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Be Strong, Be
Proud, Be Yourself
"This is
my fight song. Take back my life song. Prove I'm alright
song. My power's turned on. Starting right now I'll be
strong. Because I've still got a lot of fight left in
me."
-Rachel Platten
"To be nobody but yourself in a world that's doing its
best to make you something else, is to fight the hardest
battle you are ever going to fight. Don't stop
fighting."
-E.E.
Cummings
"Burst
down those closet doors once and for all, and stand up,
and start to fight."
-Harvey
Milk
"Maybe someday we'll figure all this out. Try to put an
end to all our doubt. Try to find a way to make things
better now. Maybe someday we'll live our lives out loud.
We'll be better off somehow."
-Rob Thomas
It
Gets Better
You Will Be Found
Sometimes I
Get Back Up Again
You Will Be
Found
I Want to See You Be Brave
You're a Firework
I Have a
Voice
Don't Give Up
This is My Fight Song
"There's
no person in the whole world like you, and I like you
just the way you are."
-Fred Rogers
"Do you
know that there's still a chance for you. There's a
spark in you and you've just got to ignite the light and
let it shine. You're a firework. Show 'em what you're
worth. Come on, let your colors burst. You don't have to
feel like a wasted space. You're original and cannot be
replaced. If only you knew what the future holds. After
a hurricane comes a rainbow."
-Katy Perry
"Why fit in when you were born to stand out."
-Dr. Seuss
"Just be yourself. Let people see the real, imperfect,
flawed, quirky, weird, beautiful, magical person that
you are."
-Mandy
Hale
"Speak louder that the words before you and give them
meaning no one else has found. The role we play is so
important. We are the voices of the underground... Say
everything you’ve always wanted, be not afraid of who
you really are, cause in the end we have each other, and
that's at least one thing worth living for."
-Ian Axel
Rise Above the Storm
Aftermath: Adam Lambert
Broadway Kids Against Bullying: I Have a
Voice
We Never Lose Our Value
Trevor Project: It Gets Better
Steven Universe: Everyone is Gay!
Inspiring Quotes From LGBTQ Leaders
People Like Us: Kelly
Clarkson
Words of Love and
Celebration
Adam Lambert: It Gets Better
Cyndi Lauper: True Colors
Suze Orman: It Gets Better
I
Am a Champion: Carrie Underwood and Ludacris
Online Resources to Help LGBTQ Youth Find
Support
You Will Be
Found
Lift your head and look around
Have you ever felt like nobody was there? Have you ever
felt forgotten in the middle of nowhere? Have you ever
felt like you could disappear? Like you could fall, and
no one would hear?
Well, let that lonely feeling wash away. Maybe there's a
reason to believe you'll be okay. Because when you don't
feel strong enough to stand, you can reach out your
hand. Someone will coming running. And I know, they'll
take you home.
Even when the dark comes crashing through. When you need
a friend to carry you. And when you're broken on the
ground. You will be found. So let the sun come streaming
in. Because you'll reach up and you'll rise again. Lift
your head and look around. You will be found.
[Source:
Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, Dear Evan Hanson]
Suicide and
Crisis Hotline: 988
Trevor Lifeline: 866-488-7386
Trans Lifeline:
877-565-8860
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 800-273-8255
LGBTQ Counseling Hotline: 888-843-4564
988 Suicide Lifeline
Trevor Project: Get Help
LGBTQ Support
Youth Support
Crisis Text
Line
Support Hotlines
Trans Lifeline
You Are Not Alone
Maggie Szabo: Don't Give Up
One Voice Childrens Choir:
You Will Be Found
We Never Lose Our Value
Dan
& Terry: It Gets Better
Message for LGBTQ Young
People
Gay Pride: Fight Song
Greatest Showman: This is Me
President Barack Obama: It Gets Better
Ty
Herndon: So Small
Jill Bennett: It Gets Better
Having Pride
It
Gets Better: Broadway Stars
Sometimes I
You'll Be
Alright
I
promise one day you're gonna get back your fight...
Walk in a
public place, putting on a happy face.
How are you? I'm doing fine. But underneath I'm slowing
dying.
Learned about the grieving cycle, still at stage one in
denial.
I think it's time to be honest with me, healing is hard,
I think we would agree.
Maybe someone is in a similar boat.
Hope that you feel a little more less alone.
Fear is a lie, we'll be alright. Don't let this battle
take days off your life.
The sun's gonna shine, the future is bright. I promise
one day you're gonna get back your fight.
[Source:
Sarah Reeves]
Sarah Reeves: Get Back your Fight
You Are Not Alone
Maggie Szabo: Don't Give Up
One Voice Childrens Choir:
You Will Be Found
Dan
& Terry: It Gets Better
Message for LGBTQ Young
People
Greatest Showman: This is Me
President Barack Obama: It Gets Better
Ty
Herndon: So Small
Jill Bennett: It Gets Better
Having Pride
Words of
Affirmation
Strong and
resilient
“We are made for goodness. We are made for love. We are
made for friendliness. We are made for togetherness. We
are made for all of the beautiful things that you and I
know. We are made to tell the world that there are no
outsiders. All are welcome: black, white, red, yellow,
rich, poor, educated, not educated, male, female, gay,
straight, all, all, all. We all belong to this family,
this human family, God’s family.”
-Desmond Tutu
“The most
beautiful people we have known are those who have known
defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and
have found their way out of those depths.”
-Elisabeth
Kübler-Ross
“You are not supposed to be happy all the time. Life
hurts and it’s hard. Not because you’re doing it wrong,
but because it hurts for everybody. Don’t avoid the
pain. You need it. It’s meant for you. Be still with it,
let it come, let it go, let it leave you with the fuel
you’ll burn to get your work done on this earth.”
