have the right to even ask about sexual preference? Why does that matter more than if they are kind,honest or just amazing humans all round? thank you for giving hope to anyone lost
@xSouthSide13 first of all, disgusting has a G in it, and is not spelled with a C. dumbass. Also, disgusting is a SUBJECTIVE point of view. If you plan on stating FACTS, i propose that you do it OBJECTIVELY. take your OPINION out of it, and give me facts. Finally, there is no way to definitively prove that gays get AIDS more than straight people. It started in the 80's when a gay man brought it to America after visiting Africa. If it had been a straight man, it wouldn't have mattered.
They killed themselves becAuse people like you can't even accept them as a human being. Being gay or lesbian or bisexual is something I think you are born with. And there is nothing wrong with it. Plus all this religious crap is stupid...I'm a Christian and I support gay rights 100%. If god didn't want gays if wouldn't have let some humans be born that way.
@coinhuntr10 You can believe anything you want to but you are not born gay and there is no gay gene , the world is not flat and the moon is not made out of cheese .
@STRUTTER777U i'm not gay and i am still shocked and appalled at your stance on this. how does someone"abandon(ing) the homosexual lifestyle" help? I don't care what your opinions are; you can say and think whatever you want. But since when is it your business what two people do in the privacy of their own home? Let them be! Just let them be.
@StarbucksTool Jesus Christ do i have to be THAT specific? what happens CONSENSUALLY between two people is none of your god damned business. reading the bible doesn't fix anything. it makes people feel more wrong, more outcast, and more alone. give me one NON-religious reason why people shouldn't be gay. just one.
IT GETS BETTER:: "i dont care what ppl think and/or say about me. i live my life the way i want and noone is going to change the way i am, because i'm happy with what i've become" -Vico
Let me Just say This Is not only Happening to gay kids and Adults its Happening to Kids and Adults with Challenges.They get Tortured by others as well. BULLYS SUCK!!! Lets make this a place where anyone can come who gets picked on. Yes it does get better.
i honestly didnt even know bisexual was an issue. but this video does make me respect bisexuals alittle more bcuz i realize they go through similar struggles as us gays go through. i wish straight people could become more open minded from watching a video
Bisexuals actually get shit from both sides sometimes. For straight people, they're gay. And for gay people, they're straight when they are in opposite-sex relationships or just in denial.
Great video hon. Thanks for speaking out, i'm planning on making one here as well, just need to find the time to sit down and actually do it. If it wasn't for meeting a still very dear friend to me still, when i was 17 years old, I can guarantee that I would not still be around today. If I wasn't being bullied at school, I was being bullied by my own parents/family. So I completely understand why we need to reach out to GLBT youth from my own personal experiences. Thanks again!
great share. thank you but I can't support a guy who uses his platform to spread viscious anti-gay woman hating by saying things like: Lesbians are not really Lesbians beause they love cock, and that women's vaginas are "disgusting meatholes" and "dirty disgusting cans of spam on the sidewalk."
His project has to be the most disingenuous thing I've ever seen.
Dan Savage is a hateful hypocrite who hates women and mostly lesbians more than anything.
Where did you get those quotes? Regardless, you are taking his words out of context and given that he is somewhat of a comedian he deserves the benefit of the doubt.
Furthermore, I don't think a that an "anti-gay woman hat[er]" would give such well meaning and thorough advice regarding clitoral stimulation etc. - as Dan Savage does here: youtube.com/watch?v=S34xcdlZjbE&feature=channel
i reckon jesus was gay , he had long hair and all his best mates were men
mumbojumbo766 3 weeks ago
whats with these christian being so homophobic for wtf has gay ppl done to you
jpbarbedwire666 3 weeks ago
This is a beautiful video. I support you all the way and wish you joy and happiness. Peace ... FoJ
FanOfJanis 3 months ago
I loved this video, thank you for making it! You look so cute :)
lasentinellaa 10 months ago
Whats a "homophobic" ?
mrtundra45 1 year ago
thank you for sharing this
htarceno 1 year ago
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"Identical twins have identical genes. If homosexuality was a biological condition produced inescapably by the genes (e.g. eye color), then if one identical twin was homosexual, in 100% of the cases his brother would be too...But as we saw above, if one is homosexual, the other is usually not."
