It Got Better for These LGBTQ+ Celebs!
Class of 2020 stand up! The It Gets Better Project, whose mission is to empower and uplift LGBTQ+ youth around the globe, debuted this year's Queerbook, where some of our favorite LGBTQ celebrities like Amber Heard, Bobby Berk, Keiynan Lonsdale and more shared pictures from their earlier years alongside their sickening glow ups!
Scroll through and catch their empowering senior quotes!
Addie Sartino
Addie Sartino
“Happiness is a shot worth taking.”
Amber Heard
Amber Heard
"Queer /kwir/ adjective: 1. strange; odd. Synonyms: weird, bizarre, unusual. Embrace your weird. It took me a long time to realize that your “weird” is the best part of you.
Anna Akana
Anna Akana
"I'm Asian and bisexual so I've been invisible in traditional media.... until now.”
August Getty
August Getty
“Don’t ever let a soul in the world discourage you from being who you are. Live proud and remember you were born this way.”
Bobby Berk
Bobby Berk
"My place in life was never quite clear, now it's fully queer."
Brian Michael Smith
Brian Michael Smith
"You’re the expert on YOU. Don't let people who don't know who they are, try to tell you who you are. Joy follows the heart, not the crowd."
Corey Rae
Corey Rae
"I went from hating my body and wanting to be popular, to becoming Prom Queen and loving the skin I'm in!"
Daniel Newman
Daniel Newman
"You're perfect! The world needs you out and proud! So important! Your family is all around you! Represent!"
Danny Franzese
Danny Franzese
“Every single thing they used to make fun of me for are the exact things that made me a star! #itgetsbetter”
Franke Grande
Franke Grande
“I used to worry about fitting in, now I do everything to stand out.”
Griffin Matthews
Griffin Matthews
"People laughed when a boy wore a choker. Now I’m wearing one down the runway for New York Fashion Week."
Jai Rodriguez
Jai Rodriguez
“If someone had told me back then I had a ‘Queer Eye’ I wouldn’t have believed those words would have helped changed the world.”
Jake Borelli
Jake Borelli
“It’s not stupid if you own it.”
Jake Choi
Jake Choi
"Braces made my teeth straight but that’s all it made straight."
Jillian Michaels
Jillian Michaels
"All the struggles and hardships were just molding me into the strong empathetic successful woman I am today. Without those experiences to build my character I doubt I'd have accomplished a fraction of what I have."
Johnny Sibilly
Johnny Sibilly
“They used to say I acted like a girl. Joke's on them, because acting like a girl is what launched my career.”
Kalen Allen
Kalen Allen
“Do everything they said you couldn’t.”
Keiynan Lonsdale
Keiynan Lonsdale
"The jackets only started fitting once I grew into myself."
Michael Nardelli
Michael Nardelli
"Nothing lasts forever, not even braces. Enjoy today and be excited for tomorrow, because it all gets better!”
Nicole Maines
Nicole Maines
Being the only trans kid doing theater in a cafeteria in rural Maine, becoming a professional actor seemed, safe to say, impossible. Now, I’m the first transgender superhero on television. Your childhood experiences do not define you. There’s always an upswing.
Shangela
Shangela
"It not only gets better….it gets sick’ning! Halelloo!!”
Sherry Cola
Sherry Cola
“They never took you seriously. Joke’s on them.”
Travis Coles
Travis Coles
“Being the class clown was my way of fitting in, now I’m surrounded by people who accept me without having to always be funny... but it’s a gift, I can’t help myself."
