"It Gets Better!" — These 20 Life-Changing Quotes PROVE It

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Almost everyone in the LGBTQ+ community has felt it at some point. Bullied. Scared. Depressed.

Suicidal.

LGBTQ+ teens and young adults are EIGHT TIMES more likely to commit suicide than their straight counterparts. 

You may be in that dark place right now where everyone in your life seems like either a bully, clueless, or doesn't care about you. You feel alone, and you just want all of it to STOP. Every day leaves you bloody and dying. 

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You NEED to know: It gets better.

Yeah, I know, I'm full of crap. At least, that's what I would have said to myself if I had said that to myself, 7, no, even 3 years ago. I thought death was the only way to make the pain stop. Live in the closet, die in the closet. That's what I believed. 

Then I decided to risk coming out, and I lived to say it was the best thing I could have ever done.

Things get better. Not always quickly, and not without a fight, but it will. 

These people have lived through it, and want you to do the same.

1.The one in control of how you feel is YOU.

Laverne Cox

"I honestly just want to make myself happy most, and if other people like it, then that's great. If they don't, then I'm still happy."  — Laverne Cox

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2.The world is getting better, every single day.

Ellen DeGeneres

"Things will get easier, people's minds will change, and you should be alive to see it." — Ellen DeGeneres

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3.Someday you'll be happy with who you are.

Chaz Bono

"I feel really good, I feel like a man now, and I'm really happy." — Chaz Bono

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4.You choose how to see yourself; choose beauty.

Margaret Cho

"I am so beautiful, sometimes people weep when they see me. And it has nothing to do with what I look like really, it is just that I gave myself the power to say that I am beautiful, and if I could do that, maybe there is hope for them too. And the great divide between the beautiful and the ugly will cease to be. Because we are all what we choose."  Margaret Cho

5.Be the you you know yourself to be.

Laverne Cox

"We are not what other people say we are. We are who we know ourselves to be, and we are what we love. That's okay."  Laverne Cox

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6.Being yourself is the best way to fight back.

Margaret Cho

"For us to have self-esteem is truly an act of revolution and our revolution is long overdue."  Margaret Cho

7.Teaching yourself how to love yourself, will help you love others.

Laverne Cox

 "By doing the work to love ourselves more, I believe we will love each other better."  Laverne Cox

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8.Everything in life is temporary; this shall pass.

Dan Savage

"Your life can be amazing, if you only tough this period out."  Dan Savage

9.Change is inevitable, and it can change for the better.

Hannah Hart

"This isn't forever, it's just for now."  Hannah Hart

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10.Find the magic in you.

Frank Ocean

"There's just some magic in truth and honesty and openness."  Frank Ocean

11.Life is huge and has endless possibilities for wonder.

Queen Latifah

"Life is so much bigger, grander, higher, and wider than we allow ourselves to think."  Queen Latifah

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12.The strongest person you can be is yourself.

Margaret Cho

"I’m not going to die because I failed as someone else. I’m going to succeed as myself."  Margaret Cho

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13.You have value in this life.

ElloSteph

"It's worth it. YOU are worth it." — ElloSteph

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14.Do whatever it takes to survive, just don't hurt anyone.

Kate Bornstein

"You can do whatever it takes to go on living. Just don't be mean." — Kate Bornstein

15.There's so much to life you haven't seen yet.

Queen Latifah

"There are times you can't really see or even feel how sweet life can be. Hopefully its mountains will be higher than its valleys are deep. I know things that are broken can be fixed. Take the punch if you have to, hit the canvas and then get up again. Life is worth it." — Queen Latifah

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16.Unique: One of a kind. Special. You.

Janet Mock

"Our genders are as unique as we are."  Janet Mock

17.There's good in the world, you may not be able to see it from where you are right now.

ElloSteph

"Even on the rainy days, the sun still shines behind the clouds, you just can’t see it from where you are right now." -ElloSteph

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18.You belong in this world, in this life.

Dan Savage

"There is a place for us, for you."  Dan Savage

19.Choose love. Always.

Queen Latifah

"When I was around 18, I looked in the mirror and said, 'You're either going to love yourself or hate yourself.' And I decided to love myself. That changed a lot of things." — Queen Latifah

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20.Finally:

Ellen DeGeneres

"Be kind to one another." — Ellen DeGeneres

If you're searching for the best quotes and memes to share with the people you love (or just want to feel inspired yourself) ... look no further! From the sweetest love quotesinspirational sayings, and hilarious relationship truths, we've got you covered.