Dear John —

There is the family you’re born into and the family you choose. If you are lucky, the two are synonymous. But for many, especially LGBTQ+ youth, luck runs short on the “born into” front... Particularly during the holidays, this makes the family a young queer person chooses that much more important.

That's what we wrote in a new guest column for Newsweek on the importance of "chosen family" for LGBTQ+ youth. It's also why we're hosting our first It Gets Better Holiday Extravaganza, a celebration with our chosen family of Twitch ambassadors, affiliates, It Gets Better Youth Voices and more. 

Join us next Wednesday, December 22 at 10am PT/1pm ET on the It Gets Better Twitch channel for a celebration with our chosen family. Come spend the HOLI-GAYS with Dona Tarte, Joyful Jupiter, 2 Gays 1 Twitch (pictured below), and more as they bake goodies, chat about chosen family and raise funds to support LGBTQ+ youth.

We can't wait to see you all there.

- It Gets Better Project

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