Running Head: IT GETS BETTER 1 Queer Youth Suicide and the Psychopolitics of “It Gets Better” Patrick R. Grzanka Arizona State University Emily S. Mann San Francisco State University Author Note Patrick R. Grzanka, Barrett, the Honors College at Arizona State University; Emily S. Mann, Health Equity Institute, San Francisco State University. A version of this paper was presented at the Crossing Boundaries pre-conference workshop on sexuality studies and the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction, both of which were held at the American Sociological Association’s Annual Meeting in August 2012. We would like to acknowledge the audiences at both of these events for their helpful and constructive feedback, particularly C. J. Pascoe and Mary Gray. We also thank Jackie Orr for her invaluable comments on an earlier draft. Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Patrick R. Grzanka, Arizona State University, P.O. Box 871612, Tempe, AZ 85287-1612. Email: patrick.grzanka@asu.edu