-- N.E. Whitehead, Ph.D
STRUTTER777U 1 year ago
Hate is not fun. There's a cliché about actors, that they can look at 99 glowing reviews that say how brilliant they are and one negative review . . . and they will completely obsess over the negative review and ignore the other 99.
And I think that cliché is true and it's a perfectly understandable and normal phenomenon.
ReliableInsider 1 year ago
@ReliableInsider
One of the ways that it gets better is that grown-up homophobes, like grown-up racists, learn that their idiocy is socially unacceptable and they shut-up about it.
The other way it gets better is that we somehow find a way to keep things in perspective and to -ignore- the haters . . . and lavish all of our attention on the smart people: the people who love us.
ReliableInsider 1 year ago
Thank you for your kind words of comfort and encouragement. Check out the video that comes with this message, it was made in Northern Ireland.
Threadsthebook 1 year ago
People who go on the attack are just revealing their self-hating homophobia. May they come out and find peace.
lydia169 1 year ago
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@Normal3407 - How old were you when you decided to be straight?
lydia169 1 year ago
@Normal3407 - How old were you when you decided to be straight?
lydia169 1 year ago
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To people spreading misinformation about HIV/AIDS, just FYI, the fastest-growing populations in all parts of the world are heterosexual women. The biggest risk factor in Africa these days for a young woman? Marriage. We all need to look out for each other and learn the facts and tell the truth.
lydia169 1 year ago
To people spreading misinformation about HIV/AIDS, just FYI, the fastest-growing populations in all parts of the world are heterosexual women. The biggest risk factor in Africa these days for a young woman? Marriage. We all need to look out for each other and learn the facts and tell the truth.
lydia169 1 year ago
I'm so glad to see u living your life. I hade friend of a friend that look just like you and she took her life cause She felt so alone in this cold cruel world.it does get better though.
ovadaheadproductions 1 year ago
Good video, and even better policy on monitoring and deleting nasty troll comments. Teens and young adults viewing these videos for support and encouragement don't need to read any more idiotic, hateful, misinformed crap! Neither, for that matter, do the rest of us. ;-) Nice work.
bohemianspiritmn 1 year ago
Anyone who decides that God doesn't approve of homosexual/bisexual people obviously has some kind of evidence that I've missed out on that the majority of the poisonous words in the Bible weren't of entirely human origin. As far as I see it, most of the Bible shows a great deal of the insecurity, jealousy and hatred that humans are cursed with. Although I know you'll be throwing quotes and verses at me from all sides, I implore you to consider what I have said.
MonkeyBoy9753 1 year ago
@Normal3407 How do you feel, to have blood on your hands? People just like you are responsible for countless suicides? Either you've been indoctrinated with some poisonously extremist Christian views, or you just need a way to deal with your insecurities. Either way, I have no sympathy for you if you choose to act in this manner.
As far as I'm concerned, God probably doesn't smile upon your behaviour, so how about you stop preaching to others about theirs.
MonkeyBoy9753 1 year ago
@Normal3407 : this comment is totally out of line in my opinion. and trust that im not going to give you the pleasure of a debate, but i will say this
God loves good people. The bible tells us to treat people with love, not hate.
