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Introduction | |
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A Message from President | |
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You Will Find Your People | |
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The Life Almost Lost | |
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In the Early Morning Rain | |
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Something Has Changed Within Me | |
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Action Makes It Better | |
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You Are a Rubber Band, My Friend | |
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God Believes in You | |
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The Person Worth Fighting For Is You | |
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A Message | |
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Life Unfolds Exactly As It Should (But Not As You Planned) | |
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It Gets Better for a British Soldier | |
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Getting Stronger and Staying Alive | |
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Coming Out of the Shtetl: Gay Orthodox Jews | |
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Going Back In | |
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And the Emmy Goes to … | |
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A Message from U.S. Secretary of State | |
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This I Know for Sure | |
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It Gets Better Broadway by Members of the Broadway and New York Theater Community | |
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Rockin' the Flannel Shirt | |
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How It Got Better for an Ordained Christian Minister | |
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Out of Darkness | |
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I Was a Teenage Lesbian | |
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Something Special | |
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The Dinner Party | |
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What I Wish I Knew | |
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Freedom from Fear | |
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A Message from Prime Minister | |
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You Will Meet People Who Celebrate You | |
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An Identity Unfolded | |
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A Message | |
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Brothers: It Gets Better | |
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Drop Dead, Warlock | |
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Gwendolyn Gone | |
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Growing Up Gay … | |
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The Biggest Gift | |
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A Message from Senator | |
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Transsexual Prairie Girl | |
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Art from Rage | |
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It Gets Better | |
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Too Good to Be True | |
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Journey to a Better Life | |
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The Gay Guy in the Band | |
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Will I Grow Up to Be Paul Lynde? | |
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Finding Who I Am | |
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Community | |
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A Message | |
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Gunn's Golden Rules | |
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Perfect, Just the Way You Are | |
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Where Happiness Is | |
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Not-Normal | |
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Born This Way | |
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Darn It | |
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Look at the Moon | |
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Critical Shifts | |
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For Aideybear | |
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A Message | |
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The Show Must Go On | |
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Survival Tools | |
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Dear Uncle Ronnie | |
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My Office Wall | |
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Keep on Livin' | |
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It Gets Better Because You're a Little Different | |
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Unapologetically, Me | |
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A Collective Voice | |
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I Didn't Always Wear a Tuxedo | |
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How I Got Over | |
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A �Better� Evolution | |
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Save Yourself, Save the World | |
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Becoming an Authentic Person | |
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On the Other Side | |
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Bully Me | |
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To the Bullies | |
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The Good Fight | |
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A Message | |
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Haters Can't Hate Someone Who Loves Themselves, and if They Do, Who Cares | |
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Not Playing at a Cinema Near You | |
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From �Faggot� to Field Biologist | |
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It Got Better | |
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Our Parents as Allies | |
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Lesbian Teacher Believes in You | |
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Stepping Off the Sidelines | |
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My Own Worst Enemy | |
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You Are a Beloved Child of God | |
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Transgendered and Self-Educated in Maine | |
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The Power of �You� | |
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It Gets Better for Small Towners, Too | |
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To Me: With Love and Squalor | |
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Happiness Is Inevitable | |
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I Wish I'd Been Sassier! | |
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Protect and Serve Loves Semper Fidelis | |
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The Doors of Acceptance | |
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Hope Out of Tragedy | |
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Patience Makes Perfect … Sense | |
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Christian LGBT Kids: You're Part of the Plan | |
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Terrible Day | |
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The Worst of Both Worlds | |
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Closets on Fire | |
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The King Brothers | |
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Community Found | |
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From Scared to Proud: The Journey of a Gay Medical Student | |
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Authentic Self | |
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You Can Live a Life That's Worth Living | |
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Epilogue | |
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Acknowledgments | |
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Resources | |
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Some Curriculum Guidelines for Schools and Teachers | |
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The Trevor Project | |
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GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network) | |
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ACLU LGBT Project | |
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Photo and Comic Credits | |
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Permissions | |