It Gets Better
@itgetsbetter.bsky.social
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ We're the leading LGBTQ+ youth empowerment org dedicated to reaching young people before a crisis occurs.
⋒ itgetsbetter.org
⋒ Help queer youth navigate adolescence with confidence and hope: itgetsbetter.org/donate
⋒ itgetsbetter.org
⋒ Help queer youth navigate adolescence with confidence and hope: itgetsbetter.org/donate
Keep your eye on these two amazing activists in 2026: so proud to see our Youth Voices alumni Mia and Annabelle on GLAAD's 20 Under 20! @glaad.bsky.social
Read more about their amazing work via @teenvogue.com here: teenvogue.com/story/glaad-20-under-20-2025 #itgetsbetter #lgbtqyouth
Read more about their amazing work via @teenvogue.com here: teenvogue.com/story/glaad-20-under-20-2025 #itgetsbetter #lgbtqyouth
January 21, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Keep your eye on these two amazing activists in 2026: so proud to see our Youth Voices alumni Mia and Annabelle on GLAAD's 20 Under 20! @glaad.bsky.social
Read more about their amazing work via @teenvogue.com here: teenvogue.com/story/glaad-20-under-20-2025 #itgetsbetter #lgbtqyouth
Read more about their amazing work via @teenvogue.com here: teenvogue.com/story/glaad-20-under-20-2025 #itgetsbetter #lgbtqyouth
🎨🏳️🌈 Calling LGBTQ+ artists: join our It Gets Better artist database!
Want to collab with us or be commissioned for social media art, illustration, short comics, merch design, and more for our LGBTQ+ youth programs?
See examples & add yourself to our artist database here:
forms.gle/uhxX9gVe714bcF1H8
Want to collab with us or be commissioned for social media art, illustration, short comics, merch design, and more for our LGBTQ+ youth programs?
See examples & add yourself to our artist database here:
forms.gle/uhxX9gVe714bcF1H8
January 7, 2026 at 6:53 PM
🎨🏳️🌈 Calling LGBTQ+ artists: join our It Gets Better artist database!
Want to collab with us or be commissioned for social media art, illustration, short comics, merch design, and more for our LGBTQ+ youth programs?
See examples & add yourself to our artist database here:
forms.gle/uhxX9gVe714bcF1H8
Want to collab with us or be commissioned for social media art, illustration, short comics, merch design, and more for our LGBTQ+ youth programs?
See examples & add yourself to our artist database here:
forms.gle/uhxX9gVe714bcF1H8
How do you stay informed, without getting overwhelmed?
Our Youth Voices created a new page at imi.guide/news just for this!
Learn about news consumption, take the media literacy quiz, hear from fellow LGBTQ+ youth, and listen to their curated playlist when you need a break from doomscrolling. 💜
Our Youth Voices created a new page at imi.guide/news just for this!
Learn about news consumption, take the media literacy quiz, hear from fellow LGBTQ+ youth, and listen to their curated playlist when you need a break from doomscrolling. 💜
January 6, 2026 at 4:25 PM
How do you stay informed, without getting overwhelmed?
Our Youth Voices created a new page at imi.guide/news just for this!
Learn about news consumption, take the media literacy quiz, hear from fellow LGBTQ+ youth, and listen to their curated playlist when you need a break from doomscrolling. 💜
Our Youth Voices created a new page at imi.guide/news just for this!
Learn about news consumption, take the media literacy quiz, hear from fellow LGBTQ+ youth, and listen to their curated playlist when you need a break from doomscrolling. 💜
January 5, 2026 at 5:42 PM
first good news of 2026: Undead Voice is offering a FREE all-ages voice training masterclass for trans and gender-diverse folks!
spots are limited for the 3-week course, sign up here: undeadvoice.com/joinjumpstart
spots are limited for the 3-week course, sign up here: undeadvoice.com/joinjumpstart
January 5, 2026 at 5:41 PM
first good news of 2026: Undead Voice is offering a FREE all-ages voice training masterclass for trans and gender-diverse folks!
spots are limited for the 3-week course, sign up here: undeadvoice.com/joinjumpstart
spots are limited for the 3-week course, sign up here: undeadvoice.com/joinjumpstart
There’s still time to donate to our Bigger Picture campaign! 📸✨Thanks to your support, we’ve reached over 75% to our fundraising goal! We still need your help to reach our goal to support LGBTQ+ youth into 2026. itgetsbetter.org/donate #itgetsbetter #thebiggerpicture #lgbtqyouth
December 28, 2025 at 2:20 AM
There’s still time to donate to our Bigger Picture campaign! 📸✨Thanks to your support, we’ve reached over 75% to our fundraising goal! We still need your help to reach our goal to support LGBTQ+ youth into 2026. itgetsbetter.org/donate #itgetsbetter #thebiggerpicture #lgbtqyouth
Every major medical organization in this country agrees on what age-appropriate, medically necessary care looks like for trans youth, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Association of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, the National Association of Social Workers, and more.
