Motivations for Participation in the YouTube-Based "It Gets Better Project"

In response to multiple LGBTQ youth suicides in 2010, Dan Savage and Terry Miller sought to provide messages of hope to at-risk LGBTQ youth through the YouTube-based "It Gets Better Project" (IGBP). With empirical data gathered through online chat-based in-depth interviews, this study offers insight into multi-dimensional motivations for participation in an online community. Pointedly, data show how the intersection of participants\´ identities and structural oppressions contribute to their motivations for participation.