Aaron Savvy talks about being a victim
of anti-gay bullying as a teen in a new It Gets Better video.
“As a child I was constantly bullied,
in fact one of the hardest things for me growing up was being gay
since I came from a very religious family,” Savvy says in his
one-minute video.
The It
Gets Better Project begun by gay activist Dan Savage has received
enormous support from Hollywood, the business community and leading
Democrats, including President Barack Obama. The campaign encourages
gay teens to not cave in to bullies, because life eventually gets
better.
“I think one of the best things we
can do is remind today’s youth that they are not alone and they
can do anything that they put their minds to. I was told I would
never amount to anything. I never believed it and neither should
these teens. In fact being told I would not succeed only made me
fight harder.”
“Follow your dreams and follow your
heart and I promise everything will get better,” he adds. (The
video is embedded in the right panel of this page.)
Savvy appeared on the FX reality
competition Toughman. He's also the star of the YouTube web
series Zero to Savvy.