{"70308":{"#nid":"70308","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Georgia Tech\u0027s \u0022It Gets Better\u0022 Premiere","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Pride Alliance and the Writing and Communication Program will hold an event on the evening of October 10 that will kick off Georgia Tech Coming Out Week (National Coming Out Day follows on October 11). The screening and event activities is\u0026nbsp;part of a national movement to reduce bullying and suicides among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered, and Questioning (LGBTQ) youth that will culminate in the National Coming Out Day October 11.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe event includes: \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EThe first public screening of the Georgia Tech \u201cIt Gets Better\u201d video. It Gets Better is a national movement to reduce bullying and suicides among LGBT youth.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EA 45-minute talk-back with the video\u2019s producers and several featured participants, who will offer a behind-the-scenes discussion of the videomaking process, discuss their experiences with coming out and the coming out process, and invite comments and questions from the audience;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EA Storytellers-style performance by Matt Morris, a nationally-recognized musician and songwriter, who has worked with Sarah McLachlan, Justin Timberlake, Kelly Clarkson, the Indigo Girls, and Charlie Sexton. He will perform an acoustic set and speak about coming out, community, social media, and songwriting.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Pride Alliance and the Writing and Communication Program is holding an event that will kickoff Georgia Tech Coming Out Week (National Coming Out Day follows on October 11). \u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The event is part of a national movement to reduce bullying and suicides among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered and Questioning youth."}],"uid":"27385","created_gmt":"2011-09-27 17:11:15","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:55:54","author":"Carol Silvers","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2011-10-10T20:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2011-10-10T22:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2011-10-10T22:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2011-10-11 00:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2011-10-11 02:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2011-10-11 02:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"70911":{"id":"70911","type":"image","title":"It Gets Better Project","body":null,"created":"1449177328","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:15:28","changed":"1475894625","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:45","alt":"It Gets Better Project","file":{"fid":"193469","name":"it-gets-better_cropped.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/it-gets-better_cropped_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/it-gets-better_cropped_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":43799,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/it-gets-better_cropped_0.jpg?itok=nMOeCMOW"}}},"media_ids":["70911"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.itgetsbetter.org\/","title":"It Gets Better Project"}],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1283","name":"School of Literature, Media, and Communication"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"14431","name":"It Gets Better"},{"id":"7820","name":"Pride Alliance"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1792","name":"Arts and Performance"}],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBrandy B. Blake, PhD\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMarion L. Brittain Postdoctoral Fellow, LCC\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:brandy.blake@lcc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ebrandy.blake@lcc.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}