Win a Pennyroyal pendant! Trevor Project benefit
August 21, 2011
Pennyroyal Adam Lambert Peace pendant
Pennyroyal Silver has donated an Adam Lambert Peace pendant, and we have bought a second one, to offer as incentive prizes for our fall campaign. We are raising donations for the Trevor Project. Here’s how you can enter to win one of these beautiful pendants:
- Subscribe to our blog to qualify. Just enter your email address in the box at right.
- There are four ways you can enter our drawing. Pick one (or more, for more chances):
- Purchase “On the Meaning of Adam Lambert” from our Online Store (via PayPal, which offers an option to pay by credit card). We will donate 25% of proceeds to the Trevor Project.
- Make a direct donation to the Trevor Project. Email juneau600@gmail.com the receipt and we’ll enter your name into the drawing – one entry per every $20 you donate!!
- Post an “It Gets Better” video for the Trevor Project.
- Write an “It Gets Better” message to LGBTQ youth (use our Comments section below).
The deadline to enter is September 30, 2011.
Thank you Tim at Pennyroyal for the generous donation.
Thank you Adam Lambert for inspiring your fans.
Thank you fans for opening your hearts.
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It gets better.
I’ve never been bullied for my sexual orientation or for anything about me for that matter, but I most definitely know what it’s like being unable to fit in, unable to be accepted, unable to even be cared for.
I live in Hong Kong, a relatively conservative region, which meant that none of our schools have GSA’s nor any support campaigns like the Trevor Project. Earlier in June or July, our government had even hired a specialist who claimed that he could “cure” unwanted homosexuality. This backwards, disgusting and unconstitutional decision made me sick to my stomach.
When I came out at the start of the year, I wasn’t taken at all seriously. My parents laughed and insisted that I merely “thought” I was “gay”, my sister said she wouldn’t accept me if I were homosexual, and the majority of the people I knew barely gave me a second glance.Yes, I had friends to support me, fortunately, but there was always this nagging at the bottom of my heart that told me they didn’t understand.
They don’t understand the pain various others are forced to endure just because of something so small, unimportant and insignificant.
So to all of you, who feel like you aren’t worth it, or that no-one cares. I may be Catholic, but L, G, B, T, or not, I’m here to tell you that you ARE worth it and we DO care. There’s a whole community of acceptance just waiting to welcome you and hold you and remind you of how much love there truly is on this planet. You’re a beautiful person and being different is nothing to be ashamed of. Please know that after all the pain and bullying you may be going through right now, after all of that, if you stay strong and believe in yourself, you’ll discover that the world has SO much more to offer that just negativity and harassment. There will be people who truly love you for who you are. Do NOT apologize for the way you were born, for what isn’t your fault, for who you love.
Each and every one of you can make a difference and see the beauty of the world if you stay.
You can be the change you want someone to make.
So please, learn to ignore the hate, learn to realize that there is nothing wrong with you, learn to know how treasured your presence is.
And make that difference.
Love is forever louder.
Never lose hope.
It WILL get better.
Beautifuly written!
xoxo
I always feel emotional when I see kids/adults hurting because they are different. whether you are straight, gay, bi whatever we all come in different shapes & sizes different personalities etc.. I think we have a little different inside of us all no matter what. What I say to that is be true to you, and love yourself and don’t worry about what others think, we are all Unique, that is what is so amazing, not one of us is alike regardless of our orientation, I think poeople who don’t understand others will realize this and know what a beautiful wonderful person you are and love you unconditionally whether they be your friends signifgant other or peers. if they don’t move on. I have always felt this way, I am a married woman to a wonderful man with a beautiful daughter, when Adam Lambert came into our lives he opened up my mind so much more of what I didn’t understand before, I always was supportive for those who are different than me, but Adam Lambert made me realize so much more than that and I think by he being himself being the wonderful beautiful soul that he is, has helped so many others with their stuggles. Just know you are beautiful you are amazing you are loved! I love everyone we are all so unique and wonderful and I am so thankful Mr. Adam Lambert shared his gifts his heart and his soul to us! I wonder if Adam Lambert himself realizes just how many people he has touched. All of us! I know a gay teen who has told me how much Adam has helped him through these hard years and feels so much better about themselves as a result! Remember to be happy, don’t let anyone or anything bring you down, You are strong! You are beautiful inside and out! I love you all!
Much Love
xoxo
Stacey
I could be you Stacey,I am the same married woman with a daughter whose world has been so broadened by Adam. I have taken it upon myself to understand “gay culture” and the more I look the more I find to love. 2 of my daughters friends recently came out and I am there to help if ever they need support. It is about time the world forgot what goes on behind the bedroom door and concentrated on the person you are.There are bullies everywhere,My husband is being bullied at work at the moment and I am constantly ignored because I am not a size 10 .I joined an online “gay Blog” and was ostracised because I am straight. One day that won’t matter. I hope the Trevor project can make a difference and when more people like Adam are in the spotlight life will be a better place.