December 18, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Every major medical organization in this country agrees on what age-appropriate, medically necessary care looks like for trans youth, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Association of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, the National Association of Social Workers, and more.
🔴 LIVE NOW: KITTENS. JUST, KITTENS.
🐱Come end the stream with a highlight reel of cute kitties courtesy of @explore.org and the LA Kitten Rescue Sanctuary: twitch.tv/itgetsbetter!
If you loved this 8-hour queer-a-thon and want help us do more like this in 2026, donate here: itgetsbetter.org/donate
🐱Come end the stream with a highlight reel of cute kitties courtesy of @explore.org and the LA Kitten Rescue Sanctuary: twitch.tv/itgetsbetter!
If you loved this 8-hour queer-a-thon and want help us do more like this in 2026, donate here: itgetsbetter.org/donate
December 18, 2025 at 1:03 AM
🔴 LIVE NOW: KITTENS. JUST, KITTENS.
🐱Come end the stream with a highlight reel of cute kitties courtesy of @explore.org and the LA Kitten Rescue Sanctuary: twitch.tv/itgetsbetter!
If you loved this 8-hour queer-a-thon and want help us do more like this in 2026, donate here: itgetsbetter.org/donate
🐱Come end the stream with a highlight reel of cute kitties courtesy of @explore.org and the LA Kitten Rescue Sanctuary: twitch.tv/itgetsbetter!
If you loved this 8-hour queer-a-thon and want help us do more like this in 2026, donate here: itgetsbetter.org/donate
🔴 LIVE NOW: 🦴Bone Chill❄️ matches in DBD!
Come chat with faves @thejustryan.bsky.social, @itsianwatson.bsky.social, Behind_The_Lash_Streaming, @libraryfairy.bsky.social, and @chlohno.bsky.social and celebrate the holiday season!
twitch.tv/itgetsbetter
Come chat with faves @thejustryan.bsky.social, @itsianwatson.bsky.social, Behind_The_Lash_Streaming, @libraryfairy.bsky.social, and @chlohno.bsky.social and celebrate the holiday season!
twitch.tv/itgetsbetter
December 17, 2025 at 11:13 PM
🔴 LIVE NOW: 🦴Bone Chill❄️ matches in DBD!
Come chat with faves @thejustryan.bsky.social, @itsianwatson.bsky.social, Behind_The_Lash_Streaming, @libraryfairy.bsky.social, and @chlohno.bsky.social and celebrate the holiday season!
twitch.tv/itgetsbetter
Come chat with faves @thejustryan.bsky.social, @itsianwatson.bsky.social, Behind_The_Lash_Streaming, @libraryfairy.bsky.social, and @chlohno.bsky.social and celebrate the holiday season!
twitch.tv/itgetsbetter
🔴 LIVE NOW: Bring your coffee 'n come have a cozy chat with us!
Caleb aka The Fitness Marshall makes a holiday-themed coffee while having a Happy Zapp chat with drag queen Jo Lopez ☕️
Join here: twitch.tv/itgetsbetter
Caleb aka The Fitness Marshall makes a holiday-themed coffee while having a Happy Zapp chat with drag queen Jo Lopez ☕️
Join here: twitch.tv/itgetsbetter
December 17, 2025 at 10:41 PM
🔴 LIVE NOW: Bring your coffee 'n come have a cozy chat with us!
Caleb aka The Fitness Marshall makes a holiday-themed coffee while having a Happy Zapp chat with drag queen Jo Lopez ☕️
Join here: twitch.tv/itgetsbetter
Caleb aka The Fitness Marshall makes a holiday-themed coffee while having a Happy Zapp chat with drag queen Jo Lopez ☕️
Join here: twitch.tv/itgetsbetter
🔴 LIVE NOW: Guinea Pigs Don't Wear Pants?!
Author @chrispaulrainbows.com discusses their new book with Raelee, our Assistant Manager for Education...
...followed by a page-by-page special reading from friends and celebs 👀
Come see who's part of the reading: twitch.tv/itgetsbetter
Author @chrispaulrainbows.com discusses their new book with Raelee, our Assistant Manager for Education...
...followed by a page-by-page special reading from friends and celebs 👀
Come see who's part of the reading: twitch.tv/itgetsbetter
December 17, 2025 at 10:18 PM
🔴 LIVE NOW: Guinea Pigs Don't Wear Pants?!
Author @chrispaulrainbows.com discusses their new book with Raelee, our Assistant Manager for Education...
...followed by a page-by-page special reading from friends and celebs 👀
Come see who's part of the reading: twitch.tv/itgetsbetter
Author @chrispaulrainbows.com discusses their new book with Raelee, our Assistant Manager for Education...
