Dan Savage is an advice lumnist who spawned a worldwi movement after hearg one too many tim about anguished gay teens mtg suici. Savage and his hband, Terry Miller, talk about their "It Gets Better" project, which now has over 10,000 vio submissns.
Contents:
- U.S. GAY ACTIVIST SAVAGE: 'KEEP CONTROVERSY ROARG' IN RSIA
- LILY SAVAGE’S LEADG ROLE THE FIGHT FOR GAY RIGHTS
- 'IT GETS BETTER' OFFERS MSAGE OF HOPE TO BULLIED GAY YOUTHS
- DAN SAVAGE: FOR GAY TEENS, LIFE 'GETS BETTER'
- DAN SAVAGE, SPEAKG ON MP, HELPS GAY TEENS FEEL POSIVE ABOUT THEIR LIV
- DAN SAVAGE: FOR GAY TEENS, LIFE 'GETS BETTER'
U.S. GAY ACTIVIST SAVAGE: 'KEEP CONTROVERSY ROARG' IN RSIA
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LILY SAVAGE’S LEADG ROLE THE FIGHT FOR GAY RIGHTS
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Pri should be fun, but the gays are not a spectacle, we are celebratg. Amerin thor, journalist, and sex-advice lumnist Dan Savage is one of the bt-known gay-rights activists the Uned Stat, and the creator of the global It Gets Better vio mpaign support of lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) youth.
'IT GETS BETTER' OFFERS MSAGE OF HOPE TO BULLIED GAY YOUTHS
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DAN SAVAGE: FOR GAY TEENS, LIFE 'GETS BETTER'
Syndited sex lumnist Dan Savage spoke about his mpaign to help gay teens realize that although life may seem very hard, will get better. He spoke Statler Hall April 11. (April 12, 2011) * lgbt savage *
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It's hard for someone to believe that gay people are monsters when they personally know a gay person and they see that we are not monsters. RFE/RL: Rsia has passed a law banng the adoptn of Rsian-born children by gay parents and parents livg untri that allow same-sex marriage.
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DAN SAVAGE, SPEAKG ON MP, HELPS GAY TEENS FEEL POSIVE ABOUT THEIR LIV
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DAN SAVAGE: FOR GAY TEENS, LIFE 'GETS BETTER'
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