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S.F. 49ers Tell Youth 'It Gets Better'

S.F. 49ers Tell Youth 'It Gets Better'

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The 49ers become the first NFL team with multiple players in an It Gets Better video.

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The San Francisco 49ers have become the first NFL team to make an It Gets Better video featuring multiple players.

Safety Donte Whitner, linebacker Ahmad Brooks, and defensive tackles Ricky Jean Francois and Isaac Sopoaga appear in the video, voicing support and encouragement for LGBT young people.

"The San Francisco 49ers are proud to join ItGetsBetter.org, to let all LGBT teens know that it gets better," Whitner says. "On behalf of the entire 49ers organization, we are on your side, and we promise it gets better."

The video (below) comes after a campaign by fan Sean Chapin, whose Change.org petition attracted more than 16,000 signatures urging the team to participate in the It Gets Better Project. He also successfully petitioned the San Francisco Giants last year to become the first Major League Baseball team to make an It Gets Better video.

"This is a proud day for San Francisco, as two of our professional teams have taken a bold stand against bullying," Chapin said in a press release. "Let's hope this is only the beginning, and that more NFL and professional sports teams around the country take this opportunity to speak up on behalf of LGBT fans and kids."

Last year Mike Williams of the NFL's Seattle Seahawks joined other Seattle pro athletes in an It Gets Better video.

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Trudy Ring is The Advocate’s senior politics editor and copy chief. She has been a reporter and editor for daily newspapers and LGBTQ+ weeklies/monthlies, trade magazines, and reference books. She is a political junkie who thinks even the wonkiest details are fascinating, and she always loves to see political candidates who are groundbreaking in some way. She enjoys writing about other topics as well, including religion (she’s interested in what people believe and why), literature, theater, and film. Trudy is a proud “old movie weirdo” and loves the Hollywood films of the 1930s and ’40s above all others. Other interests include classic rock music (Bruce Springsteen rules!) and history. Oh, and she was a Jeopardy! contestant back in 1998 and won two games. Not up there with Amy Schneider, but Trudy still takes pride in this achievement.
Trudy Ring is The Advocate’s senior politics editor and copy chief. She has been a reporter and editor for daily newspapers and LGBTQ+ weeklies/monthlies, trade magazines, and reference books. She is a political junkie who thinks even the wonkiest details are fascinating, and she always loves to see political candidates who are groundbreaking in some way. She enjoys writing about other topics as well, including religion (she’s interested in what people believe and why), literature, theater, and film. Trudy is a proud “old movie weirdo” and loves the Hollywood films of the 1930s and ’40s above all others. Other interests include classic rock music (Bruce Springsteen rules!) and history. Oh, and she was a Jeopardy! contestant back in 1998 and won two games. Not up there with Amy Schneider, but Trudy still takes pride in this achievement.