Coming soon to a club near you, Project Blue Sky presents "It Gets Better Calgary" – a series of video productions promoting the distribution and support of lifestyle choice information for youth facing LGBTQ bigotry.  It gives the most vulnerable psyches in the socially frightening teenaged universe of sexual identity, a sense of community and hope.

Morgan Worth is the founder of the project, which is very close to her heart in many ways.  Its first event will be held at Club Sapien at the end of April.

"Back about the 6th of October (2010), I responded on a very emotional level when I heard about the youth in the States who had killed themselves for either being gay, or being perceived as being gay. So when Dan Savage and his husband Terry Miller first posted their own personal It Gets Better video that started it all, I also responded to that on a very emotional level."

The It Gets Better website explains, "In September 2010, syndicated columnist and author Dan Savage created a YouTube video with his partner Terry to inspire hope for young people facing harassment. In response to a number of students taking their own lives after being bullied in school, they wanted to create a personal way for supporters everywhere to tell LGBT youth that, yes, it does indeed get better."

Wanting to participate in this message-making opportunity, but not having the video equipment or facility to do it properly, Morgan realized that the same would be true for others who wanted to get involved.  Project Blue Sky was created to overcome this obstacle.

She mentions reading the book, It Gets Better: Coming Out, Overcoming Bullying, and Creating a Life Worth Living, which was just recently released as part of the project. "In the intro, Dan talks very candidly about how they set off and had what would now seem really tiny goals, like Oh, wouldn’t it be great if we could get 100 videos....  I believe they had 100 videos by the end of their first week of having their channel on YouTube."

As of March 30th, 2011, that initial video on the Project’s YouTube channel has over 1.27 million views, and itgetsbetter.org has over 1400 videos uploaded in support of their role modeling efforts.

Also, 250,000 people have taken the It Gets Better Project pledge, promising "I’ll speak up against hate and intolerance whenever I see it, at school and at work. I’ll provide hope for lesbian, gay, bi, trans and other bullied teens by letting them know that It Gets Better."

"We’ve partnered with the Misecellaneous Youth Network, who do all their own fundraising," continues Morgan, "and Fake Mustache, who is the only drag king group in Calgary, perhaps the province.  They raise funds for Mosaic Youth Group, which is [one of Calgary’s] queer youth groups. We’re trying to help raise their profile, because not everybody has heard of them."

"Many of (Mosaic’s members) are fearless," she says, "and they’ll show up at Pride and argue with anybody who tries to tell them that being gay, or a member of our spectrum, is wrong.  Having said that, I’ve learned that just because they’re a member doesn’t mean that their parents even know."

The Project Blue Sky facebook page notes that the initiative "was created to give people an opportunity to have videos made of their words of encouragement for LGBTTQ youth in Calgary. These videos will be posted here, as well as on our upcoming website and key partner sites....  The short film will be screened at our April 30th fundraiser."

"We want to remind (youth) that there are resources out there, that it does get better, and we want to promote hope, happiness and inclusion for the LGBTTQ youth in Calgary and beyond...."

On April 30th, from 6:30 to 9pm, Club Sapien will host the all-ages premiere of two Mount Royal University additions to the It Gets Better piece, as local community members reach out to help youth survive the storm that is adolescence, and not feel alone.