It does not get better for everyone

In recent conversations about how we can respond to the publicity around the tragic LGB youth suicides, Male Women's Studies Student asked that we not do anything along the lines of "it will get better" because of how ineffective such messaging is in dealing with current trauma.  If you're interested, the awesome community-based group SONG (Southerners on New Ground) just posted a memo, "Does it Get Better and If So, For Who?" voicing a similar concern and explaining why the "it will get better" mantra we've been hearing overlooks the magnitude of multiple systematic, long-term oppressions.