Jason Collins has joined other big
names in an incredible new campaign that aims to provide a platform for queer
celebrity experiences in an effort to let lesbian, gay, bisexual and
transgender (LGBT) youth realize that it really does get better.
Launched by Lexus in collaboration
with the It Gets
Better Project, the "It Got Better" docuseries is a collaborative
effort between actress Lisa Kudrow and actor and HuffPost Blogger Dan
Bucatinsky with celebrities such as Tim Gunn, Tegan & Sara and
George Takei and Jane Lynch. In this powerful installment from Jason
Collins, the out athlete talks about his entrance into the sports world, being
a gay athlete, coming out and how Matthew Shepard's murder influenced him.
"In 2011 I started thinking
about the rest of my life... thankfully I had a trainer and I saw online that
he did an 'It Gets Better' video," Collins says. "There were so many
times that I heard parts of my story in his story. I sent him an e-mail and
told him in the e-mail I was gay and that I needed someone to talk to about it.
We sat on a bench and it was actually the first time I said the words out loud,
'I'm gay.'"
Check out the incredible video above
to hear more from Collins.
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