...followed by a page-by-page special reading from friends and celebs 👀
Come see who's part of the reading: twitch.tv/itgetsbetter
🔴 LIVE NOW: @jenisonline.bsky.social and @megiibyte.bsky.social come together again for cozy Minecraft building while discussing the importance of queer spaces in video games!
Join in on the 8-hour Queer-A-Thon now: twitch.tv/itgetsbetter
Join in on the 8-hour Queer-A-Thon now: twitch.tv/itgetsbetter
December 17, 2025 at 8:37 PM
🔴 LIVE NOW: @jenisonline.bsky.social and @megiibyte.bsky.social come together again for cozy Minecraft building while discussing the importance of queer spaces in video games!
Join in on the 8-hour Queer-A-Thon now: twitch.tv/itgetsbetter
Join in on the 8-hour Queer-A-Thon now: twitch.tv/itgetsbetter
🔴 LIVE NOW: Allison Gill interviews our Executive Director, Brian Wenke, for @dailybeanspod.com and talks more about her $20,000 donation!
Watch with us on Twitch: twitch.tv/itgetsbetter
And use Allison's donation link to match her gift and help us make it $40k: itgetsbetter.org/dailybeansdonate
Watch with us on Twitch: twitch.tv/itgetsbetter
And use Allison's donation link to match her gift and help us make it $40k: itgetsbetter.org/dailybeansdonate
December 17, 2025 at 8:06 PM
🔴 LIVE NOW: Allison Gill interviews our Executive Director, Brian Wenke, for @dailybeanspod.com and talks more about her $20,000 donation!
Watch with us on Twitch: twitch.tv/itgetsbetter
And use Allison's donation link to match her gift and help us make it $40k: itgetsbetter.org/dailybeansdonate
Watch with us on Twitch: twitch.tv/itgetsbetter
And use Allison's donation link to match her gift and help us make it $40k: itgetsbetter.org/dailybeansdonate
🔴 LIVE NOW: our Youth Voices Jay, Angelo, and Andrew answer YOUR question, tell coming out stories, and more!
"Trying to make it more complicated or hide who you are is just going to be make it more difficult in the end."
Watch on Twitch: twitch.tv/itgetsbetter
"Trying to make it more complicated or hide who you are is just going to be make it more difficult in the end."
Watch on Twitch: twitch.tv/itgetsbetter
December 17, 2025 at 7:15 PM
🔴 LIVE NOW: our Youth Voices Jay, Angelo, and Andrew answer YOUR question, tell coming out stories, and more!
"Trying to make it more complicated or hide who you are is just going to be make it more difficult in the end."
Watch on Twitch: twitch.tv/itgetsbetter
"Trying to make it more complicated or hide who you are is just going to be make it more difficult in the end."
Watch on Twitch: twitch.tv/itgetsbetter
BIG surprise 💜 Allison Gill of @dailybeanspod.com & @muellershewrote.com is donating $20,000 of her veteran's disability benefits from this year to It Gets Better... and challenging YOU to match it! Can we hit $40K for LGBTQ+ youth programs? Donate w Allison’s link: itgetsbetter.org/dailybeansdonate
December 17, 2025 at 4:27 PM
BIG surprise 💜 Allison Gill of @dailybeanspod.com & @muellershewrote.com is donating $20,000 of her veteran's disability benefits from this year to It Gets Better... and challenging YOU to match it! Can we hit $40K for LGBTQ+ youth programs? Donate w Allison’s link: itgetsbetter.org/dailybeansdonate
As 2025 winds down, our 2024 Annual Report is here. Annual reports have their own timeline; impact doesn’t: 2M reached (600k LGBTQ+ youth), 103,300 youth + 1,637 educators, $244k in youth-led grants. Learn more: itgetsbetter.org/wp-content/u... #itgetsbetter #annualreport
December 12, 2025 at 6:05 PM
As 2025 winds down, our 2024 Annual Report is here. Annual reports have their own timeline; impact doesn’t: 2M reached (600k LGBTQ+ youth), 103,300 youth + 1,637 educators, $244k in youth-led grants. Learn more: itgetsbetter.org/wp-content/u... #itgetsbetter #annualreport
A YouTube sensation turned musician, Noah's "videos and songs are a place where we can truly see ourselves. He tells the truth without dressing it up." itgetsbetter.org/noahfinnce-2...
December 11, 2025 at 5:36 PM
A YouTube sensation turned musician, Noah's "videos and songs are a place where we can truly see ourselves. He tells the truth without dressing it up." itgetsbetter.org/noahfinnce-2...
A bestselling singer-songwriter, actress and YA author, our Youth Voices write that discovering Hayley Kiyoko “feels like finally seeing yourself reflected in full color." itgetsbetter.org/hayley-kiyok...
