Apple employees appear in 'It Gets Better' video

Powerful stuff. Great to see so many people taking action.

The comment in the article of this being NSFW says so much about the need to help the young LGBTI kids in our community, where even an adult fears talking about bulling because they might get fired.

Just a note -- It Gets Better is not part of The Trevor Project, however The Trevor Project is one of its two beneficiaries (the other is GLSN).

It's totally disgusting that YouTube pulled the video, if indeed this wasn't a mistake from too many troll flags.

What really gets me is how many other tech companies have done their own videos, and how well done those videos are. What I also noticed was that Apple's video, like some others, have ZERO trace of their brand. They don't mention, suggest or show it.

Google on the other hand starts with a search box where 'it gets better' is searched for, you know just to remind you who they are. Adobe has a fake software menu, you know just to remind you it's them. When companies can't do something without slathering their brand over it you see their inherent weakness, that they can't do anything without it being all about them.

Why is the virtually identical Adobe version still online?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKKA56c5xrI

This video is fantastic.

I am however confused as to why its relevant to a publication to TUAW. What difference does it make that they are Apple employees? It makes no reference to them being Apple employees. TUAW doesn't make any efforts to commend an opinion on the video. You're simply posting the fact that they are Apple employees and leave it to the reader to determine an opinion.

This essentially takes away from the actual video. It becomes about viewing the video to identify Apple employees or wait for some sort of relevance to Apple corporation.

Just some reflective food for thought...?

Oh yes, if anyone remembers Talkcity.com back in the early days of IRC, I was a TCC and finally CCC in the Gay chat rooms there. :) We had an auto message we would use when trolls would pop in reminding us that we're sinners that went something like this:

"There are 7 admonitions to homosexuals and 144 to heterosexuals in the bible. Which group do you think God was more annoyed with?" or something like that. LOL! :)

Add me to the chorus of folks thanking the Apple Lambda group for making this video and to TUAW for bringing it to wider attention. Bravo!

I've read all the comments so far and understand that some people would argue about the NSFW label but I agree with TUAW for using it. There is some cursing and there are some hate words in the video which if taken out of context could cause misunderstanding. But to me, the largest reason I wouldn't want to watch it at work is I sat here and moved back and forth between smiles and tears. I don't believe I'd want to display that level of emotion in a formal workplace.

I was bullied from third grade on up through my last year of high school. There was a period in my life where I did consider suicide because I felt totally alone. I was sure there was no one else on this planet who felt the way I did. Move forward to the present: I have wonderful, accepting friends and colleagues and a loving partner of seven and a half years.

I do have a message to all the kids out there getting bullied, teased and beaten because you're in some way different [you don't have to be LGBTQ (Q for Questioning) to be made an outsider]:

Hang on! We need you! And it really does get better!

Ed,

Thank you for your humble tone in your post. I do understand where you are coming from. I was raised in a strict Southern Baptist home. We were in church every time the doors were open. I went to a Christian college. I was active in the church and it's ministry for the better part of 25 years. So I do understand where you are coming from.

BUT......statements like "I accept the truth of the Bible, including the fact that homosexual behavior is a sin" and "Nobody should be made to feel like their particular sin is somehow more sinful than someone else's" only further alienate LGBT persons. I know, I'm one of them.

My journey was a long and arduous one that included suicidal ideation, depression, ex-gay therapy, exorcisms and finally, walking away from such bigoted beliefs. The modern church must learn to accept and love if it is truly going to impact the lives of those involved in a positive way.

It sounds like you are a caring and compassionate person and while we disagree philosophically I'd bet you and I could discuss this without malice. Thank you for your tempered response on this issue. After reading the responses on several other Apple sites about this story I truly believe TUAW readers have been the most encouraging.

Yeesh, TUAW's almost as bad as MacRumors - why do you think mentioning homosexuality is going to lead to a torrent of abusive comments? Do you have such little faith in your readership?