For now we can offer support and wear the peace pendant with pride.In a few weeks Cheeks show” Husbands “will be out and I hope the world will be a happier place once we have acceptance for all.
Anna L
awww. I think we would all love that pendant, I am so happy Adam Lambert is in our lives today, he makes such a difference! xoxo
~~~”It Gets Better”~~~
This is to anyone out there who feels different. Just because people make fun of you or tell you that you aren’t right doesn’t mean anything. There ARE people out there who love you. You may not think it gets better, but it truly does. Just ignore the people that tell you that you aren’t right. When you let them bother you it is only making them more powerful. And the only reason they are making fun of you, is because they are insecure with themselves. So just remember, no matter what people tell you, it WILL get better.
~ Holly George
(Photographer)
It gets better, I swear. Once you accept & love yourself for whom/what you are, as you were made, and accept and express that part, and it’s only a part, of you, you WILL be free, free to be EXACTLY who you are. And live/love your life and yourself. Ck out my vids on youtube.com/kevinephelps. LIVE WELL, LIVE STRONG, LIVE PROUD, LIVE HAPPILY!
When you are young there is a strong instinctive drive to fit in and find your place. Unfortunately, “traditional society” (out of fear and ignorance) doesn’t truly offer a “place” for everyone. While an infinite and beautiful variety exists in nature, man has always needed to categorize, analyze and label everything into neatly predesignated boxes. As you well know that is not possible with living souls. Whether outside the narrow confines of their “norm” due to race, gender, sexual orientation, physical or cosmetic factors, you are in fact deserving of LOVE, SUPPORT and ACCEPTANCE. It may not be clear to you yet, but that LOVE. SUPPORT AND ACCEPTANCE IS OUT THERE! Be strong in who you are, seek out like-minded beautiful people and know that IT GETS BETTER. If you can hang on to who you are in a world of fear and hate, there is Love and Light waiting for you – it takes time. It takes perseverance, and above all it takes loving yourself FOR all of your differences. Believe in YOU, and know that IT GETS BETTER!
LOVE PREVAILS!
i want that pendant so bad but i think i should not write something i dont think is right!by writing this i might or surely not get that pendant but i wanna speak my heart out! i dont support anyone like that xcept for homosexuals but i think bullying is not right! A message to everyone who is bullying: bullying wouldnt change a thing, that wont make a gay person straight, so.. it is useless! stop wasting ur energy everyone,dont u think its an insult to u? let them do whatever they feel like ,u cant change everybody,ur not a superhero or a social worker who need to make revolution! ok now evryone who is being bullied: i know it hurts being bullied but u need to b strong!imma 16 year old girl who is straight n lives normal with normal sweet lil desires but i was very shy n nervous at young age,i was an emotional fool who cried for years n years “that is it really happenig to me?” ” is this possible?” “how could he/she do this to me?’ etc etc. but ADAm lambert gave me confidence n now imma strong person ,totally different !this whole thing taught me that u need to b strong,cause if ur not,the world n the ppl will eat u up!n u ppl should cheer up cause openmindedness is now getting common n there r so many campaignes for u ppl so there is always hope n if there is a will there is awake! dont give up! IT WILL GET BETTER SOON:)so dont give a shit n live ur life!ill b honoured even if this will make a difference in a single person’s life!
plz read n say somethin bout my view point! hope u understand what i meant!
forever crazy adam fan:) Maliha
-It Gets Better-
For me, sexuality or orientation never meant much. Everyone is human. Everyone was made by God. And therefore, everyone deserves to be accepted. When I first saw Adam Lambert on American Idol, I fell in love with his look, and his singing. When he came out and told the world that he was gay, it didn’t phase me at all. I didn’t love him any less, I actually loved him MORE. To come out and say that you are G/B/L/T is one of the most courageous things that you can ever do. And some people will like that you are strong enough to keep going on in life. If you think that it’s tough, IT GETS BETTER. There are people in this world that will accept you, and you shouldn’t be brought down by people who don’t accept you, because in the end, why does it matter? Why does it matter what other people say, when you could have a perfectly happy life IGNORING them. It gets better, so don’t do anything that could make it worse. Go on with your life, don’t end it. Everyone was made for a purpose, and yours could be to stand up and fight while everyone is against you. And just know, that there are PLENTY of people that support you, so be happy and live strong, because in the end, it’ll be better.
-Katy
<3
dont give a damn bout bullying!it wont change a thing n it dont mean a thing as long as ur ok with it!
