Pre-Election, Political Leaders Make Gay Support Videos - Gay Men .

Dan Savage's It Gets Better Plan is growing by the day; it has landed at its own website (www.itgetsbetterproject.com), and now extends to the promised cut of a book, the issue from which will benefit services for gay teens. The video channel that sex advice columnist Savage started in response to a string of suicides by bullied gay teens has attracted general attention.

Pre-Election, Political Leaders Make Gay Support Videos - Gay Men .

Dan Savage's It Gets Better Plan is growing by the day; it has landed at its own website (www.itgetsbetterproject.com), and now extends to the promised issue of a book, the proceeds from which will benefit services for gay teens. The television channel that sex advice columnist Savage started in answer to a thread of suicides by bullied gay teens has attracted worldwide attention.

Columnist Dan Savage, other celebrities toss video lifelines .

BY MERRIE LEININGER, McClatchy News Service

Last month, after hearing about yet another gay teenager's suicide, sex and relationship columnist Dan Savage called his husband of 16 years with the mind of starting a YouTube channel to tell their personal stories of adolescent torment and establish what their lives are like now.

Called It Gets Better, the channel attracted 1,000 videos in its first week.