In their work to spread hope and inspiration amongst LGBT youth worldwide, the It Gets Better Project will be launching a segment How It Has Gotten Better since IDAHOT 2013 in honour of this year’s IDAHOT. It will highlight some of the positive changes that have occurred for the global LGBT community since May 17, 2013. You can find more details on their IDAHOT 2014 page.

Also featured on the website is information about the events and programs being hosted by It Gets Better affiliates around the world. Visitors can learn about the May 17th launch of the Project’s newest affiliate in Brazil, find out more about the new “Soy Feliz” campaign by Todo Mejora (Chile), and watch as It Gets Better Australia co-convene’s the United Nations Youth Summit taking place from May 16-18. Altogether, the organization has 13 affiliates participating in IDAHOT events on 4 different continents.

The It Gets Better Project has been international in scope since the first it gets better videos appeared online in September, 2010. Beginning in those early days, countless it gets better videos have been offered from supporters across the globe.
The videos are diverse in language, culture and political viewpoint, and feature a range of different issues, but they always demonstrate the unifying theme that it gets better.

The It Gets Better International website has just been launched and you can find it here.

Here is sample of the It Gets Better videos:

The 5-day seminar, will be held from the 14th – 18th May, in Budapest, Hungary.

The goal of the event is to develop responses to Homophobic and Transphobic Hate Speech affecting Young People.

Organisers explained: ‘During the seminar and in the movement there will be prepared some actions to be implemented by activists all over Europe. The aim of the seminar is, amongst others, to get people and organisations not used to work with lgbtqi issues to take the next step towards human rights for all… The topic of IDAHOT “Freedom of Expression” is very relevant when talking about Hate Speech. It’s a question of how you use your freedom of expression. Do you use it to promote human rights and social cohesion or to spread hate and dehumanize lgbtqi?’

They also added: ‘The seminar will explore the challenges faced by young people who are targeted by hate speech because of their sexual orientation and gender identity and how to develop adequate responses to such homophobic and transphobic expressions.’

Applications to participate in the conference should be submitted by April 7, 2014.

For more information (including applications) please see this page on the IGLYO site.