Ku.Dos.
Both to Google and NBC.
This is a pretty big deal to me.
I realize that the commercial itself is about the power of the internet, but I think it is pretty damn cool that Google showcased clips from the It Gets Better Project during the commercial.
I just love this. It's cool to see. I don't think you would have seen something like this, even a year ago.
It's really cool to me that people and companies alike finally have the balls stand up and stand with gays. Who the hell would or should care about backlash when kids think it's a better idea to kill themselves rather than be who they are?
It's cool to me that people and companies alike are realizing that we cannot continue to foster a society that drives young lives to jump off bridges-no matter if they're straight OR gay.
It fills me up with such hope that people care so much about TEACHING young people that their lives are VALUABLE. Even if they're gay. It's really cool to me, that we've come far enough in recent years that Google and NBC see more good in running an ad like this than they do in any negative backlash that might come their way.
Awesome.
Awesome.
AWE-SOME!
This makes me giddy with excitement, y'all. Seriously. I wish I could be more eloquent but I'm too damn full of emotion.
AND what I love even more about this ad, is that if it meant something powerful to me (a 20 something lesbian who's been out of the closet for over 8 years and has had nothing but positive support from friends and family) then, whoa...imagine what it meant to someone trying to come out or someone who doesn' have support.
It's just cool to see.
I am so blessed to have wonderful friends and family who've hardly batted an eye over me being gay. And that means the world to me. And I know how lucky I am. But when you're gay, even living in America, even if you have all the support in the world from friends and family, it's really easy to feel like the world at large doesn't care and would rather that you didn't exist they way you exist. It's easy to feel like you don't belong or fit in the world because of the way you are. We see so much of our lives reflected in the media, some of it more true than others, and more often than not "gay" is not reflected in the media. It's hard to find shows or movies with decently written gay characters; and that makes it hard to believe you fit in the world too. But that's changing more and more and more and it makes me so happy. It makes me so happy to know, that at least when it comes to bein' a big old queer, the world is becoming a better place for kids. And not only that but people WANT it to be a better place for kids.
My greatest hope for the world is that kids everywhere, no matter who they are-gay, straight, black or blue-won't have to think too hard about how to be who they are. They'll just do it. 'Cause it's natural.
Thanks to the It Gets Better project for tellin' 'em its ok. Let's ALWAYS tell kids its ok to be who they are.
Now, we've told our youth that is gets better. And if you ask me, we owe to them to not only promise that it gets better, but to do our best to make it better NOW.
Also, as an update...
Molly is feeling SO much better and more like herself. How can I tell?
She's back to ignoring me.
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