Virginia Congressman To Gay Teens: It Will Get Better

WASHINGTON -- Amid a hostile climate for many gay young people in school, a local congressman posted a video last week to remind them "it will get better."
 
The monologue on bullying from Rep. Jim Moran, D-Va., contributes to the It Gets Better Project, which seeks to convince lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender young people -- who are significantly more likely to kill themselves than their heterosexual counterparts -- that life gets easier with age.
 
In the video, Moran says he "didn't happen to be born gay" but has known a lot of bullies throughout his life, who grew up to be "insecure jerks." He was harassed as a young man for his shyness and anxiety for public speaking.


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