he became the first out city official when he won his runoff election.For the 10-year anniversary of that touching video, the It Gets Better Project sat down with Burns to watch the video and reflect on what things really are better now.In the original speech, Burns recounted times in his youth when he was bullied and how it almost led him to suicide, and he told other LGBTQ+ people, especially young ones, that life won’t always be so hard and painful. “You will get out of that high school, and you will never have to deal with those jerks again if you don’t want to,” he said. “You will find and you will make new friends who will understand you.