-Glennon
Doyle Melton
“And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you
made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t
even be sure, whether the storm is really over. But one
thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you
won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this
storm is all about.”
-Haruki
Murakami
You Are Not Alone
You Will Be Found
We Never Lose Our Value
Get Back Up Again: Anna Kendrick
It Takes a Lot of Courage to Be Your True Self
Me: Taylor Swift and Brendon Urie
Words of Love and
Celebration
Dear Evan Hanson: You Will Be
Found
Brave by Sara Bareilles
You're a Firework: Katy Perry
Encouragement for You
Broadway Kids Against Bullying: I Have a
Voice
Online Resources to Help LGBTQ Youth Find
Support
How to Cheer Someone Up: Ways to Make a
Friend Smile
Gay Pride: Fight Song
“If you are going through hell, keep going.”
-Winston
S. Churchill
“Life
doesn’t get easier or more forgiving, we get stronger
and more resilient.”
-Steve
Maraboli
“Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times,
if one only remembers to turn on the light.”
-Albus
Dumbledore
“Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as
difficult as spending our lives running from it.
Embracing our vulnerabilities is risky but not nearly as
dangerous as giving up on love and belonging and joy—the
experiences that make us the most vulnerable. Only when
we are brave enough to explore the darkness will we
discover the infinite power of our light.”
-Brené
Brown
You Will Be Found
It
Gets Better: Broadway Stars
You Are Not Alone
Sarah Reeves: Get Back your Fight
If You Were My LGBTQ Child
Train Passengers Sing Somewhere Over the
Rainbow
You're a Firework: Katy Perry
Coming Out: Short LGBTQ Film
The Rose: LeAnn Rimes and Los Angeles Gay
Men's Chorus
Encourage: Hope and Help
Get Back Up Again: Anna Kendrick
It Takes a Lot of Courage to Be Your True Self
Me: Taylor Swift and Brendon Urie
Having Pride
The Trevor
Project
When LGBTQ young people feel like they’re not safe or
understood as they explore their identity, it increases
their risks of experiencing mental health challenges.
The Trevor Project is committed to be available, 24/7,
to provide support and connection for LGBTQ youth who
may be going through a hard or confusing time. If you
know an LGBTQ young person who could use someone to talk
to, encourage them to reach out to our resources.
TEXT
START to 678678
CALL
1-866-488-7386
VISIT
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It Gets
Better
If you
fall, just get up
Hey friend, when you feel like you're alone and the
world throws out a lot of hate... It's not the end.
You're not out there on your own. There's still so much
in life to celebrate. Just look up. Because those skies
are going to clear. There so much more than just the
here and now. Just look up. Because a better day is
here. Tomorrow feel the sunlight shining down.
It gets better. The pain will let up. If you fall just get up.
Because there's another way. The world gets lighter. So be a fighter.
Just live to see that day.
Hey
friend, we used to feel like you. No end in sight.
Fearing everyday. Just defend the part of you that's
true. Find yourself and you will find the way. Don't
give up. Just take another look and you can shine. It's
time you took the stage. Don't give up. Because your
life is like a book. All you got to do is turn the page.
There are friends yet to meet. There are songs to be
sung. There are beautiful sunsets. And battles are won.
There's love to be found if you just stick around. Don't
give up. Your life has just begun.
[Source: Jay Kuo & Blair Shepard, It Gets Better]
Sometimes I
Trevor Project: It Gets Better
You're a Firework: Katy Perry
You Are Not Alone: Emeli Sande
Cathy DeBuono: It Gets Better
Encouragement for You
Neil Patrick Harris: It Gets Better
A
Letter to You
Someday: Rob Thomas
Rachel Platten: This is My Fight Song
We Never Lose Our Value
Please Stick
Around
Tomorrow
is the place where hope lives
Dear Friend, I don’t know you, but I know something
about you: I know you’re tired. I know you live with
demons, ones that are close and loud. I know how
relentless they are in their pursuit of you. I know that
you spend your days trying to silence them and your
nights trying to hide from them—and the hell they put
you through.
Most of all I know hard you work to hide it all; to
pretend you’re fine, to paint a convincing smile upon
your face, and to act as if all is well with your
battered soul. I know that all of this performing has
left you exhausted; that you’ve numbed yourself and hurt
yourself and starved yourself, in the hope that the
voices will become silent, the pain will subside, and
you can finally breathe again.
I know that right now it doesn’t seem like that moment
will ever come. I know right now you’d rather leave than
live. And even though I’m not standing in your shoes and
even though I don’t know you and even though I have no
right at all—I’m asking you to stick around. I’m asking
you to stay; to endure your incredibly painful, totally
senseless now because I can see your glorious,
blindingly beautiful then if you do.
If you stick around, you will reach a spot that the
sadness won’t let you see right now—you’ll reach
tomorrow. And that place is filled with possibility. It
is a day you’ve never been to. It is not this terrible
day. There, you will not feel exactly what you are
feeling right now. You may be stronger or see things
differently or find a clearing and life may look a way
it hasn’t in a long time: it may look worth staying for.
Tomorrow is the place where hope lives, and I want you
to give yourself a chance to share space with that hope;
to dance with it, to rest in it, to dream within it.
Because you deserve it.