December 11, 2025 at 5:36 PM
A bestselling singer-songwriter, actress and YA author, our Youth Voices write that discovering Hayley Kiyoko “feels like finally seeing yourself reflected in full color." itgetsbetter.org/hayley-kiyok...
Our Youth Voices ambassadors have spoken: Hayley Kiyoko and Noahfinnce are our 2025 Joy Rebels of the Year. Chosen by LGBTQ+ teens, this honor goes to artists who use joy as a form of rebellion and make queer and trans youth feel truly seen. Read more : itgetsbetter.org/it-gets-bett... #itgetsbetter
December 11, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Our Youth Voices ambassadors have spoken: Hayley Kiyoko and Noahfinnce are our 2025 Joy Rebels of the Year. Chosen by LGBTQ+ teens, this honor goes to artists who use joy as a form of rebellion and make queer and trans youth feel truly seen. Read more : itgetsbetter.org/it-gets-bett... #itgetsbetter
LGBTQ+ youth are growing up in a world that feels heavier than it should. We’re evolving our work to meet that reality. In this short video, our executive director breaks down why recurring donors matter and how monthly gifts keep us saying “yes” when youth step up to lead. itgetsbetter.org/donate
December 10, 2025 at 5:22 PM
LGBTQ+ youth are growing up in a world that feels heavier than it should. We’re evolving our work to meet that reality. In this short video, our executive director breaks down why recurring donors matter and how monthly gifts keep us saying “yes” when youth step up to lead. itgetsbetter.org/donate
Allies, it's time to STAND UP like Noah and Sara Wyle. In a special #GivingTuesday message, they wrote - "Every young person should have the freedom to explore their identity and discover what they’re passionate about without fear of judgment or discrimination." Join them itgetsbetter.org/donate
December 2, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Allies, it's time to STAND UP like Noah and Sara Wyle. In a special #GivingTuesday message, they wrote - "Every young person should have the freedom to explore their identity and discover what they’re passionate about without fear of judgment or discrimination." Join them itgetsbetter.org/donate
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ PSA: this year, merch is 20% off through the END OF THE YEAR!
If you're participating in the #EconomicBlackout on Black Friday, we got you - you can still grab gifts that give back to our work through December 31st!
Shop now (or later) at itgetsbetter.org/shop to support LGBTQ+youth.
If you're participating in the #EconomicBlackout on Black Friday, we got you - you can still grab gifts that give back to our work through December 31st!
Shop now (or later) at itgetsbetter.org/shop to support LGBTQ+youth.
November 28, 2025 at 2:37 PM
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ PSA: this year, merch is 20% off through the END OF THE YEAR!
If you're participating in the #EconomicBlackout on Black Friday, we got you - you can still grab gifts that give back to our work through December 31st!
Shop now (or later) at itgetsbetter.org/shop to support LGBTQ+youth.
If you're participating in the #EconomicBlackout on Black Friday, we got you - you can still grab gifts that give back to our work through December 31st!
Shop now (or later) at itgetsbetter.org/shop to support LGBTQ+youth.
Happy Thanksgiving.
November 27, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Happy Thanksgiving.
Hitting today with gratitude for our entire community and for all of our supporters. Always thankful for YOU and your support of LGBTQ+ youth. We even have some thanks for the haters. Read on to see why. #thanksgiving #itgetsbetter
November 27, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Hitting today with gratitude for our entire community and for all of our supporters. Always thankful for YOU and your support of LGBTQ+ youth. We even have some thanks for the haters. Read on to see why. #thanksgiving #itgetsbetter
🌈 You give, we give! 🌈
Donate $100+ to help us reach $150k for LGBTQ+ youth, and we’ll send you Perfectly Queer, our conversational card game!
190+ cards with 4 intensity levels, perfect for playing with friends, GSA club, or family.
Donate + snag your free copy here: itgetsbetter.org/donate
Donate $100+ to help us reach $150k for LGBTQ+ youth, and we’ll send you Perfectly Queer, our conversational card game!
190+ cards with 4 intensity levels, perfect for playing with friends, GSA club, or family.
Donate + snag your free copy here: itgetsbetter.org/donate
November 25, 2025 at 6:04 PM
🌈 You give, we give! 🌈
Donate $100+ to help us reach $150k for LGBTQ+ youth, and we’ll send you Perfectly Queer, our conversational card game!
190+ cards with 4 intensity levels, perfect for playing with friends, GSA club, or family.
Donate + snag your free copy here: itgetsbetter.org/donate
Donate $100+ to help us reach $150k for LGBTQ+ youth, and we’ll send you Perfectly Queer, our conversational card game!
190+ cards with 4 intensity levels, perfect for playing with friends, GSA club, or family.
Donate + snag your free copy here: itgetsbetter.org/donate