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It Gets Better

Source indicated in (X) 9million SAFE LGBT people live in the United States (4) It Gets Better SCHOOL 150 NC State University College Campuses in Plymouth State University Simmons College 40 states/Canada have University of Calgary University of Washington LGBT Purdue University Joins OVER 50 ; other colleges & schools in centers (8) University of California, San Francisco Oxford College creating their own Gustavus Adolphus It Gets Bridgewater State William & Mary College Kenyon College Better University of Alabama Smith College Central states Alliance networks have Gay Straight It Gets Better PROJECT Simmons College (10) 37 Videos recorded for Simmons College 325 photos taken by Simmons It Gets Better Community 500- Simmons College Student, Faculty, Staff & Alums reached 20th joined the (11) 3million IT GETS BETTER less than one week after it views on the DAN SavA You Tube official It Gets on a USA bestsellers list Better was published (7) project Youtube (1) Over Channel individuals have signed a pledge to be Allies to LGBTQ youth on the national It Gets Better project website () A substantial percentage of LGBT people are raising children: 1 in 5 same-sex couples and 6% of children in foster care are being rais d by LGB pe ple.(4) Same-sex couples live in 99.3% of all counties nationwide sarme sex marriage is legal in: Massachusetts (2004) Connecticut (2o08) lowa (2009) Vermont (2009) New Hampshire (2010) New York (2011) Maryland (2013) Washington, D.C. (2010) Statewide law provides the equivalent of state-level Delaware (2012) 3 DC (2002) Hawaii (2012) Illinois (2011) New Jersey (2007) Nevada (2009) Oregon (2008) Washington (2009) 70,000 same-sex couples have gotten married in the U.S.; another 90,000 have entered into civil unions and domestic partnerships. ) (s) LGB 71,000 people are are currently serving in the Armed Forces, of all Nearly Fortune 50% 500 Companies offer domestic and there are over i million LGB veterans partner health in the U.S.(4) benefits (2) In Oct 2009, the President signed into law the Matthew Shepard & James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, which outlaws hate crimes based on both sexual orientation & APPROVED gender identity. (S) The Support Network campusclimate index IT GETS BETTER CENTERLINK Safe Schools for All www.glsen.org PROJECT campusclimateindex.org Igbtcenters.org/ Statistics: 1. http://www.itgetsbetter.org (Retrieved March 2012) 2. HRC State of the Workplace Report (2004) 3. 2000 U.S. Census Designed for Simmons College It Gets Better Project by @jessfaulk 8. Consortium of Higher Education LGBT Resource Professionals 2008 Annual Report 9. National Association of GSA Networks 4. Advocate.com, 10 Facts about America's Gays (2011) 5 www.HRC.org, Human Rights Campaign (June 201) 6. DOSomething.org, 11 Facts about Gay Rights 7. IndieBound (April 1, 2011) (Retrieved March 2012) 10. www.simmons.edu/itgetsbetter (March 2012) 11. facebook.com/SimmonsitGetsBetter (March 2012) www.simmons.edu/itgetsbetter University of California, Los University of Pennsylvania Northwestern Greek University of Hartford Emery University La Tribe University West Valley University of University Southern Michigan Law Ithaca College Princeton University SIMMONS It Gets Better spousal rights to same-sex couples

It Gets Better

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It is important not only for LGBTQ youth to hear the message of hope through the It Gets Better project videos, but to also see the stats that prove they are in fact not alone. Watch videos by visitin...

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