You Are Not Alone
Maggie Szabo: Don't Give Up
One Voice Childrens Choir:
You Will Be Found
Dan
& Terry: It Gets Better
Message for LGBTQ Young
People
Greatest Showman: This is Me
President Barack Obama: It Gets Better
You Will Be Found
It
Gets Better: Broadway Stars
If you stick around, you will travel to amazing places
that will take your breath away and see sunsets that
have yet to be painted in the evening sky. If you
stick around, you’ll eat that cheeseburger; the one that
will cause you to make an actual audible noise in public
(and you won’t regret it). If you stick around,
you will hear that song that will change your life and
you’ll dance to it like no one’s watching (and then not
care that they are). If you stick around, you’ll
find yourself in the embrace of someone who waited their
entire lives to embrace you; whose path you will
beautifully alter with your presence. If you stick
around, you will hold babies and see movies and laugh
loudly and you’ll fall in love and have your heart
broken—and you’ll fall in love again. If you stick
around, you will study and learn and grow, and find your
calling and find your place and you’ll lay in the grass,
feeling gratitude for the sun upon your face and the
breeze in your hair. If you stick around you will
outlive your demons.
And yeah, there will be other stuff too; disappointments
and heartache and regrets and mistakes. And yes, there
will be moments of despair and painful seasons and dark
nights of the soul you will need to endure. You will
screw things up and be let down, you’ll hurt, and you’ll
wonder how you’ll ever make it through. But then
you’ll remember the hell you walked through to get here,
and you might remember this letter—and you’ll realize
you’re gonna be okay because tomorrow is still waiting
for you, to dance and rest and dream within.
So I guess this is just a reminder, from someone who
sees what you may not see from where you’re standing:
the future, one that will be a lot better with you in
it.
This is a plea and a promise, a dare and an invitation.
Stay. Hang on. You are loved. Things
will get better. Trust me.
Cry and get angry and ask for help and punch a wall and
scream into your pillow and take a deep breath and call
someone who loves you. When you let people in, the
demons shrink back, so allow others to carry this
sadness with you until you are stronger.
But for you... for those who will grieve you
should you leave... and for the tomorrow that you
deserve to see... please, stick around.
[Source:
John Pavlovitz]
You Are Not Alone
Maggie Szabo: Don't Give Up
One Voice Childrens Choir:
You Will Be Found
Dan
& Terry: It Gets Better
Message for LGBTQ Young
People
Greatest Showman: This is Me
President Barack Obama: It Gets Better
You Will Be Found
It
Gets Better: Broadway Stars
Sarah Reeves: Get Back your Fight
If You Were My LGBTQ Child
Gay Pride: Fight Song
Train Passengers Sing Somewhere Over the
Rainbow
Ty
Herndon: So Small
Jill Bennett: It Gets Better
Having Pride
Sometimes
Sometimes I feel like nobody special
Sometimes I feel like nobody special... Sometimes I feel
like a face in the crowd
But the crowd won't accept me... They laugh and torment
me
I'll never walk tall or walk proud
Hey now if they don't understand how special you are...
Well don't take it so hard
I see someone who impresses me deeply... I believe
in the person you are
Sometimes I feel like maybe I'm something...
Sometimes I feel just a semblance of pride
But sometimes some things can be forgotten... When
you're looking for something inside
Sometimes I wonder if I can feel better... And sometimes
it's better, sometimes it's worse
Sometimes I find that I question and question...
Until it feels like a horrible curse
Hey now if
they don't understand how special you are... Well don't
take it so hard
I see someone who impresses me deeply... I believe
in the person you are
And somehow I know that somehow I'll get through...
I'll sidestep the crowd and I'll get through okay
Rejection can burn but the strength that you learn can
never be taken away
[Source: Gregg Breinberg, PS22 Chorus Director]
Aftermath: Adam Lambert
Broadway Kids Against Bullying: I Have a
Voice
Trevor Project: It Gets Better
Steven Universe: Everyone is Gay!
Inspiring Quotes From LGBTQ Leaders
People Like Us: Kelly
Clarkson
Words of Love and
Celebration
Adam Lambert: It Gets Better
Cyndi Lauper: True Colors
Suze Orman: It Gets Better
Sarah Reeves: Get Back your Fight
I
Am a Champion: Carrie Underwood and Ludacris
Online Resources to Help LGBTQ Youth Find
Support
You Are Strong
You
are loved and needed
“The wound is the place where the light enters you.”
-Jalaluddin
Rumi
“All the world is full of suffering. It is also full of
overcoming.”
-Helen
Keller
“If you could only sense how important you are to the
lives of those you meet; how important you can be to the
people you may never even dream of. There is something
of yourself that you leave at every meeting with another
person.”
-Fred
Rogers
“You are
imperfect, you are wired for struggle, but you are
worthy of love and belonging.”
-Brené
Brown
“I can tell you that it takes great strength to
surrender. You have to know that you are not going to
collapse. Instead, you are going to open to a power that
you don’t even know, and it is going to come to meet
you. In the process of healing, this is one of the huge
things that I have discovered. People recognized the
energy coming to meet them. When they opened to another
energy, a love, a divine love, came through to meet
them. That is what is known as grace. We all sing about
amazing grace. It is a gift. I think that it comes
through the work that we do. For some people, it can
come out of the blue, but I know that in my own
situation, the grace came through incredible vigilance.”
-Marion
Woodman
"I just want you to know that you are so loved and so
needed on planet earth."
-Grace
Theisen
“There comes a time in your life, when you walk away
from all the drama and people who create it. You
surround yourself with people who make you laugh. Forget
the bad and focus on the good. Love the people who treat
you right, pray for the ones who do not. Life is too
short to be anything but happy. Falling down is a part
of life, getting back up is living.”
-José N.
Harris
“Often
when you think you’re at the end of something, you’re at
the beginning of something else.”
