In a video for the It Gets Better
campaign, personal finance guru Suze Orman says she's proud to be a
lesbian.
“I am proud of my accomplishments,”
Orman says in her video. “I am proud that I can stand in my truth
and I am not afraid to tell anybody who I am.”
The sixty-year-old Orman adds that she
knew her sexuality from day one.
“When I was born, I knew I was gay
from day one, but there wasn't anyone to talk about it.”
“As every day passed, with everything
that I did, I knew that if I was just willing to be who I am that the
world would eventually change and accept people like me,” she says.
“And look at me now.”
While conceding that gay teens face a
steep incline, Orman adds: “Just stick with us. People are
listening to you. People are supporting you. People want you to be
who you are. … I am proud that I am a lesbian.” (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.
Other celebrities and high-profile
politicians who have created videos urging troubled gay teens to get
help include President
Obama, Secretary
of State Hillary Clinton, New
York Governor David Paterson, Fort
Worth Councilman Joel Burns, rocker
Adam Lambert and actor Neil
Patrick Harris.