Friday, February 17, 2012

It Gets Better

We loved the video, "It Get's Better" from the San Francisco Police department. The police chief starts the film with a strong message to LGBT youth: "It does get better, and until it does, we in the San Francisco Police Department are going to stick up for you." Then several staff of the department tell their stories.

The film gives a very strong message – re-enforced by the power of police officers in uniform – that bullying of LGBT youth [top of the hierarchy behavior] IS NOT O.K., and what IS O.K. is that that LGBT youth [the lower groups] can be themselves and look forward to a better life. Congratulations to the San Francisco Police Department.

http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/788371/san_francisco_police_department_releases_%27it_gets_better%27_video/