-Fred
Rogers
Gay Pride: Fight Song
Jackson Bird: Time is an Amazing Healer
Eve: It Gets Better
Sara Bareilles: Brave
Dear Evan Hansen: Waving
Through a Window
Having Pride
Cameron & Mitchell of Modern Family: It Gets Better
Tim Cook to LGBTQ Youth: You Are a Gift to the World
The Trevor Film
Hilary Clinton: It Gets
Better
Online Resources to Help LGBTQ Youth Find
Support
Suicide and
Crisis Hotline: 988
Trevor Lifeline: 866-488-7386
Trans Lifeline:
877-565-8860
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 800-273-8255
LGBTQ Counseling Hotline: 888-843-4564
988 Suicide Lifeline
Trevor Project: Get Help
LGBTQ Support
Youth Support
Crisis Text
Line
Support Hotlines
Trans Lifeline
You Are a Gift
to the World
Message from Apple CEO Tim Cook
I’ve come
to deliver a simple message that I want every LGBTQ
person to hear and to believe: You are a gift to the
world, a unique and special gift just the way you are.
Your life matters. To you I say, find your truth, speak
your truth, live your truth.
My heart breaks when I see kids struggling to conform to
a society or a family that doesn’t accept them,
struggling to be what someone else thinks is normal. Let
me tell you, normal might just be the worst word ever
created. You’re not all supposed to be the same, feel
the same, or think the same, and there is nothing wrong
with you.
Now, I know that life can be dark and heavy and
sometimes it might seem unreasonable and unbearable. But
just as night turns to day, know that darkness is always
followed by light. You will feel more comfortable in
your own skin, attitudes will change, life will get
better, and you? You will thrive.
[Source:
Tim Cook, CEO of Apple Computers, out business executive]
Human Rights Campaign
Gay Lesbian Straight
Education
Network
Parents & Friends of
Lesbians &
Gays
Gay Lesbian Alliance
Against Defamation
National LGBTQ
Task Force
Southern Poverty
Law Center
Campus Pride
Trevor
Project
Hopeful Messages
“A Prayer:
Refuse to fall down. If you cannot refuse to fall
down, refuse to stay down. If you cannot refuse to stay
down, lift your heart toward heaven and like a hungry
beggar ask that it be filled. You may be pushed
down. You may be kept from rising. But no one can
keep you from lifting your heart toward heaven only you.
It is in the middle of misery that so much becomes
clear. The one who says nothing good came of this, is
not yet listening. ”
-Clarissa
Pinkola Estés
“We must
let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the
one that is waiting for us.”
-Joseph
Campbell
“Learning lessons is a little like reaching maturity.
You’re not suddenly more happy, wealthy, or powerful,
but you understand the world around you better, and
you’re at peace with yourself. Learning life’s lessons
is not about making your life perfect, but about seeing
life as it was meant to be.”
-Elisabeth
Kübler-Ross
“There’s
no such thing as ruining your life. Life’s a pretty
resilient thing, it turns out.”
-Sophie
Kinsella
“Opportunities to find deeper powers within ourselves
come when life seems most challenging.”
-Joseph
Campbell
“The dark does not destroy the light; it defines it.
It’s our fear of the dark that casts our joy into the
shadows.”
-Brené
Brown
“As my sufferings mounted I soon realized that there
were two ways in which I could respond to my situation —
either to react with bitterness or seek to transform the
suffering into a creative force. I decided to follow the
latter course.”
-Martin
Luther King Jr.
“It’s not a competition, it’s a doorway.”
-Mary
Oliver
“The opinion which other people have of you is their
problem, not yours.”
-Elisabeth
Kübler-Ross
“Hope is not about proving anything. It’s about choosing
to believe this one thing, that love is bigger than any
grim, bleak shit anyone can throw at us.”
-Anne
Lamott
Teen Talks About Being Bullied
Brave by Sara Bareilles
If You Were My LGBTQ Child
Encouragement for You
HuffPost: Transgender Suicide Hotline
Words of Love and
Celebration
Sometimes I
Broadway Kids Against Bullying: I Have a
Voice
Tips for LGBTQ Bullied Youth
Sarah Reeves: Get Back your Fight
Trevor Project: It Gets Better
How to Cheer Someone Up: Ways to Make a
Friend Smile
Online Resources to Help LGBTQ Youth Find
Support
I Wanna See You
Be Brave
Say what you wanna say
You can be amazing. You can turn a phrase into a weapon
or a drug.
You can be the outcast. Or be the backlash of somebody's
lack of love.
Or you can start speaking up. Nothing's gonna hurt you
the way that words do.
When they settle 'neath your skin. Kept on the inside
and no sunlight. Sometimes a shadow wins.
But I
wonder what would happen if you say what you wanna say.
And let the words fall out.
Honestly I wanna see you be brave. With what you want to
say.
And let the words fall out. I just wanna see you be
brave.
Everybody's been there, everybody's been stared down by
the enemy.
Fallen for the fear and done some disappearing. Bow down
to the mighty.
But don't run, stop holding your tongue. Maybe there's a
way out of the cage where you live.
Maybe one of these days you can let the light in. Show
me how big your brave is.
But I wonder what would happen if you say what you wanna
say. And let the words fall out.
Honestly I wanna see you be brave. With what you want to
say.
And let the words fall out. I just wanna see you be
brave.
Innocence, your history of silence won't do you any
good. Did you think it would?
Let your words be anything but empty. Why don't you tell
them the truth?
[Source:
Sara Bareilles]
Words of Love and
Celebration
You Will Be Found
You're a Firework: Katy Perry
Dear Evan Hanson: You Will Be
Found
If You Were My LGBTQ Child
Oxygen: Short LGBTQ Film
Teen Talks About Being Bullied
Brave by Sara Bareilles
Encouragement for You
HuffPost: Transgender Suicide Hotline
Broadway Kids Against Bullying: I Have a
Voice
Tips for LGBTQ Bullied Youth
Trevor Project: It Gets Better
Gay Pride: Fight Song
Worth the
Struggle
Stand up and show your soul
"It is
better to live your own destiny imperfectly than to live
an imitation of somebody else’s life with perfection.”
