Last October 13th,  Fort Worth, Texas councilman Joel Burns. Joel Burns spoke at the council meeting  about an abusive experience in high school, a fraught relationship with his southern father, and then how rich his life became once he got through the difficult times. His genuine emotion and moving speech to the council quickly went viral and has become an insiprational message to LGBT teens and adults everywhere via the “It Get’s Better Project”

Now the Honorable (and wonderful) Joel Burns,, has generously donated the boxers he received as a gift from Ellen Degeneres for his recent appearance on The Ellen Show on October 20 to be put up for raffle with Aal proceeds going  to The Trevor Project to aid LGBTQ youth in crisis.

Raffle tickets are $5 each or 5 for $20  Drawing held November 21, 2010

You can BUY YOUR RAFFLE TICKETS HERE