SF Giants to make video for 'It Gets Better' drive

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(05-16) 17:50 PDT San Francisco -- The San Francisco Giants will become the first professional sports team to jump into the burgeoning anti-homophobia campaign with an upbeat "It Gets Better" video designed to bring hope to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender young people.

While celebrities, politicians and everyday people have posted more than 10,000 "It Gets Better" videos to YouTube to build awareness of the continuing problem of gay suicide and anti-gay bullying, no teams in the pro sports world have stepped forward to produce a video.

Recently, Grant Hill and Jared Dudley, who play for the Phoenix Suns basketball team, filmed a public service advertisement for the "Think Before You Speak" campaign, telling viewers that anti-gay remarks aren't cool. And on Sunday, Suns President and CEO Rick Welts came out publicly as a gay man, hoping, he told an interviewer, to peel back the veil that shrouds homosexuality in pro sports and to serve as a role model for others.



Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/05/16/BA5C1JGU8E.DTL

[xchrom]

1. very cool. nt

[Bunny]

2. Good. How encouraging.

Hats off to the Giants.