-Bhagavad
Gita
“You have to walk, and create the way by your walking;
you will not find a ready-made path. It is not so cheap,
to reach to the ultimate realization of truth. You will
have to create the path by walking yourself; the path is
not ready-made, lying there and waiting for you. It is
just like the sky: the birds fly, but they don’t leave
any footprints. You cannot follow them; there are no
footprints left behind.”
-Osho
“One of
the most calming and powerful actions you can do to
intervene in a stormy world is to stand up and show your
soul. Struggling souls catch light from other souls who
are fully lit and willing to show it.”
-Clarissa
Pinkola Estés
“Discovering the truth about ourselves is a lifetime’s
work, but it’s worth the effort.”
-Fred
Rogers
“You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be
defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the
defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise
from, how you can still come out of it.”
-Maya
Angelou
“Learn to
get in touch with the silence within yourself, and know
that everything in life has purpose. There are no
mistakes, no coincidences, all events are blessings
given to us to learn from.”
-Elisabeth
Kübler-Ross
“Stop
messing around. Be the person you are meant to be.
Remember that somewhere someone is rooting for you to
succeed! Don’t worry about the others. They’re too busy
riding coattails, being unhappy and making excuses as to
why they gave up on their own dreams. You’ve got this.
And if today you were wondering if you could do it?
Consider this your pep talk.”
-Dawn
Garcia
Suicide and
Crisis Hotline: 988
Trevor Lifeline: 866-488-7386
Trans Lifeline:
877-565-8860
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 800-273-8255
LGBTQ Counseling Hotline: 888-843-4564
988 Suicide Lifeline
Trevor Project: Get Help
LGBTQ Support
Youth Support
Crisis Text
Line
Support Hotlines
Trans Lifeline
Be Your
Authentic Self
You are never alone
This is a message for all the LGBTQ young people out
there. Whether you have just come out, thinking of
coming out, you’re homeless, you’re struggling with
drugs or alcohol or coming to terms with who you are.
This is for you.
I know. You’ve been called some pretty hurtful things.
Fag. Dyke. Queer. Poof. Tranny. You feel down. You
feel isolated. You feel alone. You feel separated from
those closest to you.
And all
you want to do is fit in. To be accepted. To be part of
the group. You have internalized those negative messages
you received and the poor behavior towards you – from
your parents, grandparents, siblings, school mates,
teachers, strangers even. And now you feel shame,
rejection, fear, guilt. You are unable to accept
yourself. That’s the last thing you expected when you
came out.
Listen up. It’s not your sexuality or gender that is the
issue. The issue is being in a society that doesn’t
accept anything other than cisgender or heterosexual.
Broadway Kids Against Bullying: I Have a
Voice
I
Am a Champion: Carrie Underwood and Ludacris
Jewel: It Gets Better
Rise Above the Storm
True Colors: LA Gay Men's Chorus
Dear Evan Hansen: Waving
Through a Window
Chris Colfer: It Gets Better
Encouragement for You
Tim Cook to LGBTQ Youth: You Are a Gift to the World
Steven Universe: Everyone is Gay!
Online Resources to Help LGBTQ Youth Find
Support
There are a few things I want to say to you. There’s
nothing wrong with you. You are good enough. You are
perfect as you are and you don’t need to change for
anyone. Be true to yourself and follow your heart.
Give
people the space and the time to process who they
thought you would be. They have expectations of you and
who you will be in the future. You’ve had time to
process who you are. Now, give those you have come out
to the space and time to process too. In the meantime
stay strong.
You are
never alone. There are many people out there, walking
past you day after day, that would love to help you.
Many don’t know how to help you. Get clear in your mind
what would really help you and then ask for what you
want. Speak your truth. Who people think you are, isn’t
who you really are. You are so much more than you even
know.
Look for
the beauty in the little things. The warmth of a smile
from a stranger. The sun shining overhead. The sound of
music in the distance. These are reminders that you are
alive and experiencing life. Your experience of life can
change in a heartbeat.
Hope. Hope
opens your heart to miracles. Expect miracles. Always.
When you expect miracles, anything is possible. Your
thoughts create your reality. If you want to change your
reality, change your thoughts. Keep them positive. Keep
them happy. What you believe, you become. Believe you
can improve your life – and you will.
It’s not
going to be alright. It is going to be much more than
alright. You have this my friend.
[Source: Gina Battye, Authentic Self, Diva Magazine]
Rachel Platten: Stand By You
Trevor Project: It Gets Better
You Will Be Found
I Am What I Am: Karen Mulder
Message for LGBTQ Young
People
Taylor Swift and Brendon Urie: Me
Jackson Bird: Time is an Amazing Healer
Train Passengers Sing Somewhere Over the
Rainbow
You're a Firework: Katy Perry
Todrick Hall: It Gets Better
Sometimes I
Spread Your
Wings and Fly
Things
will change
“Pain is a
pesky part of being human, I’ve learned it feels like a
stab wound to the heart, something I wish we could all
do without, in our lives here. Pain is a sudden hurt
that can’t be escaped. But then I have also learned that
because of pain, I can feel the beauty, tenderness, and
freedom of healing. Pain feels like a fast stab wound to
the heart. But then healing feels like the wind against
your face when you are spreading your wings and flying
through the air! We may not have wings growing out of
our backs, but healing is the closest thing that will
give us that wind against our faces.”
-C.
JoyBell C.
“It does
not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not
stop.”
-Confucius
“It always
seems impossible until it’s done.”
-Nelson
Mandela
"Though nobody can go back and make a new beginning.
Anyone can start over and make a new ending.”