God also gave us freewill so that we could make choices like this, because he loves us and wants us to be happy.
my point is that god gave everyone the choice on who they want to love, and you have no right to tell anyone that its wrong.
zephyrJAM 1 year ago
thank you for telling the world your story. its enlightening to hear that it gets better no matter who or what you are. you dont have to be gay or trans or bi to get something from this video, as i just did. its people like you that make life easier for us to live. you are a great person for working up the courage to live your life the way you choose too. thanks soooooooo much for posting this.
zephyrJAM 1 year ago
Sweet! Thank you. You are so cute.
shannonleec 1 year ago
Made me cry to think my daughter has to deal with the things that are done and said in complete hate and cruelty. Why does anyone think they have the right to even ask about sexual preference? Why does that matter more than if they are kind,honest or just amazing humans all round? thank you for giving hope to anyone lost
lispet03 1 year ago 3
You go GURL!
brownsnd41 1 year ago
Nice job, thanks!
richtafel 1 year ago
@xSouthSide13 first of all, disgusting has a G in it, and is not spelled with a C. dumbass. Also, disgusting is a SUBJECTIVE point of view. If you plan on stating FACTS, i propose that you do it OBJECTIVELY. take your OPINION out of it, and give me facts. Finally, there is no way to definitively prove that gays get AIDS more than straight people. It started in the 80's when a gay man brought it to America after visiting Africa. If it had been a straight man, it wouldn't have mattered.
StarbucksTool 1 year ago
@StarbucksTool Please stop feeding the trolls. There's no need to respond to their bigotry, since I'm going to delete them. :)
tackytramp 1 year ago 3
(talking to haters not the woman who made the video)
coinhuntr10 1 year ago
They killed themselves becAuse people like you can't even accept them as a human being. Being gay or lesbian or bisexual is something I think you are born with. And there is nothing wrong with it. Plus all this religious crap is stupid...I'm a Christian and I support gay rights 100%. If god didn't want gays if wouldn't have let some humans be born that way.
coinhuntr10 1 year ago 14
@coinhuntr10 Please stop feeding the trolls. There's no need to respond to their bigotry, since I'm going to delete them. :)
tackytramp 1 year ago 15
@tackytramp kk :)
coinhuntr10 1 year ago
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@coinhuntr10 You can believe anything you want to but you are not born gay and there is no gay gene , the world is not flat and the moon is not made out of cheese .
hanksnow82 1 year ago
who doesnt like lesbians!!! >: (
marcuscole9 1 year ago
@xmenrus why are you here? i think you do protest to much, is there something in your closest trying to get out?
janto58 1 year ago
Thank you for sharing. Nice to see a woman too in this It Gets Better project. :-)
vlopresto 1 year ago 4
@vlopresto Gosh, there are tons of women participating. Check 'em out!
tackytramp 1 year ago 5
@xmenrus actually i dont think many folks give shit. shit vendors are exceptionally rare since the shit-vending ban in 2002.
acrophobe 1 year ago
@STRUTTER777U i'm not gay and i am still shocked and appalled at your stance on this. how does someone"abandon(ing) the homosexual lifestyle" help? I don't care what your opinions are; you can say and think whatever you want. But since when is it your business what two people do in the privacy of their own home? Let them be! Just let them be.
StarbucksTool 1 year ago
@StarbucksTool Jesus Christ do i have to be THAT specific? what happens CONSENSUALLY between two people is none of your god damned business. reading the bible doesn't fix anything. it makes people feel more wrong, more outcast, and more alone. give me one NON-religious reason why people shouldn't be gay. just one.
StarbucksTool 1 year ago
An FYI to the homophobic trolls: I am actually monitoring the comments and deleting your garbage, so don't bother wasting your time.
tackytramp 1 year ago 20
@tackytramp I did a IGB video too, and also just delete the haters. Kind of sad, too, don't you think? Thanks for a great video!
yuristudio 1 year ago
@tackytramp I did a IGB video too, and also just delete the haters. Kind of sad, too, don't you think? Thanks for a great video!
yuristudio 1 year ago
IT GETS BETTER:: "i dont care what ppl think and/or say about me. i live my life the way i want and noone is going to change the way i am, because i'm happy with what i've become" -Vico
ps; trust me. it DOES get better!!
vico690 1 year ago
Let me Just say This Is not only Happening to gay kids and Adults its Happening to Kids and Adults with Challenges.They get Tortured by others as well. BULLYS SUCK!!! Lets make this a place where anyone can come who gets picked on. Yes it does get better.
