When brave LGBT students from Brigham Young University came out in an articulate and insta-viral "It Gets Better" video late last week, many wondered about the fate of their lives as students at the openly Mormon school. Well, today, BYU officials have released a statement letting us know how they plan to handle the "It Gets Better" students. 

A fundamental Christian family experiences a major evolution in response to a homework assignment asking kids to write 500 words about "I'm Christian, Unless You're Gay." Grab a tissue and follow the jump.

The second video for Australia's The Community Brave Foundation filmed at the 2012 Sydney Mardi Gras tackles Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" in all its colorful character glory. Watch, after the jump!

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Filmmaker Ryan James Yezak has no idea the impact his first short, The Gay Rights Movement would have on the community when it became viral in January to market his Kickstarter Campaign to make a feature length documentary, Second Class Citizens.  With over $150K in support from fans, Yezak has released his newest short, I Want To Know What It’s Like. The newest Yezak creation after the jump. WARNING: Viewers may find themselves taken with an overwhelming sense of wow.

Brandon Morgan, a US Marine, and boyfriend Dalan Wells never expected their reunion kiss to lead to so much action. (What good is first base for, then?!) With their homecoming smooch shared at a military base now a venerable cultural moment, the pair have parlayed the attention into subtle activism. Follow the jump to check out a local news interview with Brandon and Dalan. 

Do you think LMFAO will be satisfied if their legacy ends up boiling down to party rocking with Madonna at the Super Bowl and inspiring guys everywhere to take off their shirts and gyrate? If its any consolation, those have been our life goals since junior high! What can we say—we dream big.

The latest to be so moved by the group's "I'm Sexy And I Know It" is Britain's Olympic diving team, which took time out of training Down Under to join YouTube's Hall of Fame. The video, starring Olympian Tom Daly, after the jump.  

Comedian Drew Droege's caricature of Chloe Sevigny is submerged into deeper depths of hipster esotericism with a new "Chloe" video released just in time for Valentine's Day. Grab someone from Williamsburg or Echo Park to help translate and follow the jump to watch!

Finally, a Tumblr site we can bookmark that doesn't require an age verification! Marrying two of our favorite things and producing one sassy and entertaining baby is "Downton Abbeyoncé," a Tumblr blog combining stills from Downton Abbey with lyrics from Beyoncé and Destiny's Child. Follow the jump for a few other gems culled from our new obsession. 

As if our jaws needed anymore incentive to drop for Randy Phillips! The hot YouTube Airman, who came out to his dad in a video that quickly went viral, late last year, has just signed on to participate in the 2012 AIDS/LifeCycle! Follow the jump for Randy's special announcement. 

With help from the swoon-inducing Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Songify the News tackles Newt Gingrich and Vermin Supreme, President Obama's glitter-powder tossing, boot-hat aficionado challenger for the democratic presidential nomination. 

We’d like to say this will be the last of the “Shit People Say...” videos, though that may be promising too much. But follow the jump and check out this moment of self awareness and let us know if you think it’s time to retire this viral video craze?

This sh*t really hits close to homo. Follow the jump to watch "Sh*t Weho Queens Say."