-Chico
Xavier
“This is an important lesson to remember when you’re
having a bad day, a bad month, or a shitty year. Things
will change. You won’t feel this way forever. And
anyway, sometimes the hardest lessons to learn are the
ones your soul needs most. I believe you can’t feel real
joy unless you’ve felt heartache. You can’t have a sense
of victory unless you know what it means to fail. You
can’t know what it’s like to feel holy until you know
what it’s like to feel really fucking evil. And you
can’t be birthed again until you’ve died.”
-Kelly
Cutrone
“Instructions for living a life: Pay attention. Be
astonished. Tell about it.”
-Mary
Oliver
Suicide and
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It
Gets Better: Broadway Stars
You Are Not Alone
Train Passengers Sing Somewhere Over the
Rainbow
Coming Out: Short LGBTQ Film
Encourage: Hope and Help
Gay Pride: Fight Song
Get Back Up Again: Anna Kendrick
It Takes a Lot of Courage to Be Your True Self
Me: Taylor Swift and Brendon Urie
Having Pride
Dear Evan Hanson: You Will Be
Found
Message for LGBTQ Young
People
Oxygen: Short LGBTQ Film
This Is Me
There's
nothing I'm not worthy of
I am not a stranger to the dark. Hide away, they
say, because we don't want your broken parts. I've
learned to be ashamed of all my scars. Run away,
they say, no one will love you as you are. But I won't
let them break me down to dust. I know that there's a
place for us, for we are glorious.
When the sharpest words wanna cut me down, I'm gonna
send a flood, gonna drown them out. I am brave, I am
bruised. I am who I'm meant to be. This is me.
Look out 'cause here I come. And I'm marching on to the
beat I drum. I'm not scared to be seen. I
make no apologies. This is me
Another round of bullets hits my skin. Well, fire
away because today, I won't let the shame sink in.
We are bursting through the barricades and reaching for
the sun. We are warriors. Yeah, that's what we've
become. I know that I deserve your love, because
there's nothing I'm not worthy of.
[Source:
Justin Paul & Benj Pasek, This is Me]
Jason Collins/Basketball Player
George Takei/Actor
Adam Lambert/Musician
Laverne Cox/Actor
Janet Mock/Magazine Editor
Rosie O'Donnell/Actor, Comedian
Tim Gunn/Designer
Jane Lynch/Actor
Raven Simone/Actor
RuPaul/Entertainer
Portia DeRossi/Actor
Wanda Sykes/Comedian
Nate Berkus/Designer
Candis Cayne/Actor
Andrew Rannells/Actor
Ian McKellen/Actor
Don't Be Afraid
Have you lost your way? Livin' in the shadow of the
messes that you made. And so it goes. Everything inside
your circle starts to overflow. Take a step before you
leap. Into the colors that you seek. You give back what
you give away. So don't look back on yesterday.
Wanna scream out, no more hiding. Don't be afraid of
what's inside. Gonna tell ya you'll be alright. In the
aftermath. Anytime anybody pulls you down. Anytime
anybody says you're not allowed. Just remember you are
not alone. In the aftermath.
You feel the weight of lies and contradictions that you
live with every day. It's not too late. Think of what
could be if you rewrite the role you play. So all you
feel is love, love. All you feel is love, love.
[Source: Adam Lambert, Aftermath]
Suicide and
Crisis Hotline: 988
Trevor Lifeline: 866-488-7386
Trans Lifeline:
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National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 800-273-8255
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It
Gets Better: Broadway Stars
You Are Not Alone
Coming Out: Short LGBTQ Film
Encourage: Hope and Help
Get Back Up Again: Anna Kendrick
It Takes a Lot of Courage to Be Your True Self
Me: Taylor Swift and Brendon Urie
Encouragement for You
You Will Be Found
Broadway Kids Against Bullying: I Have a
Voice
Jackson Bird: Time is an Amazing Healer
Rise Above the Storm
Tips for LGBTQ Bullied Youth
Trevor Project: It Gets Better
Don't Give Up
Everyone
knows this world ain’t perfect. But what you got goin’
on makes you worthy. Anywhere you turn or any way you
slice it, someone’s gonna get burned. But those scars
are truly worth it. One day you’ll see that the answer
you seek was in front of you. Love is all you need.
When your back’s against the wall, cuz you feel you've
lost it all. There’s nowhere left to turn and no one
left to call. There is someone just like you who feels
the same way too. Why would you surrender? Don’t give up
on love.
Sometimes it feels like things won’t get better. But in
time you’ll realize nothing lasts forever. One day
you’ll see that the answer you seek was in front of you.
Love is all you need.
When your hope has run away, don’t give up. If you feel
you’ve been betrayed, don’t give up. When you’ve fought
your last round, don't give up. Why would you surrender?
Don’t give up on love.
[Source: Maggie Szabo,
Chaz Mason, Stefan Lit, Don't Give Up]
Aftermath: Adam Lambert
Broadway Kids Against Bullying: I Have a
Voice
Sometimes I
Trevor Project: It Gets Better
Steven Universe: Everyone is Gay!
Inspiring Quotes From LGBTQ Leaders
People Like Us: Kelly
Clarkson
Words of Love and
Celebration
Adam Lambert: It Gets Better
Cyndi Lauper: True Colors
Suze Orman: It Gets Better
I
Am a Champion: Carrie Underwood and Ludacris
You Will Be
Found
You'll reach up and you'll rise again
Have you
ever felt like nobody was there? Have you ever felt
forgotten in the middle of nowhere?
Have you ever felt like you could disappear? Like you
could fall, and no one would hear?
Well, let
that lonely feeling wash away, Maybe there's a reason to
believe you'll be okay
Because when you don't feel strong enough to stand, You
can reach, reach out your hand
And oh, someone will coming running, And I know, they'll
take you home
Even when
the dark comes crashing through, When you need a friend
to carry you
And when you're broken on the ground, You will be found
So let the
sun come streaming in, Because you'll reach up and
you'll rise again
Lift your head and look around, You will be found
There's a place where we don't have to feel unknown
And every time that you call out, You're a little less
alone
If you only say the word, From across the silence your
voice is heard
You are not alone... If you only look around...
