The Los Angeles Dodgers are the latest
MLB team to join the It
Gets Better Project.
Gay activist, sex advice columnist and
Rick
Santorum agitator Dan Savage founded the It Gets Better Project
to reach out to troubled LGBT teens who may be considering suicide
because they feel alone or are being bullied or harassed at school.
The videos offer a simple message: Hang in there because life gets
better.
The Dodgers releaed their video on
Tuesday. It stars manager Don Mattingly, first baseman James Loney,
relief pitcher Matt Guerrier, infielder Jamey Carroll, pitcher Hiroki
Kuroda, and catchers A.J. Ellis and Rod Barajas. (The video is
embedded in the right panel of this page.)
“The Dodgers have been outspoken
advocates for equality and against all societal prejudices dating
back to the days of Jackie Robinson,” said Dodgers Senior Vice
President, Public Affairs Howard Sunkin in a statement. “Our club
wholeheartedly supports an end to bullying and violence against LGBT
youth. There is zero tolerance for violence of any kind for any
reason in our community.”
In June, the San Francisco Giants
became the first MLB team to record a video for the campaign. Teams
that have followed suit include the Baltimore Orioles, the Seattle
Mariners, the Tampa Bay Rays, the Boston Red Sox, the Chicago Cubs
and, most recently, the Philadelphia Phillies.