submit your story and it might get featured in our year-end fundraising campaign to support LGBTQ+ youth! 💜

one difficult moment doesn’t get the last word. you do.

tell us what life threw your way, what helped you through, & what “better” looks like now.

🔗 share: itgetsbetter.org/howitgetsbetter

🎂WE'RE 16!

help us celebrate a sweet 16 years of uplifting, empowering, & connecting lgbtq+ youth around the world.

misterfoxwell, @datadave.bsky.social, @jenisonline.bsky.social, & @itsianwatson.bsky.social voice-act Monster Prom & raise funds for our programs!

join 10/3: twitch.tv/itgetsbetter

1️⃣6️⃣ EVERY Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday in October: join @nerapi.bsky.social for a series of charity streams to help us celebrate sweet 16 years of It Gets Better!

First stream begins Thurs Oct 1 at 8:30pm ET/5:30pm PT: twitch.tv/nerapi

Stop by & support our LGBTQ+ youth programs with a donation!

It Gets Better is 16. Some of our newest youth leaders weren’t born when we started.

Marriage equality. The end of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” Milestones we fought for are part of their history.

Help them shape what’s next. Give $16 for 16 years at itgetsbetter.org/donate.

now introducing:

for the FIRST time, our Youth Voices cohort includes activists who weren’t even born when the first It Gets Better video was shared 16 years ago!

🔗meet the LGBTQ+ young people learning how to make things better: itgetsbetter.org/16-years-later-meet-the-kids-who-are-defining-better

BDAY CHARITY STREAM! 🎂💰

Support LGBTQ+ youth and join StellarMichelle to help us celebrate a sweet 16 years of It Gets Better.

Streaming Tuesday Sep 22nd and Thursday Sep 24th at 6pm ET/3pm PT: twitch.tv/stellarmichelle

Drop in, say hi, and make a donation to support our LGBTQ+ youth programs!

Being featured on The Kelly Clarkson Show for its final season was a tremendous honor. Congrats on seven years. Thanks for being such a champion for LGBTQ+ youth, Kelly. #itgetsbetter

did your state make the top 5?

according to new data from @hrc.org, there are approximately 25.6 million LGBTQ+ adults in the U.S., 12.03% of the adult population.

view more data (and see where the rest of the states rank): communityinsights.hrc.org/research/lgbtq-population-estimates