You will be found
[Source:
Benj Pasek and Justin Noble Paul]
You Are Not Alone
Maggie Szabo: Don't Give Up
One Voice Childrens Choir:
You Will Be Found
Dan
& Terry: It Gets Better
Message for LGBTQ Young
People
If You Were My LGBTQ Child
Greatest Showman: This is Me
President Barack Obama: It Gets Better
Ty
Herndon: So Small
Jill Bennett: It Gets Better
Having Pride
I Have a Voice
I have a
voice, simple and clear, it speaks the truth, for all
too hear
It gives me hope, it gives me faith, it lifts me up, it
keeps me safe
I have a voice, it's mine alone, it comforts me, it is
my own
Although it's small, I'm not afraid, for I am strong in
its embrace
No one can say, what I have seen, or understand where I
have been
For what I found inside myself, belongs to me and no one
else
[Source: Broadway Kids Against Bullying]
Stand By You
Even if we can't find heaven, put your empty hands in
mine, and show me all the scars you hide
And if your wings are broken, please take mine 'til
yours can open too, because I'm gonna stand by you
Tears make kaleidoscopes in your eyes, I know you're
hurting but so am I
Even if we're breaking down, we can find a way to break
through
Even if we can't find heaven, I'll walk through hell
with you
You're not alone, because I'm gonna stand by you
I'll be
your eyes 'til yours can shine, and I'll be your arms
I'll be your steady satellite
And when you can't rise, I'll crawl with you on hands
and knees, because I'm gonna stand by you
[Source: Rachel Platten]
Get Back Up
Again
"Some
super fun surprise around each corner! Just riding on a
rainbow! I'm gonna be okay! Hey! I'm not giving up
today! There's nothing getting in my way! And if you
knock me over, I will get back up again! If something
goes a little wrong, well, you can go ahead and bring it
on! Because, if you knock me over, I will get back up
again! I'm off on this remarkable adventure! I'm riding
on a rainbow! What if it's all a big mistake? What if
it's more than I can take? No! I can't think that way!
Because I know that I'm really gonna be okay!"
[Source: Anna
Kendrick, Get Back Up Again]
Rachel Platten: Stand By You
Trevor Project: It Gets Better
I Am What I Am: Karen Mulder
Message for LGBTQ Young
People
Taylor Swift and Brendon Urie: Me
Jackson Bird: Time is an Amazing Healer
Train Passengers Sing Somewhere Over the
Rainbow
Todrick Hall: It Gets Better
Broadway Kids Against Bullying: I Have a
Voice
Gay Pride: Fight Song
You Deserve Love
This is
for all of the kids who are feeling scared.
This is for the quiet ones who never had someone say
they cared.
This is for all of the times you were forced to stay
inside.
This is for the ones of you who have slowly died.
Whether you’re gay or straight. Love him or her.
You deserve to live. You deserve to love.
Whether you found someone. Or have heard you’re wanted
enough.
Know that you’re needed. Know that you’re loved.
This is for all of us kids who cry alone in their beds.
This is for all the dark times when no light had been
shed.
This is for all the hurt in your heart and the pain in
your soul.
Now it's time to be happy. Now it's time to be
whole.
[Source: Trisha North]
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Everything Will
Be Okay
Everybody loses it. Everybody wants to throw it away
sometimes. I know what you're going through. Don't let
it get the best of you. You'll make it out alive. Keep
your head up. Nothing lasts forever. This is not a
funeral. It's a revolution. Your tears have turned to
rage. Just wait, everything will be okay. Even when
you're feeling like it's going down in flames. They
can't do nothing to you. They can't do nothing to me.
This is the life that we choose. This is the life that
we bleed. So throw your fists in the air. Come out come
out if you dare. Tonight we're gonna change forever.
[Source: Kelly Clarkson, People Like Us]
You Are Not Alone
I
Just Want to Be OK: Ingrid Michaelson
Gloria Estefan: It Gets Better
Message for LGBTQ Young
People
Get Back Up Again: Anna Kendrick
Dear Evan Hanson: You Will Be
Found
Words of Love and
Celebration
Dare to Love: Sean Chapin
BD
Wong: It Gets Better
Rachel Platten: Stand By You
Trevor Project: It Gets Better
I Am What I Am: Karen Mulder
You're a Firework: Katy Perry
Taylor Swift and Brendon Urie: Me
You Will Be Found
Jackson Bird: Time is an Amazing Healer
Todrick Hall: It Gets Better
Train Passengers Sing Somewhere Over the
Rainbow
Broadway Kids Against Bullying: I Have a
Voice
I
Am a Champion: Carrie Underwood and Ludacris
Jewel: It Gets Better
True Colors: LA Gay Men's Chorus
Chris Colfer: It Gets Better
Encouragement for You
Rise Above the Storm
Tim Cook to LGBTQ Youth: You Are a Gift to the World
Steven Universe: Everyone is Gay!
Online Resources to Help LGBTQ Youth Find
Support
There's Still a
Chance for You
You just gotta
ignite the light and let it shine
Do you ever feel like a plastic bag drifting through the
wind, wanting to start again? Do you ever feel so paper
thin, like a house of cards, one blow from caving in? Do
you ever feel already buried deep, six feet under
scream, but no one seems to hear a thing? Do you know
that there's still a chance for you, because there's a
spark in you?
You just gotta ignite the light and let it shine. Just
own the night like the Fourth of July. Because, baby,
you're a firework. Come on show 'em what you're worth. As you shoot across the sky.
