The It Gets Better Project on Thursday
launched a video campaign targeting Russian LGBT youth.
“The It Gets Better Project hopes to
reach the millions of LGBT youth in Russia to show they have
international support against the outright discrimination happening
across their country,” said Ted Farley, the group's executive
director. “We want every gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender
individual to know they are beautiful, valued and important, and that
their friends and allies in the international community are keeping a
close eye on their situation while working to end such injustice.”
Videos in support of Russian youth
uploaded to the It
Gets Better website are translated into Russian.
Inaugural videos in the campaign
include messages from the United States, Moldova, Switzerland, Chile,
Paraguay, Portugal, Spain, South Africa and Australia, which have
been edited into a nearly 3-minute introductory video. (The video is
embedded on this page. Visit
our video library for more videos.)