It Gets Better

Harry, a composer, and Wayne, an Episcopal priest, live a cholesterol-lowering life-style in mid-Michigan. Even as some of the body stuff does get a little harder to put up with, it still is getting better. This is our encouragement to you, as part of Dan Savage's "It Gets Better Project" to stay in there, keep kicking, and becoming more fabulous every day.

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[RyskerSein]

Both of you are so happy <3 I hope to be this happy with the love of my life someday. The part I have to get through? Telling my mother I'm transgender. She already hates my guts for being openly pan-sexual. She might not say it to my face but I hear her talking crap about me behind my back. And it hurts. I can only picture what she'd said when I tell her I'm actually a boy. She already talks about my short hair cut. I'm not proud to say I'm a 18 year-old boy and I'm scared to tell her.

[harrykell]

We're so happy you wrote! We're blessed at our church to have a young transgender man whose first venture out into the world as himself was to come to church. Truthfully, I don't think any of us really clocked him as a transgender man for a few weeks, and when we did, mostly as a result of him sharing his story with us, we were delighted to get to know him. I don't think of him as trans. He's just a guy. There are people out there waiting to meet the guy you are. Mom can't rule your heart.

[pieranka]

Can you be my grand dads, please?

[harrykell]

Of course we will be your grandparents. You will need to run away from home occasionally, and we'll make tea and scones for you and hide you upstairs. We'll give you books to read. There are some wonderful accounts of lesbians in Paris in the 20s that you shouldn't pass up. Good for lesbians and gay boys as well! We'll deny to your parents that you are hiding out.

[jdavidharper]

The one on the left sounds like Benjamin Linux from Lost. Is he EVIL? No, perhaps not.

[harrykell]

@jdavidharper

I'm guessing there's a good chance the one on the left IS EVIL. But their left or yours? Hard to say…

[SarahAli88]

I'm muslim and support gay rights, as a result i've been involved in heated debates. My response is simple: there's no way God would abstain love; there's no way God would be mad at someone for loving someone else. In fact I believe God would be mad or saddened by those who did not express love because of the recipents sex. In the future we'll be laughed at; they'll say - "societies were against people for loving truly". Anyway, i'm always happy to see a man of God being real. God bless you boys

[DearPrudenceOctopoda]

Cutest couple ever.

[Agwen24]

This is my second favorite It Gets Better video after Dan and Terry's. I book marked this for a pick me up when I need it.

[dfishie]

This is my favorite It Gets Better video. You two are wonderful.

[DonnyWinter]

I love you guys! :)

[watrpolo999]

AWESOME!

[CatFlashBlue]

My Christian sister thinks I'm the cruelest person alive for being transgender female to male. She refuses to call me anything but by my female name and pronouns. I feel like crying every time she says that to me. I really am happy to have found this video, specifically. Most videos are about getting away from those who don't accept. But I want to help everyone in the world be happy too, since I have experienced some intense happiness. It's just difficult, being hated by those who want to love.

[NuklearStarcraft]

This made my heart happy. :) you guys are the best!