Baby,
you're a firework. Come on let your colors burst. You're gonna leave 'em fallin' down.
You're gonna leave 'em all in awe.
You don't have to feel like a waste of space. You're
original, cannot be replaced. If you only knew what the
future holds. After a hurricane comes a rainbow. Maybe
you're the reason why all the doors are closed. So you could
open one that leads you to the perfect road. Like a
lightning bolt, your heart will glow. And when it's
time, you'll know.
Even brighter than the moon. It's
always been inside of you. And now it's time to let it
through.
[Source: Katy Perry, Firework]
Human Rights Campaign
Gay Lesbian Straight
Education
Network
Parents & Friends of
Lesbians &
Gays
Gay Lesbian Alliance
Against Defamation
National LGBTQ
Task Force
Southern Poverty
Law Center
Campus Pride
Trevor
Project
Suicide and
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You Are Not
Alone
The
world is a better place with you in it
"I don't
like to gamble. But if there's one thing I'm willing to
bet on, it's myself."
-Beyonce
“Anyone
desperate enough for suicide should be desperate enough
to go to creative extremes to solve problems: Elope at
midnight. Stow away on the boat to New Zealand and
start over. Do what you always wanted to do but
were afraid to try.”
–Richard
Bach
“When you
feel like giving up, just remember the reason why you
held on for so long.”
-Quote
"I don’t know what it’s like to be picked on for being
gay. But I do know what it’s like to grow up feeling
that sometimes you don’t belong. It’s tough. And for a
lot of kids, the sense of being alone or apart – I know
can just wear on you. And when you’re teased or bullied,
it can seem like somehow you brought it on yourself –
for being different, or for not fitting in with
everybody else. But what I want to say is this. You are
not alone. You didn’t do anything wrong. You didn’t do
anything to deserve being bullied. And there is a whole
world waiting for you, filled with possibilities.''
-President Barack Obama
"I like
you as you are. Exactly and precisely. I think you
turned out nicely. And I like you as you are."
-Fred Rogers
I
Am a Champion: Carrie Underwood and Ludacris
You're a Firework: Katy Perry
Jewel: It Gets Better
True Colors: LA Gay Men's Chorus
Chris Colfer: It Gets Better
Encouragement for You
Tim Cook to LGBTQ Youth: You Are a Gift to the World
Steven Universe: Everyone is Gay!
Online Resources to Help LGBTQ Youth Find
Support
"It’s okay. It may not seem like it right now, but you
are going to be fine. I know it’s scary, but don’t be
afraid. I don’t want anyone to hold back who they are.
You are who you are and you should love that person."
-Connor Franta
“When you
get into a tight place and everything goes against you,
till it seems as though you could not hang on a minute
longer, never give up then, for that is just the place
and time that the tide will turn.”
–Harriet
Beecher Stowe
"The
different people are not like other people. But being
different is nothing to be ashamed of. Because other
people are not such wonderful people. They're one
hundred times one thousand. But you're one times one!
They're common as weeds, but you, well, you're blue
roses!"
-Tennessee
Williams, The Glass Menagerie
"We are powerful because we have survived."
-Audre
Lorde
"Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to
be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your
life. Define yourself."
-Harvey
Fierstein
Jason Collins/Basketball Player
George Takei/Actor
Adam Lambert/Musician
Laverne Cox/Actor
Janet Mock/Magazine Editor
Rosie O'Donnell/Actor, Comedian
Tim Gunn/Designer
Jane Lynch/Actor
Raven Simone/Actor
RuPaul/Entertainer
Portia DeRossi/Actor
Wanda Sykes/Comedian
Nate Berkus/Designer
Candis Cayne/Actor
Andrew Rannells/Actor
Ian McKellen/Actor
"What
makes you different or weird... That's your
strength."
-Meryl
Streep
“There are
people out there who love you and care about you just
the way you are. You will find that your differences are
a source of pride and a source of strength. The freedom
to not fit in, to be true to ourselves, that’s the
freedom that enriches all of us. That’s what America is
all about.”
-President
Barack Obama
“No, you aren’t alone. Yes, we all feel this way
sometimes. No, you won’t always feel like this. Yes, the
world is a better place with you in it.”
-Quote
"It's not the end. You're not out there on your own....
There so much more than just the here and now... The
pain will let up. Just live to see that day.... Don't
give up... There are friends yet to meet... There's love
to be found if you just stick around. Don't give up.
Your life has just begun."
-Jay Kuo & Blair Shepard
“And here
you are living despite it all.”
–Rupi Kaur
“Never
never never give up.”
–Winston
Churchill
Suicide and
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Youth Support
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I
Just Want to Be OK: Ingrid Michaelson
Dear Evan Hanson: You Will Be
Found
Gloria Estefan: It Gets Better
Dare to Love: Sean Chapin
BD
Wong: It Gets Better
Having Pride
Steven Universe: Everyone is Gay!
If You Were My LGBTQ Child
Trevor Project: It Gets Better
Rise Above the Storm
Get Back Up Again: Anna Kendrick
You Are Not Alone: Emeli Sande
I Am What I Am: Karen Mulder
Taylor Swift and Brendon Urie: Me
Broadway Kids Against Bullying: I Have a
Voice
Jewel: It Gets Better
True Colors: LA Gay Men's Chorus
I
Am a Champion: Carrie Underwood and Ludacris
Chris Colfer: It Gets Better
Tim Cook to LGBTQ Youth: You Are a Gift to the World
Words of Love and Celebration
Jackson Bird: Time is an Amazing Healer
Dear Evan Hansen: Waving
Through a Window
Ty
Herndon: So Small
You Are Not Alone
How to Cheer Someone Up: Ways to Make a
Friend Smile
Online Resources to Help LGBTQ Youth Find
Support
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