biologist / It got better / Our parents as allies / Lesbian teacher believes in you / Stepping off the sidelines / My own worst enemy / You are a beloved child of God / Transgendered and self-educated in Maine / The power of "You" / It gets better for small towners, too / To me : with love and squalor / Happiness is inevitable / Wish I'd been sassier! / Protect and serve loves Semper Fidelis / The doors of acceptance / Hope out of tragedy / Patience makes perfect-- sense / Christian LGBT kids : you're part of the plan / Terrible day / The worst of both worlds / Closets on fire / The King brothers / Community found / From scared to proud : the journey of a gay medical student / Authentic self / You can live a life that's worth living / Epilogue

Introduction / A message from President Barack Obama -- You will find your people / The life almost lost / In the early morning rain / Something has changed within me / Action makes it better / You are a rubber band, my friend / God believes in you / The person worth fighting for is you / A message from Ellen DeGeneres -- Life unfolds exactly as it should (but not as you planned) / It gets better for a British soldier / Getting stronger and staying alive / Coming out of the Shtetl : gay Orthodox Jews / Going back in / And the Emmy goes to-- / A message from U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton -- This I know for sure / It gets better Broadway / Rockin' the flannel shirt / How it got better for an ordained Christian minister / Out of darkness / I was a teenage lesbian / Something special / The dinner party / What I wish I knew / Freedom from fear / A message from Prime Minister David Cameron -- You will meet people who celebrate you / An identity unfolded / A message from Suze Orman -- Brothers : it gets better / Drop dead, warlock / Gwendolyn gone / Growing up gay... and Kinky / The biggest gift / A message from Senator Al Franken -- Transsexual prairie girl / Art from rage / It gets better (Btkoun Ahsan) / Too good to be true / Journey to a better life / The gay guy in the band / Will I grow up to be Paul Lynde? / Finding who I am / Community / A message from Nancy Pelosi -- Gunn's golden rules / Perfect, just the way you are / Where happiness is / Not-normal / Darn it / Look at the moon / Critical shifts / For Aideybear / A message from John Berry -- The show must go on / Survival tools / Dear Uncle Ronnie / My office wall / Keep on livin' / It gets better because you're a little different / Unapologetically, me / A collective voice / I didn't always wear a tuxedo / How I got over / A "better" evolution / Save yourself, save the world / Becoming an authentic person / On the other side / Bully me / To the bullies / The good fight / A message from Kevin Hague MP -- Haters can't hate someone who loves themselves, and if they do, who cares / Not playing at a cinema near you / From "faggot" to field