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  • Mabuhay, I'm Harry K. Thomas, the U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines.

  • Hi, I'm Boy Abunda and our message goes out to the LGBT community

  • or anyone who is being bullied or experiencing discrimination.

  • When I was still in school, you know Ambassador,

  • I was part of an organization, I would receive a note every week

  • from someone I didn't know. I have no idea who he was.

  • that contained nasty comments about me being gay.

  • Ambassador, my question is,

  • have you also have you also gone through discrimination? Have you been bullied in your life?

  • When I was still in school, I was bullied both verbally and physically.

  • Every day I took two trains and a bus to school.

  • During those rides I was abused so much that I had to alter my route

  • just to avoid the harassment

  • No one should have to alter their lifestyle

  • no one.

  • While those memories vividly remain, I can attest that it does get better.

  • I confess that I too

  • have said things or done things that affected others in a negative way-

  • everyone does.

  • So while we stand up for those being bullied

  • we must also look inside ourselves to stop those actions that make others

  • feel threatened.

  • Together, we want you to know that you are not alone.

  • Hindi kayo nag-iisa. (You are not alone.)

  • Our personal differences should not be cause

  • for shame or disappointment.

  • Instead they are a source of strength and pride.

  • That's right, whenever you feel like the world is against you,

  • just know that you are not alone.

  • There are people who love and support you. You have friends,

  • family, co-workers, and partners who stand with you in the fight against

  • discrimination.

  • You have unique abilities that make you,

  • you.

  • In fact, you have a unique opportunity to stand up for LGBT rights.

  • And LGBT rights are human rights.

  • Now's the time to take a stand against all forms of discrimination.

  • The United States of America was founded on the belief that we were all created equal-

  • a belief that I know Americans and Filipinos share.

  • Embrace your individuality and stand up for equality everywhere.

  • You

  • are not alone.

  • Tama ka dyan, Boy. (You are right, Boy.)

  • Hindi kayo nag-iisa. (You are not alone.)

  • So let's continue to stand up against discrimination and life will get better.

  • Mas bubuti pa. (It gets better.)

  • It gets better.

  • It seems like in high school, everyone is trying to be someone that they aren't

  • just so that they can fit in

  • but if you know who you are you can weather the storms of life

  • because you know.

  • It gets better.

  • Bullying the community gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender

  • is a huge issue around the world.

  • This has been a taboo

  • for the longest time.

  • I just want to say

  • as the world is getting closer

  • and connected among each other

  • understanding oneself speak is becoming easier.

  • Be true to yourself.

  • Don't ever feel that you are different.

  • You are special just like everybody else.

  • Fight for your freedom and happiness. Don't worry,

  • it gets better.

  • In middle school, there was a huge bully who terrorized

  • the playground, on the hallways, the classrooms

  • and over the course of middle school, I saw so many kids getting hurt, myself

  • included,

  • by this terrible, terrible energy that these people were bringing into the space.

  • But as middle school went on, we kept our heads up, we stuck through it.

  • I can tell you that it does get better.

  • I just want to let you know that

  • despite the mean and hurtful things people might say to you

  • your differences are what make you beautiful

  • and I have full faith and hope that

  • in a few years everyone will come to

  • understand and accept that

  • it doesn't matter who you choose to love

  • we are all human and we shall support each other

  • If you're ever feeling alone

  • know that there are people out there that care about you.

  • So please reach out, get help

  • because it gets better.

  • Having been bullied most of my high school experience

  • actually trying to avoid my senior year

  • at all costs, I can tell you

  • that in the future

  • once the bullies are just a memory, you'll find a bar, you'll find a group of friends

  • you will find that perfect pair of jeans, you will find somebody

  • who crazy about you and eventually it does get better.

  • What I remember most about high school is being relieve when

  • it was over.

  • It was tough and lonely back then.

  • Now, I'm a mom with three teenage children

  • and they tell me how brutal high school can be.

  • I promise you, it gets better. When I was younger we moved around quite a bit

  • when i needed the most it was hard to find people who are loving and supportive.

  • It takes time, but it gets better.

  • Someone once said that when people hurt you over and over,

  • treat them like a sandpaper

  • they may hurt and scratch you but in the end you end up polished and they end up useless.

  • So just hang on. It gets better.

  • You know, in high school, I knew a lot of people that were bullied.

  • And even myself, I heard comments whispered behind my back,

  • things that I was different,

  • hurtful comments.

  • And I think the one thing that I took from that is you need to take that

  • negative energy and turn into something positive.

  • Focus on your schoolwork. Focus on activities that you like and more

  • importantly focus on the relationships that

  • mean something to you, obviously the negative people don't.

  • It does get better across so take that energy and turn it into something that

  • you can use later on in life.

  • It gets better.

  • I've recently made a very controversial decision

  • And I can tell you, I am much happier for it.

  • My principles in life are: number 1,

  • focus on what you do you know, not what you don't know;

  • number two: surround yourself with positive people;

  • and number three: stay true to your life path.

  • It gets better.

  • When I was in 8th grade,

  • I was teased.

  • I was teased bad, because

  • I looked different,

  • because I was very, very small, very slim.

  • I have people who I thought

  • were my friends but they weren't.

  • Then I realized when I got older, those people were just making fun of himself because they

  • didn't like themselves and I realized that I did like myself

  • because I continued on, I stayed strong,

  • I had real friends.

  • Things will get better.

  • Do not let

  • the skepticism of others affect you.

  • focus on yourself and on the people who care about you

  • enjoy your choices and aim to be the best person that you can be.

  • Everyday, it gets better.

  • Sometimes, girls can be mean to each other but,

  • it gets better.

Mabuhay, I'm Harry K. Thomas, the U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines.

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