Newly released records show Republican members blocked FEC probe of O'Donnell

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-coons/it-gets-better-is-more-th_b_886800.html?ir=Yahoo

It Gets Better Is More Than a Message, It's a Movement

It's remarkable how much three words can say.

"You're not alone."

"I love you."

"It gets better."

The right three words can be the difference between hope and despair and, miraculously, "it gets better" has, for many gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender youth, meant the difference between life and death.

That's why I worked with 12 of my Senate colleagues over the last two months to record a video for LGBT youth and the It Gets Better Project.

<<<<snip>>>>

It Gets Better has quickly morphed from a compelling message into a powerful movement. Organized last fall by nationally syndicated columnist Dan Savage and his partner, Terry Miller, after a rash of tragic suicides by gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender youth, the It Gets Better Project has emerged at the nexus of two LGBT movements: the one that has spent a lifetime trying to convince the world that homosexuality was nothing to fear, and the other that has grown up unable to understand how anyone could think otherwise.

<<<<snip>>>>

But as legislators, it is our responsibility to try to build a nation that not only tells our youth that 'it gets better' but actually helps make it better. All of the senators who participated in our video are cosponsors of the bill to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act. Most are cosponsors of the Student Non-Discrimination Act, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, or the Uniting American Families Act. All supported the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."