Dan Savage is the fucking man.

In the wake of the suicide of bullied Greensburg, IN teen Billy Lucas—and the subsequent shameful defacement of his memorial Facebook page—gay media activist Savage and his husband Terry have launched a YouTube channel project called It Gets Better.

The idea is for adult LGBT community members to share stories on video about how much better life gets if you simply survive into adulthood. Savage’s announcement of the channel’s launch (scroll down) says it all:

We don’t dwell too much on the past. Instead, we talk mostly about all the meaningful things in our lives now—our families, our friends (gay and straight), the places we’ve gone and things we’ve experienced—that we would’ve missed out on if we’d killed ourselves then.

 
And here’s how: just create your video, post it to YouTube, and send the URL to mail (at) savagelove.net. Dan and Terry’ll review it and post to their FAVORITES section.

Please spread the word on this. Here’s Savage & Terry talking about their experiences surviving Christian schools and persevering into adulthood and happiness.