The FDNY is coming out of the closet — and it hopes doing so will save lives.
The department has put together a powerful “It Gets Better” video featuring gay, lesbian and transgender firefighters and paramedics discussing their struggles coming out. The emergency workers involved in the project are happy they can live out in the open.
“I am the other and I’m OK with that,” gay Firefighter Luke Allen says in the 8-minute video. “I’d rather be the other than the cookie cutter.”
Allen is joined by 11 other FDNY members sharing heartfelt, sometimes painful, stories about the challenges they faced coming out to their families, friends and co-workers and the successes they’ve had since.
Their message is clear: Suicide, something repeatedly considered by struggling lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender teens, should never be an option.
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