In a new It Gets Better video, Speaker
of the House Nancy Pelosi says diversity in an “American strength.”
“You are not alone,” Pelosi says to
troubled gay teens considering suicide.
“As a mother and a grandmother, I
want to tell you that a better tomorrow awaits. Filled with
opportunity, with hope, with the promise of success, with respect and
progress for all.”
Pelosi says the country has overcome
inequality before and is prepared to do so again for gay, lesbian,
bisexual and transgender people.
“Bigotry and bullying have no place
in our society,” she adds. “Bullying contradicts our American
values and our aspirations. Diversity is an American strength.”
“Together, united we will remind our
LGBT youth and all Americans: It gets better.” (The video is
embedded in the right panel of this page.)
The It Gets Better campaign is the
brainchild of sex advice columnist and activist Dan Savage, who
launched the project by uploading a video on YouTube. Savage
announced Wednesday that the collection of videos which urge troubled
gay teens to get help had swelled to 20,000, with over 10 million
views.
Other celebrities and high-profile
politicians who have created videos include President
Barack Obama, Secretary
of State Hillary Clinton, New
York Governor David Paterson, Fort
Worth Councilman Joel Burns, rocker
Adam Lambert and actor Neil
Patrick Harris.