Fact Sheet
Charity
It Gets Better
Event Name
It Gets Better Pride Village
Event Date
June 6th – 13, 2024
Mission
It Gets Better is a nonprofit organization with a mission to uplift, empower, and connect lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer youth around the globe. Learn more about our work.
Website
It Gets Better
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Event Description
This Pride Month, It Gets Better invites LGBTQ+ creators and allies to build the It Gets Better Pride Village in Minecraft. In a multi-day relay, each creator is given a plot of land to build their expression of what Pride means to them, streaming the build live to their fans before passing the stream to the next creator in the relay.
The event culminates in the It Gets Better Twitch Channel, with top creators showcasing their work
Key Information
Stream Minecraft and build an expression of what Pride means to you.
Funds raised through TIltify will help It Gets Better mission to uplift, empower, and connect lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer youth around the globe.
Tiltify Instructions
- Visit our Tiltify Page here: PRIDE VILLAGE 2024
- Click the ‘Support Campaign’ button
- Sign in on Tiltify or create a new account (Signing up with Twitch is the easiest!)
- Follow the on-screen instructions to create your campaign
- Add your new Tiltify link to your Twitch to start fundraising!
Creator Resources
Talking Points
- It Gets Better is the world’s largest storytelling effort to empower LGBTQ+ youth with storytelling initiatives spanning four continents and eight languages.
- It Gets Better is the number one LGBTQ+ non-profit on Twitch, YouTube, and Tumblr. Our global social audience is 2.1 million people.
- Despite relentless attacks against LGBTQ+ young people, the overwhelming majority of bills targeting queer youth that have been introduced since 2022 have been defeated.
- In 2023, It Gets Better reached more than 850,000 youth ages 13-24 around the world.
- Our work has been recognized with a New York Times bestselling book, an Emmy Award, and multiple Shorty, Webby, and Anthem Awards.
- Whereas other prevention non-profits tend to be “reactive” in messaging and tone, we tend to be proactive.
It Gets Better Graphics
Information about It Gets Better
It Gets Better is a nonprofit organization with a mission to uplift, empower, and connect lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer youth around the globe. Since 2021, the organization has collaborated with more than 100 LGBTQ+ streamers on Twitch, various AAA and indie publishers (Riot Games, Bungie, EA, Playtra, BHVR, etc.), and gaming-led companies (Steel Series). The streaming community on Twitch has raised over $100,000+ for It Gets Better via Tiltify.
Contact Info
To participate, please email: streamers@carpercreative.com