JohannaGotTalent41 1 year ago
Awesome :)
098anne 1 year ago
Thanks for sharing your story. (-:
Gabzula 1 year ago
*hugs*
NuttyRockChick 1 year ago
Thank you for sharing your story.
shyladare 1 year ago
thanks for making this
mandie0077 1 year ago
i honestly didnt even know bisexual was an issue. but this video does make me respect bisexuals alittle more bcuz i realize they go through similar struggles as us gays go through. i wish straight people could become more open minded from watching a video
Damnedsoul53 1 year ago
@Damnedsoul53 Yeah, in my experience, homophobes are pissed about me making out with girls, even if I also make out with guys.
cjvannette 1 year ago
@Damnedsoul53
Bisexuals actually get shit from both sides sometimes. For straight people, they're gay. And for gay people, they're straight when they are in opposite-sex relationships or just in denial.
Serenifly84 1 year ago
Yeah for purple! You are very beautifull! All the best! Take care! :)
josywtta 1 year ago
This is really great. Thank you for sharing! Your message is wonderful.
AButler2005 1 year ago
Thanks for sharing. :D
HaouDavid 1 year ago
Great video hon. Thanks for speaking out, i'm planning on making one here as well, just need to find the time to sit down and actually do it. If it wasn't for meeting a still very dear friend to me still, when i was 17 years old, I can guarantee that I would not still be around today. If I wasn't being bullied at school, I was being bullied by my own parents/family. So I completely understand why we need to reach out to GLBT youth from my own personal experiences. Thanks again!
divercub 1 year ago 3
great share. thank you but I can't support a guy who uses his platform to spread viscious anti-gay woman hating by saying things like: Lesbians are not really Lesbians beause they love cock, and that women's vaginas are "disgusting meatholes" and "dirty disgusting cans of spam on the sidewalk."
His project has to be the most disingenuous thing I've ever seen.
Dan Savage is a hateful hypocrite who hates women and mostly lesbians more than anything.
TruthSpeaker1010 1 year ago
@TruthSpeaker1010 I'm pretty critical of Dan Savage, too, for what it's worth.
tackytramp 1 year ago
@TruthSpeaker1010
Where did you get those quotes? Regardless, you are taking his words out of context and given that he is somewhat of a comedian he deserves the benefit of the doubt.
Furthermore, I don't think a that an "anti-gay woman hat[er]" would give such well meaning and thorough advice regarding clitoral stimulation etc. - as Dan Savage does here: youtube.com/watch?v=S34xcdlZjbE&feature=channel
Smunchyflincher 1 year ago
cute hair!
aujsd 1 year ago
The reason people pick on others? Their own insecurities.
rradfrey 1 year ago
You're very sweet. People like you restore my trust in humanity! = D
PhillipRottingham 1 year ago
i love your youtube nickname LOL! im a tacky tramp most of the time also
niggitynignig 1 year ago
Great video. Glad you made this. Wonderful.
TheBeefybri 1 year ago
Thank you for sharing!
songbyrd5 1 year ago
Amen, sister :-)
mikerioshbg 1 year ago
You're adorable! :)
bmmill05 1 year ago 17
@bmmill05 Awww, thank you.
tackytramp 1 year ago
Are you one of those homosexuals I've heard so much about?
DirtyLikeSoap70 1 year ago
@DirtyLikeSoap70 ASSHOLE
faber274 1 year ago
It does get better. Take a look at my video.
dennisreplogle 1 year ago 3
Thank you. <3 It was wonderful to hear these things.
msjenniferbear 1 year ago
Thanks so much for posting this!
Every bit helps.
All the best, Terry
TheeTerryMiller 1 year ago
nice job! i'm glad you're in a better place! and you're right...so many dicks out there! lol
jasonchu82 1 year ago