Pardon me if I get snarky but anyone jumping onto the "It Gets Better" bandwagon at this point in time seems hopelessly behind the times, as much as they might mean well.
That goes for government agencies who have gotten all giddy about YouTube videos posted by US President Barack Obama, US Vice President Joseph Biden and US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.
But what if the government agency video was in Spanish?
Kudos to US Department of Labor Secretary Hilda Solis and LGBT members of the DOL for stepping up and vouching for the lives of LGBT teens (the message is also available in English). I just wish that Hilda's speech in Spanish wasn't so scripted and that her anglicized accent wasn't so strong. It truly takes away from the video's impact.
My friend Karen Ocamb has a decidedly different take here.
In the meantime, you might as well better check out my friend's Emmanuel Garcia's effort to compile videos posted online by LGBT Latino folk related to the "It Gets Better" theme. Check them out here.
They include this great video produced by a new LGBT Latino magazine called xQsí. Enjoy...
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I don't think "It Gets Better" videos from heteros are meaningful. How would they know?
However, It Gets Better videos from queers will be meaningful, even if they are produced 20 years from now.
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