I am a straight mom of 3 boys. I was one of 8 children in a large Irish Catholic family. Always sensitive and terribly shy, I actually vomited on my desk in 1st grade because, in her explanation to the class about why I would be line leader that day, the teacher disclosed one of the ways in which I was different from everyone else. No one wants to feel different or like they somehow do not fit in. Yet everyone has characteristics about themselves that make them feel that way. You are not alone.
My boys were born in Houston and are being raised in their American-Arab dad’s Muslim faith. It broke my heart the day each of them came home from school and told me that they had been called a terrorist. Each has at some point endured bullying because of their religious and cultural background. My second son was even being bullied on-line by a boy who taunted him repeatedly about bringing plastic explosives to fight. Like every other child that has been bullied because they are different, my boys were made to feel like their differences somehow meant that there was, or is, something wrong with them. There isn’t. My oldest son just started college, getting into the school that was his first choice and is achieving his dreams. My second son will graduate high school next year. He is a varsity wrestler and honor student. When he started high school one of the bullies told him he wasn’t going to pick on him anymore because, “Frankly, you’ve become a little intimidating.” My son never hit that boy or even really engaged him in an argument. He just went about doing what he wanted, believing us when we told him it would get better; and it has. My youngest son attends a different Middle School and while comments have been made about his religious faith and his lack of athletic abilities, he has thankfully not endured the same level of bullying that his brothers did. Still, he believes that if it got better for them then it will continue to get better for him too.
Bullies are people who feel different and are terrified that someone will find out. They behave the way they do out of fear and insecurity. Bullies never learn that differences are what make life interesting and give it texture. They never learn how to be self-reliant and resilient. Bullies never learn that bravery is doing something even when you are afraid of it; it is not courageous, nor does it make you are strong, to attack what you don’t understand or that with which you are not familiar.
You are courageous. You are strong. You are beautiful. You are all of these things simply because You are You, living your truth every day. Don’t let the Bullies hold you back in the dark with them. Keep going forward and soon you will leave them behind. You will go on to achieve your dreams and live the life you deserve. You will do this because It Gets Better.
I am straight and can not possibly know exactly how you feel and I won’t try to tell you that I do. But I will say that those things that made me feel like I would never fit in and about which I was “teased” when in school didn’t hold me back or mean I couldn’t attain my dreams. I will never like to be in a crowd, and entering a room full of strangers by myself is still a sweaty, stomach achey moment for me. But I became the trial lawyer I dreamed of being when I was 12, and have stood in front of a courtroom full of people convincing them of my views. I was able to do this because there were people who told me I could do what ever I wanted; who told me not to listen to anyone who tried to tell me I couldn’t; who said that when someone told me I couldn’t do something that I really wanted to do, I should look back at those people and tell them, “Watch Me.”
They told me what I’m telling you, “It Gets Better.”
Beautiful…
I’m going to be honest and it may sound bad at first but keep reading…..”it gets better!” I am a straight, short, slightly overweight mom of one son. When my son was younger I was petrified at just the thought of him being gay, I watched how he acted around others, the way he talked, his mannerisms as if that would give me any indication of his sexual orientation but I was focused on it. When he was a teenager and showed an interest in girls I was relieved, I thought to myself Thank goodness he likes girls! You may be thinking how stupid that someone could think that way but I wasn’t afraid I would love him any less if he were gay, I love him period! I was afraid of how he would be treated in school, in our community and even in our own strict Catholic family, sad but true. I know and have seen the cruelty towards anyone who is different, even when I was in high school kids & adults were mean. If you were poor, overweight, GLBT, wore glasses, bad at athletics, too tall, too short you couldn’t escape the wrath of the so called “perfect people” but that’s just it they are only perfect in their own minds and on the pedestal they have put themselves on. They act out due to their own insecurities & weaknesses. We are all human beings and we all deserve to be treated as such. Everything about us makes up special and worth knowing. I am very close to some people who are GLBT who were treated disrespectfully for years (my sister for one who is a lesbian & whom I love dearly) that now lead lives full of love & respect because they allowed themselves to find love & let that overcome the hate, It will be hard and you will cry, be angry & feel hurt but you will persevere and be stronger for it and you will get through it so put your best foot forward & show the world that “It Does Get Better!” I admire Adam Lambert because he didn’t hide his sexuality, he displayed his feelings proudly which took courage, he is spreading the message of Love & Acceptance to everyone worldwide, opening the minds of so many people & I love him for that! To all of you struggling with your sexuality or anything, Stand tall, Chin up, Believe in yourself, Be Proud of who you are & keep your hearts full of LOVE because you are amazing inside & out! “IT GETS BETTER”