New York : Plume, 2012.
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- A collection of original essays and expanded testimonials written to teens from celebrities, political leaders, and everyday people, because while many of LGBT teens can’t see a positive future for themselves, we can. –P. [4] of cover.
- Introduction / by Dan Savage — A message from President Barack Obama — You will find your people / by Laurel Slongwhite — The life almost lost / by Bruce Ortiz — In the early morning rain / by Jennifer Finney Boylan — Something has changed within me / by Gregory Maguire — Action makes it better / by Urvashi Vaid — You are a rubber band, my friend / by Brinae Lois Gaudet — God believes in you / by Bishop Gene Robinson — The person worth fighting for is you / by Alex R. Orue — A message from Ellen DeGeneres — Life unfolds exactly as it should (but not as you planned) / by Sean Blane and David Rosen — It gets better for a British soldier / by Lance Corporal James Wharton — Getting stronger and staying alive / by Gabrielle Rivera — Coming out of the Shtetl : gay Orthodox Jews / by Marc Tannen, Chaim Levin, Ely Winkler, Justin Spiro, Moishie Rabinowitz, and Mordechai Levovitz — Going back in / by Michael Cunningham — And the Emmy goes to– / by Barbara Gaines — A message from U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton — This I know for sure / by A. Y. Daring — It gets better Broadway / by members of the Broadway and New York Theater Community — Rockin’ the flannel shirt / by Krissy Mahan — How it got better for an ordained Christian minister / by Professor Stephen V. Sprinkle — Out of darkness / by Philip Deal — I was a teenage lesbian / by Alison Bechdel — Something special / by Sia Furler — The dinner party / by Adam Roberts — What I wish I knew / by Ivan Coyote — Freedom from fear / by Michael Feinstein — A message from Prime Minister David Cameron — You will meet people who celebrate you / by Jenn and Erika Wagner-Martin — An identity unfolded / by Mark Ramirez — A message from Suze Orman — Brothers : it gets better / by Lenox Magee, Rannon Harris, David Dodd, and Kean Ray — Drop dead, warlock / by David Sedaris — Gwendolyn gone / by Meshell Ndegeocello — Growing up gay… and Kinky / by Dart — The biggest gift / by Stewart Taylor — A message from Senator Al Franken — Tra
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