Some queer kids get bullied into hopelessness and suicide by tormenting classmates; gay sex columnist Dan Savage started the It Gets Better project to stop that. Create a touching, reassuring video about how queer lives eventually become more fabulous and you could save a life—it’s a worthwhile cause. So no wonder Broadway decided to create an uplifting cheesy pop song out of it.
Just about every actor in New York is gay, even the straight ones. And so a bunch of ’em got together to sing about life’s wonders in optimistic, feel-good, hand-clapping glee. The video moved Z, a regular Sticky contributor from the blog Z Reveals because it hit on his own difficult coming out story:
The song was like a sharp knife and tore apart my pink envelope where I hid my old my bad memories in. I was still amazed I passed those years and kept my sanity. Even my own twin brother didn’t want to hang out with me at school. He told me I was acting very girly—I survived!!! I learned to fight. I learned to find my way. And seriously it got better day by day!!
But the cute talented singers (who exude a “can’t we all just get along” multi-culti feel) also passionately belt out optimistically vague pop lyrics like:
“There are friends yet to meet
There are songs to be sung
Beautiful sunsets and battles unwon.
There’s more to be found if you just stick around.
“Don’t give up! Your life just has begun! It gets better better better,..”
Cheesy, yes. Are we dicks for critiquing it? Yes. But the song is damned catchy and all the iTunes proceeds go to The Trevor Project a 24-hour queer youth hotline for support. Plus, seeing cute guys sing it to one another always gives us a warm tingling feeling in our happy zone; so overall it’s a win.
Savage said he is thrilled by the volume and diversity of the contributions. But…the writer has been contacted by school administrators, who are hesitant to use the site as a teaching tool because a few videos have a risque tone or contain sexual themes. Among other contributors, transsexual adult film star Buck Angel contributes a very touching (and arguably PG-rated) segment.
“I made it, and you can make it too,” Angel said, choking back tears. “There’s so much help out there today for you guys.”
He is also worried that too many participants are repeating his initial mistake, presenting a laundry list of suffering, ending with a quick “It gets better” and a goodbye.
Savage can’t control submitted videos and he shouldn’t want to in this case. Buck’s video expresses something essential to the project’s spirit. He’s not the only queer kid out there tormented by gender identity. Transsexuals exist—they regularly get laughed at, harassed, and ignored—and so it helps to have a someone speak about gender non-conformity. Buck Angel could be the start of the trans-wave in this video movement; an important step indeed!
Today, we found Martin and Zak in Tyler’s Room. These two can’t keep their hands off each other. Exploring each other’s bodies as they slowly peel layers of clothing off. But it isn’t long before they’re both naked and sucking away on their uncut, throbbing cocks. Cock sucking leads to further exploration. That ass is aching to know what it feels like for a cock to slam it. And that’s exactly what happens. At first, slow and gentle and full-out thrusts on the floor. Yep, it isn’t long before Martin and Zak are fucking the cum out of each other. Nice.
\ If you like puppies and twinks, boy are we about to ruin your day. Jason Creed a porn actor with Circle JerkBoys, Extra Big Dicks, and Lollipop Twinks stands accused of animal cruelty after he brought his dead dog (a half-wolf mix named Moonshine) into a vet to be cremated. The vet discovered blunt force trauma and signs of suffocation. The Palm Beach Post has more:
According to a probable cause arrest affidavit, on the morning of Oct. 7, [Creed] took the deceased dog to the Cole Animal Clinic on North Federal Highway in Boca Raton to have it cremated. [Creed] told clinic staff that the dog had died that morning, possibly due to a seizure, according to the affidavit. But an examination by a veterinarian technician showed signs of blunt force trauma, and further examination by an attending veterinarian indicated that the dog had died from some sort of suffocation, most likely choking, the affidavit stated.
A necropsy showed that the dog suffered severe blunt force trauma prior to death, and that the cause of death is believed to be asphyxiation due to aspiration of food.
Witnesses told investigators that [Creed] hit the dog on several occasions. A roommate said that he and [Creed] acquired the dog, named Moonshine, in February. In interviews with investigators, Thomson stated that his actions were attempts to teach the dog discipline… he and his roommate bought the dog when it was a puppy in February 2010.
When his roommate arrived home from work on Oct. 7, Moonshine lay dead on the floor. [Creed] said the dog tried to bite him, but never explained how he died. A friend of [Creed’s] called Palm Beach County Animal Control that same day and said he believed [Creed] had killed his pet. He said Thompson had called asking for money to pay for the cremation.
Animal control investigators had been called to the apartment twice since February after getting complaints that the puppy was heard yelping in pain. But the dog was unhurt and didn’t seem scared, Walesky said, so they gave him a warning.
Dogs can be annoying, but so can twinks… that’s no reason to kill one. Oh, and talking about murderous twinks, the infamous Harlow Cuadra appealed his murder conviction, so he’ll stay in prison for the rest of his twink life. Let this be a lesson: if you’re gonna choke an animal, choke your chicken. And if you wanna put something in another man, drop the knife and use your dick instead.
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