Activists in Japan have an answer to the It Gets Better Project - their own campaign to combat LGBT youth suicide.

The project’s co-founder, Fumino Sugiyama, says efforts will launch Sept. 10, World Suicide Prevention Day, to tell LGBT youth that it’s okay to be who they are even in the face of bullying and other challenges. Some background from the Wall Street Journal, of all places:

The campaign comes amid growing attention to gay culture — and the surrounding pressures — in Japan. Last week, the Japanese government mentioned for the first time in its annual national policy to prevent suicide the need to offer special support for the gay community.  In response to the government’s move, Taiga Ishikawa, a member of Tokyo’s Toshima ward assembly, set up an online  LGBT community.

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