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About the It Gets Better Project The It Gets Better Project was created to show young LGBT people the levels of happiness, potential, and positivity their lives will reach – if they can just get through their teen years. The It Gets Better Project wants to remind teenagers in the LGBT community that they are not alone — and it WILL get better. What is the It Gets Better Project? In September 2010, syndicated columnist and author Dan Savage created a YouTube video with his partner Terry Miller to inspire hope for young people facing harassment. In response to a...

LOUISVILLE, Ky., Nov. 10 — It’s been 80 years since Robley Rex served in the military, but he still lives like a man on a mission. The 102-year-old Rex — Kentucky’s oldest known veteran — spends his days at the VA Medical Center in Louisville, not as a patient but as a dedicated volunteer.HIS FAILING EARS don’t hear the many “thanks” directed his way as he makes his way around the hospital aided by a walker. Still, he carries on.